AGRICULTURAL LAND AND POPULATION

AGRICULTURAL LAND AND POPULATION

Table 1. Land use*

Unit 1 000 ha
												Land Use Distribution (in %)
	Country	Total Land Area		Arable and Permanent Crops Land			Permanent Pasture			Forests and Woodland*	Other Land	Arable & Permanent Crops Land	Permanent Pasture	Forests & Woodland*					Other Land
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/ TRANSITION ECONOMIES
	SOUTHEAST ASIA
1	Cambodia	17 652		3 856	F		1 500	F		10 447	1 849	21.8	8.5			59.2	105
2	Indonesia	181 157		36 600	F		11 200	F		88 495	44 862	20.2	6.2			48.8	24.8
3	Lao PDR	23 080		1 081	F		878	F		16 142	4 979	4.7	3.8			69.9	21.6
4	Malaysia	32 855	**	7 585		**	285	F	**	20 890	4 095	23.1	0.9			63.6	12.5
5	Myanmar	65 755	**	10 981		**	312		**	32 222	22 240	16.7	0.5			49.0	33.8
6	Philippines	29 817	**	10 700	F	**	1 500	F	**	7 162	10 455	35.9	5.0			24.0	35.1
7	Thailand	51 089	**	17 687	F	**	800	F	**	14 520	18 082	34.6	1.6			28.4	35.4
8	Timor-Leste	1 487	**	190	F	**	150	F	**	798	349	12.8	10.1			53.7	23.5
9	Viet Nam	31 007		8 950	F		642	F		12 931	8 484	28.9	2.1			41.7	27.4
	SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ASIA
10	Afghanistan	65 209	**	8 048	F		30 000	F	**	867	26 294	12.3	46.0		1.3		40.3
11	Bangladesh	13017		8415	F		600	F		871	3 131	64.6	4.6		6.7		24.1
12	Bhutan	4 700		177	F		415	F	**	3 195	913	3.8	8.8		68.0		19.4
13	India	297 319		169 650	F		10 530	F		67 701	49 438	57.1	3.5		22.8		16.6
14	Iran (Islamic Rep of)	163 620		17 600	F		44 000	F		11 075	90 945	10.8	26.9		6.8		55.6
15	Maldives	30	**	13	F	**	1	F	**	1	15	43.3	3.3		3.3		50.0
16	Nepal	14 300		2 487	F		1 735	F		3 636	6 442	17.4	12.1		25.4		45.0
17	Pakistan	77 088		22 070			5 000	F		1 902	48 116	28.6	65		25		62 4
18	Sri Lanka	6 463	**	1 916	F	**	440	F	**	1 933	2 174	29.6	6.8		29.9		33.6
	CENTRAL ASIA
19	Kazakhstan	269 970		22 500	F		185 098	F		3 337	59 035	8.3	68.6		1.2		21.9
20	Kyrgyzstan	19 180		1 356			9 389	F		869	7 566	7.1	49.0		4.5		39.4
21	Tajikistan	13 996	**	1 057	F	**	3 198	F	**	410	9 331	7.6	22.8		2.9		66.7
22	Turkmenistan	46 993	**	2 266	F	**	30 700	F	**	4 127	9 900	4.8	65.3		8.8		21.1
23	Uzbekistan	42 540	**	5 040		**	22 219	F	**	3 295	11 986	11.8	52.2		7.7		28.2
	EAST ASIA
24	China	932 748		155 639	F		400 001	F		197 290	179 818	16.7	42.9		21.2		19.3
25	Korea DPR	12 041		3 000	F		50	F		6 187	2 804	24.9	0.4		51.4		23.3
26	Mongolia	156 650		1 200	F	**	129 300	F	**	10 252	15 898	0.8	82.5		6.5		10.1
27	Rep of Korea	9 873		1 835	F		58	F		6 265	1 715	18.6	0.6		63.5		17.4
	PACIFIC ISLANDS
28	Cook Islands	24	**	6	F	**	0			16	2	25.0	0.0		66.7		8.3
29	Fiji Islands	1 827	**	285	F	**	175	F	**	1 000	367	15.6	9.6		54.7		20.1
30	Kiribati	73	*	37	F	*	0			2	34	50.7	0.0		2.7		46.6
31	Marshall Islands	18	**	10	F		4	F		0	4	55.6	22.2		0.0		22.2
32	Micronesia, Fed States of	70	**	36	F	**	11	F	**	16	7	51.4	15.7		22.9			10.0
33	Nauru	2	**	0			0			0	2	0.0	0.0		0.0		100 .0
34	Niue	26	**	7	F	**	1	F	**	14	4	26.9	3.8		53.8		15.4
35	Palau	46	**	6	F	**	3	F	**	35	2	13.0	6.5		76.1		4.3
36	Papua New Guinea	45 286	**	875	F	**	175	F	**	29 437	14 799	1.9	0.4		65.0		32.7
37	Samoa	283	**	129	F	**	2	F	**	105	47	45.6	0.7		37.1		16.6
38	Solomon Islands	2 799	**	77	F	**	40	F	**	2 172	510	2.8	1.4		77.6		18.2
39	Tonga	72	**	26	F	**	4	F	**	4	38	36.1	5.6		5.6		52.8
40	Tuvalu	3	**	2	F	**	0			1	0	66.7	0.0		33.3		0.0
41	Vanuatu	1 219	**	105	F	**	42	F	**	440	632	8.6	3.4		36.1		51.8
	SUBTOTAL	2 631 384		523 500			890 458			547 604	669 822	19.9	33.8		20.8		25.5
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
42	Australia	768 230		49 742	F		395 407	F		145 000	178 081	6.5	51.5		18.9		23.2
43	Japan	36 450		4 692			428			24 621	6 709	12.9	1.2		67.5		18.4
44	New Zealand	26 799	**	3 372	F	**	13 863	F		7 667	1 897	12.6	51.7		28.6		7.1
	SUBTOTAL	831 479		57 806			409 698			177 288	186 687	7.0	49.3		21.3		22.5
ASIA-PACIFIC*		3 462 863		581 306			1 300 156			724 892	856 509	16.8	37.5		20.9		24.7
REST OF WORLD		9 546 936		963 315			2 137 446			3 447 543	2 998 632	10.1	22.4		36.1		31.4
WORLD		13 009 799		1 544 621			3 437 602			3 952 025	4 075 551	11.9	26.4		30.4		31.3
*	2005 data for forests and woodland, from Global Forest Resources Assessment (2005), is sum of natural forest and plantations Other data from 2003
**	indicates figures for 2003
*******	land in compact plantation separated from forests and woodland (data for Federated States of Micronesia, Palau and Samoa rationalized)

