The World's Largest Tropical Forests - by Country
All figures come from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: The State of the World's Forests 2003
Figures represent "Tropical Forest Area" in a given country as defined by the FAO.
| Country | sq. km | sq miles | ||
| Brazil | 5,327,997 | 2,057,188 | ||
| Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 1,351,493 | 521,824 | ||
| Indonesia | 1,049,412 | 405,188 | ||
| Australia | 834,154 | 322,074 | ||
| Angola | 697,263 | 269,219 | ||
| Peru | 651,872 | 251,694 | ||
| Sudan | 616,007 | 237,846 | ||
| India | 608,810 | 235,067 | ||
| Bolivia | 530,454 | 204,813 | ||
| Colombia | 495,798 | 191,432 | ||
| Venezuela | 494,849 | 191,066 | ||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 387,944 | 149,789 | ||
| Mexico | 386,275 | 149,144 | ||
| Myanmar | 340,605 | 131,511 | ||
| Argentina | 315,166 | 121,688 | ||
| Zambia | 312,327 | 120,592 | ||
| Mozambique | 305,879 | 118,103 | ||
| Papua New Guinea | 305,879 | 118,103 | ||
| Cameroon | 238,478 | 92,079 | ||
| Paraguay | 233,620 | 90,203 | ||
| Central African Republic | 228,972 | 88,408 | ||
| Congo | 220,506 | 85,139 | ||
| Gabon | 218,167 | 84,236 | ||
| Malaysia | 192,838 | 74,456 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 190,319 | 73,484 | ||
| Kenya | 170,887 | 65,981 | ||
| Guyana | 168,718 | 65,144 | ||
| Thailand | 147,557 | 56,973 | ||
| Suriname | 141,070 | 54,468 | ||
| Nigeria | 135,112 | 52,168 |