AGRICULTURAL LAND AND POPULATION

Table 1. Land Use in 1994

Unit: 1000 ha

Country	Total Land Area	Arable Land and Permanent Crops Land		Permanent Pasture		Forests and Woodland		Other Land
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	13017	8123	62%	600	5%	1889	15%	1728	13%
2. Bhutan	4700	140	3%	273	6%	3100	66%	1187	25%
3. Cambodia	17652	3805	22%	1500	8%	12200	69%	133	1%
4. China	932641	133472	14%	400000	43%	130496	14%	268673	29%
5. Cook Islands	23	5	22%					18	78%
6. DPR, Korea	12041	2000	17%	50	0%	7370	61%	2621	22%
7. Fiji	1827	260	14%	173	9%	1185	65%	209	11%
8. India	297319	169790	57%	11300	4%	68500	23%	47729	16%
9. Indonesia	181157	30171	17%	11800	7%	111774	62%	27412	15%
10. Iran	162200	18959	12%	44000	27%	11400	7%	87841	54%
11. Laos	23080	850	4%	800	3%	12550	54%	8880	38%
12. Malaysia	32855	7604	23%	281	1%	22248	68%	2722	8%
13. Maldives	30	3	10%	1	3%	1	3%	25	83%
14. Mongolia	156650	1320	1%	117150	75%	13750	9%	24430	16%
15. Myanmar	67658	10076	15%	345	1%	32400	48%	22934	34%
16. Nepal	14300	2769	19%	1757	12%	5750	40%	4024	28%
17. Pakistan	77088	21510	28%	5000	6%	3480	5%	47098	61%
18. Papua New Guinea	45286	640	1%	90	0%	42000	93%	2556	6%
19. Philippines	29817	9370	31%	1280	4%	13600	46%	5567	19%
20. Rep. of Korea	9873	2033	21%	90	1%	6456	65%	1294	13%
21. Samoa	283	122	43%	1	0%	134	47%	26	9%
22. Solomon Islands	2799	57	2%	39	1%	2450	88%	253	9%
23. Sri Lanka	6463	1883	29%	440	7%	2100	32%	2040	32%
24. Thailand	51089	20445	40%	800	2%	14800	29%	15044	29%
25. Tonga	72	48	67%	4	6%	8	11%	12	17%
26. Vanuatu	1219	120	10%	25	2%	914	75%	160	13%
27. Vietnam	32549	6758	21%	328	1%	9650	30%	15813	49%
SUB-TOTAL	2172547	452333	21%	598127	28%	606646	28%	590429	27%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	768230	47200	6%	414500	54%	145000	19%	161530	21%
29. Japan	37652	4422	12%	661	2%	25000	66%	7569	20%
30. New Zealand	26799	3071	11%	13536	51%	7667	29%	2525	9%
SUB-TOTAL	832681	54693	7%	428697	51%	177667	21%	171624	21%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	3005228	507026	17%	1026824	34%	784313	26%	762053	25%
REST OF WORLD	10043182	994937	10%	2384391	24%	3388091	34%	3198459	32%
WORLD	13048410	1501963	12%	3411215	26%	4172404	32%	3960512	30%

Note: Pertcentages refer to proportions of land categories to total land area. Apparent errors in sum of percentages are due to “rounding”.

Table 2. Agricultural Land **

Unit: 1000 ha

Country	Total Land Area	Agricultural Land		Agricultural Land as a Percentage of Total Land
Country	Total Land Area	1988	1997	1988	1997
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	13017	9463	8241	72.7%	63.3%
2. Bhutan	4700	130	160	2.8%	3.4%
3. Cambodia	17652	3530	3807	20.0%	21.6%
4. China	932641	129695	135365	13.9%	14.5%
5. Cook Islands	23	6	7	26.1%	30.4%
6. DPR. Korea	12041	1990	2000	16.5%	16.6%
7. Fiji	1827	220	285	12.0%	15.6%
8. India	297319	169310	169850	56.9%	57.1%
9. Indonesia	181157	31418	30987	17.3%	17.1%
10. Iran	162200	16871	19400	10.4%	12.0%
11. Laos	23080	850	852	3.7%	3.7%
12. Malaysia	32855	6300	7605	19.2%	23.1%
13. Maldives	30	3	3	10.0%	10.0%
14. Mongolia	156650	1366	1320	0.9%	0.8%
15. Myanmar	65755	10011	10151	15.2%	15.4%
16. Nepal	14300	2345	2968	16.4%	20.8%
17. Pakistan	77088	21820	21600	28.3%	28.0%
18. Papua New Guinea	45286	583	670	1.3%	1.5%
19. Philippines	29817	9060	9520	30.4%	31.9%
20. Rep. of Korea	9873	2138	1924	21.7%	19.5%
21. Samoa	283	122	122	43.1%	43.1%
22. Solomon Islands	2799	57	60	2.0%	2.1%
23. Sri Lanka	6463	1898	1888	29.4%	29.2%
24. Thailand	51089	20568	20445	40.3%	40.0%
25. Tonga	72	48	48	66.7%	66.7%
26. Vanuatu	1219	110	120	9.0%	9.8%
27. Vietnam	32549	6380	7202	19.6%	22.1%
SUB-TOTAL	2172547	446292	456600	20.5%	21.0%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	768230	47223	53100	6.1%	6.9%
29. Japan	37652	4681	4295	12.4%	11.4%
30. New Zealand	26799	3834	3280	14.3%	12.2%
SUB-TOTAL	832681	55738	60675	6.7%	7.3%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	3005228	502030	517275	16.7%	17.2%
REST OF WORLD	10043182	992897	993167	9.7%	9.9%
WORLD	13048410	1494927	1510442	11.5%	11.6%

^** “Agricultural Land” as used in this publication refers to “Arable and Permanently Cropped Land”, which excludes permanent meadows and pastures, fallow and resulting from shifting cultivation, and land under trees grown for food or timber. Double-cropped areas are counted only once.