Table 2. Agricultural land*

			Unit 1 000 ha
Country			Agricultural Land				Agricultural Land as % of Total Land
		Total Land Area
			1995		2005		1995	2005
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/ TRANSITION ECONOMIES
	SOUTHEAST ASIA
1.	Cambodia	17 652	3 820	F	3 856	F	21.6	21.8
2.	Indonesia	181 157	30 387	F	36 600	F	16.8	20 2
3.	Lao PDR	23 080	900	F	1 081	F	3.9	4.7
4.	Malaysia	32 855	7 604		7 585		23.1	23.1
5.	Myanmar	65 755	10110		10 981		15.4	167
6.	Philippines	29 817	9 900	F	10 700	F	33.2	35 9
7.	Thailand	51 089	20 410	F	17 687	F	39.9	34.6
8.	Timor-Leste	1 487	190	F	190	F		12.8
9.	Viet Nam	31 007	6 751		8 950	F	21.8	28.9
	SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ASIA
10.	Afghanistan	65 209	8 030	F	8 048	F	12.3	12.3
11.	Bangladesh	13017	8 148		8415	F	62.6	64.6
12.	Bhutan	4 700	150	F	177	F	3.2	3.8
13.	India	297 319	169 750		169 650	F	57.1	57.1
14.	Iran (Islamic Rep of)	163 620	19018	F	17 600	F	11.6	10.8
15.	Maldives	30	8	F	13	F	26.7	43.3
16.	Nepal	14 300	2 399	F	2 487	F	16.8	17.4
17.	Pakistan	77 088	21 550		22 070		28.0	28.6
18.	Sri Lanka	6 463	1 886		1 916	F	29.2	29.6
	CENTRAL ASIA
19.	Kazakhstan	269 970			22 500	F		8.3
20.	Kyrgyzstan	19 180	1 326		1 356		6.9	7.1
21.	Tajikistan	13 996	1 000	F	1 057	F	7.1	7.6
22.	Turkmenistan	46 993	1 687	F	2 266	F	3.6	4.8
23.	Uzbekistan	42 540	4 845	F	5 040		11.4
	EAST ASIA
24.	China	932 748	134 700		155 639	F	144	16.7
25.	Korea DPR	12 041	2 600	F	3 000	F	21.6	24.9
26.	Mongolia	156 650	1 322		1 200	F	0.8	0.8
27.	Rep of Korea	9 873	1 985		1 835	F	20.1	18.6
	PACIFIC ISLANDS
28.	Cook Islands	24	5		6	F	20.8	25.0
29.	Fiji Islands	1 827	285	F	285	F	15.6	15.6
30.	Kiribati	73	37	F	37	F	50.7	50.7
31.	Marshall Islands	18	9	F	10	F	50.0	55.6
32.	Micronesia, Fed States of	70	36	F	36	F	51.4	51.4
33.	Nauru	2	0		0		0.0	0.0
34.	Niue	26			7	F	23.1	26.9
35.	Palau	46	6	F	6	F	13.0	13.0
36.	Papua New Guinea	45 286	784	F	875	F	1.7	1.9
37.	Samoa	283	122	F	129	F	43.1	45.6
38.	Solomon Islands	2 799	73	F	77	F	2.6	2.8
39.	Tonga	72	29	F	26	F	40.3	36.1
40.	Tuvalu	3	2	F	2	F	66.7	66.7
41.	Vanuatu	1 219	105	F	105	F	8.6	8.6
	SUBTOTAL	2 631 384	503 861		523 500		19.1	19.9
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
42.	Australia	768 230	40 300	F	49 742	F	5.2	6.5
43.	Japan	36 450	5 038					12.9
44.	New Zealand	26 799	3 228		3 372	F	12.0	12.6
	SUBTOTAL	831 479	48 566		57 806		5.8	7.0
ASIA-PACIFIC*		3 462 863	552 427		581 306		16.0	16.8
REST OF WORLD		9 546 936	969 154		963 031		10.2	10.1
WORLD		13 009 799	1 521 581		1 544 621		11.7	11.9

