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| Table 4
Annual changes in forest and other wooded land area in the developed countries 1980-90 |
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Country |
Forest and other woooded land
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Status |
Annual change 1980-90 1
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1 000 ha |
1 000 ha |
% |
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| Finland |
23 373 |
5.5 |
0.02 |
| Norway |
9 565 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Sweden |
28 015 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Nordics |
60 953 |
5.5 |
0.02 |
| Belgium |
620 |
1.9 |
0.31 |
| Denmark |
466 |
1.0 |
0.22 |
| Iceland |
123 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Ireland |
429 |
4.8 |
1.19 |
| Netherlands |
334 |
1.0 |
0.30 |
| United Kingdom |
2 380 |
24.2 |
1.08 |
| North Western Europe |
4 352 |
32.9 |
0.81 |
| Austria |
3 877 |
14.2 |
0.37 |
| Former Czechoslovakia |
4 491 |
2.0 |
0.04 |
| France |
14 154 |
8.0 |
0.06 |
| Germany |
10 735 |
46.9 |
0.45 |
| Luxembourg |
88 |
0.1 |
0.06 |
| Poland |
8 672 |
5.0 |
0.06 |
| Switzerland |
1 186 |
6.6 |
0.57 |
| Central Eastern Europe |
43 203 |
82.8 |
0.19 |
| Albania |
1 449 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
| Bulgaria |
3 683 |
7.8 |
0.21 |
| Cyprus |
280 |
0.2 |
0.07 |
| Greece |
6 032 |
0.9 |
0.02 |
| Hungary |
1 675 |
8.2 |
0.50 |
| Israel |
124 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Italy |
8 550 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Romania |
6 265 |
0.2 |
0.00 |
| Turkey |
20 199 |
3.1 |
0.02 |
| Former Yugoslavia, SFR |
9 454 |
34.5 |
0.37 |
| South East Europe |
57 711 |
55.0 |
0.11 |
| Portugal |
3 102 |
13.8 |
0.46 |
| Spain |
25 622 |
0.9 |
0.00 |
| Iberia |
28 724 |
14.7 |
0.05 |
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| Europe |
194 943 |
190.8 |
0.13 |
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| Belarus |
6 256 |
27.3 |
0.45 |
| Other former USSR |
926 035 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Ukraine |
9 239 |
24.0 |
0.26 |
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| Former USSR |
941 530 |
51.3 |
0.01 |
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| Canada |
453 300 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| USA |
295 989 |
316.5 |
0.11 |
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| North America |
749 289 |
316.5 |
0.11 |
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| Australia |
145 613 |
0.6 |
0.00 |
| Japan |
24 718 |
4.8 |
0.02 |
| New Zealand |
7 472 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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| Developed Asia/Oceania |
177 803 |
4.2 |
0.00 |
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| TOTAL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES |
2 063 565 |
78.6 |
0.01 |
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| 1 Estimates of area change are not available for the main part of the former USSR. Estimates for the former USSR in regional and world tables include only Belarus and Ukraine | |||
| Table 4
Annual changes in forest and other wooded land area in the developing countries 1980-90 |
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Country |
Forest and other woooded land |
Natural forest
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Plantations
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Status |
Annual change 1980-90 |
Status |
An. change |
Status |
An. change |
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1 000 ha |
1 000 ha |
% |
1 000 ha |
1 000 ha |
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| AFRICA | |||||||||
| Burkina Faso |
13 813 |
4 416 |
-32 |
20 |
1.1 |
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| Cape Verde |
78 |
6 |
0 |
10 |
0.7 |
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| Chad |
32 450 |
11 434 |
-89 |
4 |
0.2 |
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| Gambia |
286 |
97 |
-1 |
1 |
_ |
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| GuineaBissau |
2 162 |
2 021 |
-16 |
1 |
_ |
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| Mali |
28 791 |
12 144 |
-106 |
14 |
1.3 |
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| Mauritania |
4 536 |
554 |
0 |
2 |
0.2 |
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| Niger |
10 442 |
2 550 |
0 |
12 |
0.8 |
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| Senegal |
13 400 |
7 544 |
-52 |
112 |
10.3 |
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| West Sahelian Africa |
105 956 |
297 |
0.3 |
40 766 |
-295 |
175 |
14.6 |
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| Djibouti |
1 320 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Ethiopia, former PDR |
41 991 |
14 165 |
-39 |
189 |
12.0 |
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| Kenya |
16 816 |
1 187 |
-7 |
118 |
1.6 |
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| Somalia |
15 945 |
754 |
-3 |
4 |
_ |
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| Sudan |
68 955 |
42 976 |
-482 |
203 |
8.8 |
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| Uganda |
16 023 |
6 346 |
-65 |
20 |
_ |
