5 Countries With Largest Forest Area

The following list contains the 5 countries with the largest forest area in the world, along with the percentage of the total land area of the country:
1. Russia – 7,762,602 km² (2,997,157 mi²) which are 45.40% of the country’s land area. Russia is not only the largest country in the world, but also the country with the largest forest area. The forest area of Russia alone is the size of the entire continent of Australia!

Forests in Siberia, Russia

2. Brazil – 4,776,980 km² (1,844,402 mi²) which are 56.10% of the total land area of Brazil. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and over than half of it’s size is forested area, large part of which is the amazon area and its rainforest. The forest area of Brazil is larger than India

Amazon Rainforests in Brazil

3. Canda – 3,101,340 km² (1,197,434 mi²) which are 31.06% of Canada’s land. Canada is the second largest country in the world and its forest area is just about the size of India

Forests in Quebec, Canada

4. United States – 3,030,890 km² (1,170,233 mi²) of forest area which make for 30.84% of the US land

Redwoods forests, California, United States

5. China – 1,821,000 km² (703,092 mi²) which are only 18.21% of the land area of China. China has the smallest precentage of forests on it’s land from all the countries in this top 10 list

Forests in Xibin, China