* “Agricultural Land” as used in this publication refers to “Arable and Permanent Cropped Land”, which excludes permanent meadows and pastures, fallow land resulting from shifting cultivation, and land under trees grown for food or timber. Double cropped area is counted once.
** indicates figures for 2003, the last year available.

Table 3. Agricultural population

Country			Total Population (000)		Agricultural Population (000)			% Agricultural Population to Total Population
			1995	2005	1995	2005		1995	2005
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/ TRANSITION ECONOMIES
	SOUTHEAST ASIA
1.	Cambodia		11 394	13 955	8 188	9 590		71.9	68.7
2.		Indonesia	197 410	226 063	92 913	90 889		47.1	40.2
3.		Lao PDR	4 692	5 663	3 623	4 479		77.2	79.1
4.		Malaysia	20 593	25 652	4 389	3 656		21.3	14.3
5.		Myanmar	43 134	47 967	31 932	34 663		74.0	72.3
6.		Philippines	68 587	84 566	29 027	30 195		42.3	35.7
7.		Thailand	57 522	63 002	30 888	28 907		53.7	45.9
8.		Timor Leste	850	1 067	702	767		82.6	71.9
9.		Viet Nam	73 329	85 028	50 720	54 987		69.2	64.7
		SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ASIA
10.		Afghanistan	18 255	25 067	14 194	19 506		77.8	77.8
11.		Bangladesh	126 296	153 281	70 509	72 029		55.8	47.0
12.		Bhutan	507	637		596	F		69.1
13.		India	954 281	1 134 403	523 860	566 140		54.9	49.9
14.		Iran (Islamic Rep of)	62 199	69 420	18 155	16 770		29.2	24.2
15.		Maldives	247	295	82	74		33.2	25.1
16.		Nepal	21 671	27 093	20 257	25 211		93.5	93.1
17.		Pakistan	127 766	158 080	67 206	76 192		52.6	48.2
18.		Sri Lanka	18 080	19 120	9 014	9 294		49.9	48.6
		CENTRAL ASIA
19.		Kazakhstan	15 919	15210	3 493	2 609		21.9	17.2
20.		Kyrgyzstan	4 591	5 203	1 320	1 204		28.8	23.1
21.		Tajikistan	5 772	6 550	2 143	1 989		37.1	30.4
22.		Turkmenistan	4 192	4 833	1 479	1 521		35.3	31.5
23.		Uzbekistan	22 918	26 593	7 146	6 487		31.2	24.4
		EAST ASIA
24.		China	1 220 349	1 320 509	849 469	843 401		69.6	63.9
25.		Korea DPR	21 715	23 615	7 100	5 972		32.7	25.3
26.		Mongolia	2 389	2 580	668	553		28.0	21.4
27.		Rep of Korea PACIFIC ISLANDS	45 007	47 869	5 391	3 042		12.0	6.4
28.		Cook Islands	18	13	8	5		44.4	38.5
29.		Fiji Islands	767	828	326	318		42.5	38.4
30.		Kiribati	77	92	23	25		29.9	27.2
31.		Marshall Islands	51	56	15	15		29.4	26.8
32.		Micronesia Fed States of	107	110	139	141		30.0	26.3
33.		Nauru	9	10	3	3		33.3	30.0
34.		Niue	2	1	1	0		50.0
35.		Palau	17	20	5	5		29.4	25.0
36.		Papua New Guinea	4 708	6 069	3 730	4 393		79.2	72.4
37.		Samoa	168	183	65	57		38.7	31.1
38.		Solomon Islands	361	472	273	340		75.6	72.0
39.		Tonga	97	99	37	31		38.1	31.3
40.		Tuvalu	9	10	4	3		44.4	30.0
41.		Vanuatu	172	215	69	71		40.1	33.0
	SUBTOTAL		3 156 228	3 601 499	1 858 566	1 916 130		58.9	53.2
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
42.	Australia		18 071	20 310	897	849		5.0	4.2
43.	Japan		125 472	127 896	6 536	3 676		5.2	2.9
44.	New Zealand		3 673	4 097	343	331		9.3	8.1
	SUBTOTAL		147 216	152 303	7 776	4 856		5.3	3.2
ASIA PACIFIC*			3 303 444	3 753 802	1 866 342	1 920 986		56.5	51.2
REST OF WORLD			2 415 488	2 760 844	663 914	689 554		27.5	25.0
WORLD			5 718 932	6 514 646	2 530 256	2 610 540		44.2	40.1