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| East Sahelian Africa |
161 048 |
-642 |
0.4 |
65 450 |
-595 |
533 |
22.0 |
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| Benin |
11 497 |
4 947 |
-70 |
14 |
0.6 |
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| Côte d'Ivoire |
18 952 |
10 904 |
-119 |
63 |
3.2 |
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| Ghana |
18 013 |
9 555 |
-138 |
53 |
1.1 |
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| Guinea |
17 484 |
6 692 |
-87 |
4 |
0.1 |
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| Liberia |
6 632 |
4 633 |
-25 |
6 |
0.1 |
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| Nigeria |
65 654 |
15 634 |
-119 |
151 |
3.7 |
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| Sierra Leone |
6 969 |
1 889 |
-12 |
6 |
0.2 |
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| Togo |
4 566 |
1 353 |
-22 |
17 |
1.2 |
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| West Africa |
149 764 |
-85 |
0.1 |
55 607 |
-591 |
312 |
10.0 |
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| Cameroon |
35 905 |
20 350 |
-122 |
16 |
1.2 |
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| Central African Republic |
46 753 |
30 562 |
-129 |
6 |
0.6 |
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| Congo |
25 285 |
19 865 |
-32 |
37 |
2.5 |
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| Equatorial Guinea |
2 719 |
1 826 |
-7 |
3 |
_ |
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| Gabon |
19 966 |
18 235 |
-116 |
21 |
0.8 |
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| Zaire |
166 076 |
113 275 |
-732 |
42 |
2.6 |
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| Central Africa |
296 704 |
-571 |
0.2 |
204 113 |
-1 139 |
125 |
7.7 |
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| Angola |
77 198 |
23 074 |
-174 |
120 |
1.0 |
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| Botswana |
26 561 |
14 261 |
-77 |
1 |
_ |
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| Burundi |
1 314 |
233 |
-1 |
92 |
7.9 |
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| Malawi |
3 724 |
3 486 |
-53 |
126 |
7.0 |
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| Mozambique |
55 881 |
17 329 |
-135 |
28 |
1.0 |
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| Namibia |
26 296 |
12 569 |
-43 |
0 |
_ |
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| Rwanda |
946 |
164 |
0 |
88 |
4.3 |
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| United Republic of Tanzania |
68 497 |
33 555 |
-438 |
154 |
8.6 |
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| Zambia |
60 337 |
32 301 |
-363 |
48 |
2.1 |
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| Zimbabwe |
26 144 |
8 897 |
-61 |
84 |
1.4 |
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| Tropical South Africa |
346 896 |
-736 |
0.2 |
145 869 |
-1 345 |
740 |
33.2 |
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| Comoros |
41 |
11 |
-1 |
0 |
_ |
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| Madagascar |
23 225 |
15 782 |
-135 |
217 |
3.1 |
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| Mauritius |
44 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
0.1 |
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| Reunion |
135 |
93 |
0 |
7 |
0.1 |
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| Saint Helena |
9 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
_ |
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| Seychelles |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
_ |
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| Insular Africa |
23 457 |
-89 |
0.4 |
15 892 |
-135 |
235 |
3.4 |
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| Tropical Africa |
1 083 826 |
-2 421 |
0.2 |
527 697 |
-4 101 |
2 121 |
90.9 |
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| Algeria |
3 945 |
1 554 |
-38 |
485 |
18.3 |
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| Egypt |
34 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
0.6 |
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| Libya Arab Jamahiriya |
846 |
190 |
0 |
210 |
11.0 |
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| Morocco |
5 744 |
3 543 |
-26 |
321 |
9.6 |
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| Tunisia |
569 |
368 |
-6 |
201 |
11.2 |
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| North Africa |
11 137 |
-73 |
1.2 |
5 655 |
-71 |
1 250 |
50.7 |
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| Lesotho |
23 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0.6 |
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| South Africa |
41 543 |
7 243 |
-63 |
965 |
15.5 |
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| Swaziland |
146 |
74 |
0 |
72 |
0.1 |
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| Non Tropical South Africa |
41 712 |
-333 |
0.8 |
7 317 |
-63 |
1 044 |
16.1 |
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| Non Tropical Africa |
52 850 |
-407 |
0.9 |
12 972 |
-134 |
2 295 |
66.8 |
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| TOTAL AFRICA |
1 136 676 |
-2 828 |
0.3 |
540 669 |
-4 234 |
4 416 |
157.7 |
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| ASIA/PACIFIC | |||||||||