Tabl 3. Agricultural Population

Unit: 1000

Country	Total Population (TP)		Agricultural Population (AP)		Percentage of AP to TP
Country	1988	1997	1988	1997	1988	1997
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	105585	122650	70470	71950	66.7%	58.7%
2. Bhutan	1616	1945	1522	1826	94.2%	93.9%
3. Cambodia	8128	10478	6031	7461	74.2%	71.2%
4. China	1121965	1244202	815048	853439	72.6%	68.6%
5. Cook Islands	18	19	3	2	16.7%	10.5%
6. DPR. Korea	19818	22981	7802	7443	39.4%	32.4%
7. Fiji	717	786	329	326	45.9%	41.5%
8. India	817431	966192	494543	544143	60.5%	56.3%
9. Indonesia	176751	203380	90928	93670	51.4%	46.1%
10. Iran	53049	64628	18056	18558	34.0%	28.7%
11. Laos	3916	5032	3069	3871	78.4%	76.9%
12. Malaysia	16957	20983	4791	4166	28.3%	19.9%
13. Maldives	202	263	83	79	41.1%	30.0%
14. Mongolia	2095	2537	703	671	33.6%	26.4%
15. Myanmar	39433	43936	29096	31259	73.8%	71.1%
16. Nepal	17834	22316	16703	20812	93.7%	93.3%
17. Pakistan	112012	144047	64549	75128	57.6%	52.2%
18. Papua New Guinea	3673	4499	3023	3531	82.3%	78.5%
19. Philippines	58171	71430	27254	29394	46.9%	41.2%
20. Rep. of Korea	42076	45731	7877	4817	18.7%	10.5%
21. Samoa	158	172	20	-	12.7%	-
22. Solomon Islands	300	404	231	300	77.0%	74.3%
23. Sri Lanka	16670	18274	8327	8624	50.0%	47.2%
24. Thailand	53922	59736	31436	30598	58.3%	51.2%
25. Tonga	95	98	13	-	13.7%	-
26. Vanuatu	142	177	68	-	47.9%	-
27. Vietnam	63892	76387	45796	52374	71.7%	68.6%
SUB-TOTAL	2538224	2989351	1674569	1854612	66.0%	62.0%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	16392	18329	935	885	5.7%	4.8%
29. Japan	122580	126038	9509	6017	7.8%	4.8%
30. New Zealand	3299	3761	339	345	10.3%	9.2%
SUB-TOTAL	142271	148128	10783	7247	7.6%	4.9%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	2680495	3137479	1685352	1861859	62.9%	59.3%
REST OF WORLD	2414922	2685664	726272	691994	36.4%	33.7%
WORLD	5095417	5823143	2411624	2553853	47.3%	43.9%

Table 4. Agricultural Land and Population

Country	Ratio of Agricultural Land to Agricultural Population Unit: ha/caput		Agricultural Land % Change over 10 yrs	Agricultural Population % change over 10 years
Country	1988	1997	88/97	88/97
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	0.13	0.11	-12.9%	2.1%
2. Bhutan	0.09	0.09	23.1%	20.0%
3. Cambodia	0.59	0.51	7.8%	23.7%
4. China	0.16	0.16	4.4%	4.7%
5. Cook Islands	2.00	3.50	16.7%	-33.3%
6. DPR. Korea	0.26	0.27	0.5%	-4.6%
7. Fiji	0.67	0.87	29.5%	-0.9%
8. India	0.34	0.31	0.3%	10.0%
9. Indonesia	0.35	0.33	-1.4%	3.0%
10. Iran	0.93	1.05	15.0%	2.8%
11. Laos	0.28	0.22	0.2%	26.1%
12. Malaysia	1.31	1.83	20.7%	-13.0%
13. Maldives	0.04	0.04	0.0%	-4.8%
14. Mongolia	1.94	1.97	-3.4%	-4.6%
15. Myanmar	0.34	0.32	1.4%	7.4%
16. Nepal	0.14	0.14	26.6%	24.6%
17. Pakistan	0.34	0.29	-1.0%	16.4%
18. Papua New Guinea	0.19	0.19	14.9%	16.8%
19. Philippines	0.33	0.32	5.1%	7.9%
20. Rep. of Korea	0.27	0.40	-10.0%	-38.8%
21. Samoa	6.10	-	0.0%	-
22. Solomon Islands	0.25	0.20	5.3%	29.9%
23. Sri Lanka	0.23	0.22	-0.5%	3.6%
24. Thailand	0.65	0.67	0.0%	-2.7%
25. Tonga	3.69	-	0.0%	-
26. Vanuatu	1.62	-	9.1%	-
27. Vietnam	0.14	0.14	12.9%	14.4%
AVERAGE	0.27	0.25	2.3%	10.8%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	50.51	60.00	12.4%	-5.3%
29. Japan	0.49	0.71	-8.2%	-36.7%
30. New Zealand	11.31	9.51	-14.4%	1.8%
AVERAGE	5.17	8.37	8.9%	-32.8%
ASIA-PACIFIC AVERAGE	0.30	0.28	3.0%	10.5%
REST OF WORLD	1.30	1.44	0.0%	0.0%
WORLD	0.62	0.59	0.0%	0.0%

AGRICULTURAL LAND AND POPULATION

Table 1. Land Use in 1994

Table 2. Agricultural Land**

Tabl 3. Agricultural Population

Table 4. Agricultural Land and Population

Table 2. Agricultural Land **