Deforestation statistics for Congo - Kinshasa

Congo - Kinshasa: Demographic data

Population (2022)89,561,403
Annual population growth rate (2022)3.19%
Population density (people/sq km)40
Net migration23,861
Fertility rate6
Median age17
Urban population share46%


Congo - Kinshasa: Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 2,267,050
Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 199281650.5
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 87.90%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 15897316.29
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 0.079773106
Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 104,580,063
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 46.10%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 52.50%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 5,318,708
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 0.05085776

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 99,261,355
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 43.80%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 50%


Congo - Kinshasa: Annual forest and tree cover data



Congo - Kinshasa: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares
Year: Hectares
2002: 168,993
2003: 78,138
2004: 123,521
2005: 149,894
2006: 146,457
2007: 154,991
2008: 121,474
2009: 218,277
2010: 265,180
2011: 148,639
2012: 211,234
2013: 351,217
2014: 439,345
2015: 322,814
2016: 499,560
2017: 471,868
2018: 481,248
2019: 475,246
2020: 490,613


Congo - Kinshasa: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares
2001: 455516.6578
2002: 514476.584
2003: 274739.9316
2004: 400044.1997
2005: 485292.7812
2006: 453170.5236
2007: 462903.2327
2008: 404830.6405
2009: 635215.0782
2010: 810712.2096
2011: 429540.0244
2012: 630999.4147
2013: 920604.0927
2014: 1337960.897
2015: 928115.5119
2016: 1381278.169
2017: 1467956.452
2018: 1373807.195
2019: 1220177.307
2020: 1309975.383


 

2019 forest data for Congo - Kinshasa | Archived forest data for Congo - Kinshasa | Forest data for Congo - Kinshasa

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

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