| Bangladesh |
1 472 |
769 |
-38 |
235 |
12.3 |
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| Bhutan |
3 168 |
2 809 |
-16 |
4 |
0.2 |
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| India |
82 648 |
51 729 |
-339 |
13 230 |
1 009.0 |
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| Nepal |
5 751 |
5 023 |
-54 |
56 |
4.3 |
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| Pakistan |
3 128 |
1 855 |
-77 |
168 |
4.2 |
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| Sri Lanka |
3 998 |
1 746 |
-27 |
139 |
6.0 |
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| South Asia |
100 164 |
596 |
-0.5 |
63 931 |
-551 |
13 831 |
1 035.9 |
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| Cambodia |
13 724 |
12 163 |
-131 |
7 |
_ |
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| Laos |
21 436 |
13 173 |
-129 |
4 |
0.1 |
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| Myanmar |
49 774 |
28 856 |
-401 |
235 |
19.6 |
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| Thailand |
14 968 |
12 735 |
-515 |
529 |
29.4 |
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| Vietnam |
23 499 |
8 312 |
-137 |
1 470 |
49.0 |
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| Continental S. E. Asia |
123 400 |
-1 087 |
0.9 |
75 239 |
-1 314 |
2 245 |
98.1 |
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| Brunei Darussalam |
458 |
458 |
-2 |
0 |
_ |
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| Indonesia |
145 108 |
109 549 |
-1 212 |
6 125 |
331.8 |
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| Malaysia |
22 248 |
17 583 |
-396 |
81 |
6.3 |
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| Philippines |
13 640 |
7 831 |
-316 |
203 |
_ |
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| Singapore |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Insular S. E. Asia |
181 458 |
-1 509 |
1.0 |
135 425 |
-1 926 |
6 409 |
337.4 |
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| Papua New Guinea |
42 115 |
36 000 |
-113 |
30 |
1.5 |
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| American Samoa |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Fiji |
859 |
775 |
-4 |
78 |
5.0 |
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| French Polynesia |
115 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Guam |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Kiribati |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| New Caledonia |
1 289 |
701 |
-1 |
9 |
0.4 |
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| Niue |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Pacific Islands |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Samoa |
164 |
124 |
-2 |
9 |
0.5 |
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| Solomon Islands |
2 455 |
2 394 |
-5 |
16 |
0.3 |
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| Tonga |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Vanuatu |
809 |
802 |
-8 |
7 |
0.4 |
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| Pacific |
47 886 |
-45 |
0.1 |
40 796 |
-131 |
149 |
8.1 |
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| Total Tropical Asia |
452 908 |
-2 045 |
0.8 |
315 391 |
-3 922 |
22 634 |
1 479.5 |
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| Afghanistan |
2 614 |
1 191 |
0 |
8 |
_ |
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| Bahrain |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Iran |
11 437 |
1 658 |
-33 |
79 |
4.9 |
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| Iraq |
192 |
69 |
0 |
14 |
_ |
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| Jordan |
173 |
28 |
-1 |
23 |
0.8 |
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| Kuwait |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0.5 |
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| Lebanon |
144 |
65 |
-1 |
13 |
_ |
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| Oman |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Qatar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Saudi Arabia |
902 |
201 |
-5 |
1 |
_ |
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| Syrian Arab Republic |
484 |
118 |
-5 |
127 |
9.9 |
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| United Arab Emirates |
60 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
5.9 |
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| Yemen |
1 921 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Middle East |
17 932 |
165 |
0.8 |
3 339 |
-44 |
330 |
22.1 |
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| China |
162 029 |
101 968 |
-400 |
31 831 |
1 139.8 |
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| Korea, DPR |
7 370 |
4 700 |
0 |
1 470 |
77.0 |
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| Korea, Rep. |
6 291 |
6 291 |
-1 |
0 |
_ |
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| Mongolia |
13 741 |
9 406 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Temperate Asia |
189 431 |
881 |
-0.2 |
122 365 |
-401 |
33 301 |
1 216.8 |
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| Total Non Tropical Asia |
207 362 |
1 046 |
-0.1 |
125 704 |
-445 |
33 630 |
1 238.9 |
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| TOTAL ASIA/PACIFIC |
