Table 7 - Selected forest, cropland and urbanization statistics for Asia-Pacific countries

Country	Forest Area 1993 (1000 km2)	Forest Area 1975 (1000 km2)	Rural Pop 1995 (million)	Rural Pop 1975 (million)	For/capita 1995 (ha)	For/capita 1975 (ha)	Crop/cap 1995 (ha)	Crop/cap 1975 (ha)	Urban Pop'n (%)	Urban Grth 1970-95 (% pa)
South Asia	896.48	868.40	882.49	621.15	0.10	0.14
Bangladesh	9.50	10.94	93.52	70.93	0.01	0.02	0.12	0.12	18.3	5.87
Bhutan	31.02	26.32	1.59	1.06	1.95	2.48	0.1	0.1	6.4	4.63
India	756.15	733.13	670.88	474.40	0.11	0.15		0.27	26.8	3.30
Nepal	45.06	52.10	17.78	11.97	0.25	0.44		0.18	13.7	7.47
Pakistan	33.44	27.86	84.76	52.26	0.04	0.05		0.27	34.7	4.40
Sri Lanka	21.32	18.04	13.97	10.53	0.15	0.17		0.14	22.4	1.73
China	1,449.15	1,343.58	839.82	769.52	0.17	0.17		0.11	30.3	3.40
Rep Korea	66.43	64.75	8.40	18.36	0.79	0.35		0.06	81.3	4.07
South-east Asia	2,258.40	2,567.84	317.99	247.98	0.71	1.04
Indonesia	1,118.00	1,285.61	126.16	107.20	0.89	1.20		0.19	35.4	4.90
Kampuchea	118.92	135.21	8.09	6.41	1.47	2.11		0.3	20.7	3.43
Laos	128.35	145.63	3.68	3.00	3.49	4.85		0.22	21.7	5.93
Malaysia	223.93	225.58	9.31	7.54	2.41	2.99		0.38	53.7	4.37
Myanmar	333.56	331.06	32.99	22.75	1.01	1.45	0.23	0.33	26.2	2.90
Philippines	102.00	120.00	31.64	27.15	0.32	0.44	0.14	0.18	54.2	4.53
Thailand	135.46	186.77	47.52	35.19	0.29	0.53	0.36	0.4	20.0	3.60
Viet Nam	98.18	137.99	58.61	38.73	0.17	0.36		0.13	20.8	2.83
Pacific Islands	438.89	448.14	4.16	2.95	10.55	15.19
Fiji	11.90	11.90	0.48	0.36	2.47	3.26		0.27	40.7	2.57
Vanuatu	9.15	9.10	0.10	0.08	8.97	11.09	0.89	0.99	19.3	4.30
Western Samoa	1.32	1.37	0.13	0.12	1.00	1.16	0.73	0.77	21.0	1.00
Papua New Guinea	416.52	425.78	3.44	2.39	12.09	17.84	0.1	0.13	16.0	4.50
ASIA-PACIFIC	5,109.35	5,292.71	2,052.86	1,659.96	0.25	0.32

Source: APFSOS/WP/09