Table 4. Agricultural land and population

Country		Ratio of Agricultural Land to Agricultural Population Unit ha/caput		Average Annual % change
Country		1995	2005*	Agricultural Land 1995 2005	Agricultural Population 1995 2005
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/ TRANSITION ECONOMIES
	SOUTHEAST ASIA
1.	Cambodia	0.47	0 40	0.1	1.6
2.	Indonesia	0.33	0.40	1.9	-0.2
3.	Lao PDR	0.25	0.24	1.8	2.1
4.	Malaysia	1.73	2.07	0.0	-1.8
5.	Myanmar	0.32	0.32	0.8	0.8
6.	Philippines	0.34	0.35	0.8	0.4
7.	Thailand	0.66	0.61	1.4	-0.7
8.	Timor Leste	0.27	0.25	0.0	0.9
9.	Viet Nam	0.13	0.16	2.9	0.8
	SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ASIA
10.	Afghanistan	0.57	0.41	0.0	3.2
11.	Bangladesh	0.12	0.12	0.3	0.2
12.	Bhutan		0.30	1.7	2.2
13.	India	0.32	0.30	0.0	0.8
14.	Iran (Islamic Rep of)	1.05	1.05	0.8	-0.8
15.	Maldives	0.10	0.18	5.0	-1.0
16.	Nepal	0.12	0.10	0.4	2.2
17.	Pakistan	0.32	0.29	0.2	1.3
18.	Sri Lanka	0.21	0.21	0.2	0.3
	CENTRAL ASIA
19.	Kazakhstan	9.13	8.62	3.4	-2.9
20.	Kyrgyzstan	1.00	1.13	0.2	-0.9
21.	Tajikistan	0.47	0.53	0.6	-0.7
22.	Turkmenistan	1.14	1.49	3.0	0.3
23.	Uzbekistan	0.68	0.78	0.4	-1.0
	EAST ASIA
24.	China	0.16	0.18	1.5	-0.1
25.	Korea DPR	0.37	0.50	1.4	-1.7
26.	Mongolia	1.98	2.17	1.0	-1.9
27.	Rep of Korea	0.37	0.60	0.8	-5.6
	PACIFIC ISLANDS
28.	Cook Islands	0.63	1.20	1.8	-4.6
29.	Fiji Islands	0.87	0.90	0.0	-0.2
30.	Kiribati	1.61	1.48	0.0	0.8
31.	Marshall Islands	0.60	0.67	1.1	0.0
32.	Micronesia Fed States of	0.26	0.26	0.0	-1.4
33.	Nauru	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0
34.	Niue	6.00	14.00	1.6	0.0
35.	Palau	1.20	1.20	0.0	0.0
36.	Papua New Guinea	0.21	0.20	1.1	1.6
37.	Samoa	1.88	2.26	0.6	-1.3
38.	Solomon Islands	0.27	0.23	0.5	2.2
39.	Tonga	0.78	0.84	1.1	-1.8
40.	Tuvalu	0.50	0.67	0.0	-2.8
41.	Vanuatu	1.52	1.48	0.0	0.3
	AVERAGE	0.27	0.27
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
42.	Australia	44.93	58.59	2.1	-0.5
43.	Japan	0.77	1.28	0.7	-5.6
44.	New Zealand	9.41	10.19	0.4	-0.4
	AVERAGE	6.25	11.90
ASIA PACIFIC*		0.30	0.30	0.5	0.3
REST OF WORLD		1.46	1.40	0.1	0.4
WORLD		0.60	0.59	0.2	0.3