Relationship between urban population and forest area

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This scatter chart displays urban population (people) against forest area (km²). The data is from the countries entity.

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There are 2 fields used on this chart (including filters):
  • forest area: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. This field is expressed in km².
  • urban population: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages. This field is expressed in people.

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This chart is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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