660 270 |
-999 |
0.6 |
441 095 |
-4 367 |
56 264 |
2 718.4 |
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| LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN | |||||||||
| Costa Rica |
1 569 |
1 428 |
-50 |
28 |
2.6 |
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| El Salvador |
890 |
123 |
-3 |
4 |
0.3 |
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| Guatemala |
9 465 |
4 225 |
-81 |
28 |
1.8 |
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| Honduras |
6 054 |
4 605 |
-112 |
3 |
0.3 |
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| Mexico |
129 057 |
48 586 |
-678 |
109 |
5.3 |
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| Nicaragua |
7 732 |
6 013 |
-124 |
14 |
1.3 |
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| Panama |
3 266 |
3 117 |
-64 |
6 |
0.4 |
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| Central America |
158 034 |
-825 |
0.5 |
68 097 |
-1 112 |
192 |
11.9 |
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| Barbados |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Bermuda |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| British Virgin Islands |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Cayman Islands |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Monserrat |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Netherlands Antilles |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| St.Pierre & Miquelon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| United States Virgin Islands |
14 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Antigua and Barbuda |
26 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Bahamas |
186 |
186 |
-4 |
0 |
_ |
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| Belize |
2 117 |
1 996 |
-5 |
2 |
_ |
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| Cuba |
3 262 |
1 715 |
-17 |
245 |
13.5 |
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| Dominica |
50 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Dominican Republic |
1 530 |
1 077 |
-35 |
7 |
0.3 |
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| French Guyana |
8 318 |
7 997 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Grenada |
11 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Guadeloupe |
93 |
93 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Guyana |
18 755 |
18 416 |
-18 |
8 |
0.8 |
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| Haiti |
139 |
23 |
-2 |
8 |
0.8 |
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| Jamaica |
653 |
239 |
-27 |
15 |
0.6 |
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| Martinique |
71 |
43 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Puerto Rico |
336 |
321 |
4 |
3 |
0.1 |
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| St. Kitts and Nevis |
24 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| St. Lucia |
34 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| St. Vincent |
12 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
_ |
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| Suriname |
15 093 |
14 768 |
-13 |
8 |
0.2 |
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
236 |
155 |
-4 |
13 |
0.1 |
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| Caribbean |
50 989 |
-49 |
0.1 |
47 138 |
-122 |
309 |
16.4 |
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| Bolivia |
57 977 |
49 317 |
-625 |
28 |
1.0 |
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| Brazil |
671 921 |
561 107 |
-3 671 |
4 900 |
195.4 |
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| Colombia |
63 231 |
54 064 |
-367 |
126 |
8.9 |
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| Ecuador |
15 576 |
11 962 |
-238 |
45 |
1.5 |
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| Paraguay |
19 256 |
12 859 |
-403 |
9 |
0.7 |
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| Peru |
84 844 |
67 906 |
-271 |
184 |
8.8 |
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| Venezuela |
69 436 |
45 690 |
-599 |
253 |
16.6 |
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| Tropical South America |
982 242 |
-4 793 |
0.5 |
802 905 |
-6 173 |
5 545 |
232.9 |
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| Tropical Latin America/Caribbean |
1 191 265 |
-5 668 |
0.5 |
918 140 |
-7 407 |
6 047 |
261.2 |
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| Argentina |
50 936 |
33 889 |
-214 |
547 |
4.6 |
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| Chile |
16 583 |
7 018 |
-60 |
1 015 |
54.5 |
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| Uruguay |
933 |
657 |
-1 |
156 |
2.0 |
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| Non Tropical South America |
68 453 |
-380 |
0.6 |
41 564 |
-275 |
1 719 |
61.0 |
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| TOTAL LATIN AM./CARIBBEAN |
1 259 717 |
-6 047 |
0.5 |
959 704 |
-7 682 |
7 765 |
322.2 |
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| TOTAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES |
3 056 663 |
-9 874 |
0.4 |
1 941 468 |
-16 282 |
68 445 |
3 198.3 |
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| GRAND TOTAL |
5 120 227 |
-9 953 |
0.2 |
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