🌲 Largest Forest Areas

Total forest area, including natural and planted forests.

📅 2025📏 km²209 entries

Americas 39%

Europe 25%

Africa 16%

Asia 15%

Americas39% · 45 entries
🇧🇷 Brazil 4,860,866 km² 🇨🇦 Canada 3,688,189 km² 🇺🇸 United States 3,088,950 km²
Europe25% · 45 entries
🇷🇺 Russia 8,326,299 km² 🇸🇪 Sweden 279,340 km² 🇫🇮 Finland 225,430 km²
Africa16% · 54 entries
🇨🇩 DR Congo 1,391,891 km² 🇦🇴 Angola 632,623 km² 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 450,949 km²
Asia15% · 47 entries
🇨🇳 China 2,271,530 km² 🇮🇩 Indonesia 959,693 km² 🇮🇳 India 727,390 km²
Oceania4.5% · 18 entries
🇦🇺 Australia 1,335,616 km² 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 340,290 km² 🇳🇿 New Zealand 103,030 km²

Share of the combined total of 41,266,436 km², grouped by the world region each entry belongs to.

🇷🇺Russia

8,326,299 km²

🇧🇷Brazil

4,860,866 km²

🇨🇦Canada

3,688,189 km²

🇺🇸United States

3,088,950 km²

🇨🇳China

2,271,530 km²

🇨🇩DR Congo

1,391,891 km²

🇦🇺Australia

1,335,616 km²

🇮🇩Indonesia

959,693 km²

🇮🇳India

727,390 km²

🇵🇪Peru

671,598 km²

🇲🇽Mexico

662,656 km²

🇦🇴Angola

632,623 km²

🇨🇴Colombia

594,569 km²

🇧🇴Bolivia

543,703 km²

🇻🇪Venezuela

470,882 km²

🇦🇷Argentina

465,980 km²

🇨🇫Central African Republic

450,949 km²

🇿🇲Zambia

448,743 km²

🇹🇿Tanzania

434,000 km²

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

340,290 km²

🇲🇿Mozambique

322,429 km²

🇸🇪Sweden

279,340 km²

🇲🇲Myanmar

270,953 km²

🇪🇹Ethiopia

267,471 km²

🇯🇵Japan

249,080 km²

🇬🇦Gabon

235,553 km²

🇿🇦South Africa

228,814 km²

🇹🇷Türkiye

228,058 km²

🇫🇮Finland

225,430 km²

🇸🇩Sudan

219,804 km²

🇨🇬Congo

218,538 km²

🇹🇭Thailand

196,475 km²

🇨🇲Cameroon

191,432 km²

🇪🇸Spain

191,328 km²

🇲🇾Malaysia

188,847 km²

🇬🇾Guyana

183,772 km²

🇨🇱Chile

181,619 km²

🇫🇷France

177,950 km²

🇳🇬Nigeria

171,300 km²

🇧🇼Botswana

157,302 km²

🇻🇳Vietnam

147,901 km²

🇸🇷Suriname

146,742 km²

🇵🇾Paraguay

142,974 km²

🇲🇳Mongolia

141,783 km²

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

137,660 km²

🇱🇦Laos

130,360 km²

🇪🇨Ecuador

123,103 km²

🇳🇴Norway

121,086 km²

🇩🇪Germany

114,814 km²

🇮🇷Iran

107,510 km²

Highlights

As of 2025, Russia ranks first with 8,326,299 km², followed by Brazil (4,860,866 km²) and Canada (3,688,189 km²).

Russia is 1.7 times higher than Brazil, the runner-up.

Across 209 countries and territories, values run from 8,326,299 km² (Russia) to 1 km² (Curaçao), with a median of 21,207 km².

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from the Americas, 3 from Asia, 1 from Africa, 1 from Europe and 1 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Forest area (sq. km), 2025. Unit: km².

Source: World Bank Open Data — Forest area (sq. km) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026