Deforestation statistics for Myanmar (Burma)
Myanmar (Burma): Demographic data
Population (2022) | 54,409,800 |
Annual population growth rate (2022) | 0.70% |
Population density (people/sq km) | 83 |
Net migration | -163,313 |
Fertility rate | 2.2 |
Median age | 29 |
Urban population share | 31% |
Myanmar (Burma): Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 653,290 |
Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 42,863,446 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 65.60% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 3,998,057 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 9.30% |
Tropical primary forest Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 14,035,385 Primary forest extent as % of land area: 21.50% Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 32.70% Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 621,060 Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 4.40% Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 13,414,325 Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 20.50% Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 31% |
Myanmar (Burma): Annual forest and tree cover data
Myanmar (Burma): Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2002: 12,939 2003: 13,768 2004: 23,286 2005: 23,421 2006: 23,066 2007: 31,292 2008: 24,124 2009: 41,647 2010: 40,067 2011: 25,248 2012: 34,051 2013: 31,384 2014: 42,157 2015: 41,430 2016: 54,825 2017: 39,689 2018: 35,913 2019: 38,310 2020: 44,445 |
Myanmar (Burma): Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2001: 44,804 2002: 66,120 2003: 77,225 2004: 102,186 2005: 91,847 2006: 127,464 2007: 146,599 2008: 119,216 2009: 216,306 2010: 169,914 2011: 135,717 2012: 225,189 2013: 248,187 2014: 331,445 2015: 293,306 2016: 362,553 2017: 341,845 2018: 278,709 2019: 309,419 2020: 310,006 |
2019 forest data for Myanmar (Burma) | Archived forest data for Myanmar (Burma) | Forest data for Myanmar (Burma)
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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