The most populous countries in the world

Scientists estimate the number of trees in each country in the world based on many factors such as area and population.

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Attendance to the world's most populous countries

A recent study in Nature shows that there are more than 3 trillion trees in the world, 7 times higher than the previous estimate of 400 billion trees. However, since human civilization formed, the number of trees on Earth has halved.

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The map illustrates the number of trees in countries around the world in billion units.(Photo: Nature).

According to The Washington Post, Russia is the world's most green tree with 642 billion trees, followed by Canada with 318 billion trees and Brazil with 302 billion trees. The United States ranked fourth with 228 billion trees.

Other countries also ranked first in the number of trees including: China (140 billion trees), Democratic Republic of Congo (100 billion trees), Indonesia (81 billion trees) and Australia (77 billion trees) .

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A forest in Russia.(Photo: Grisha Bruev / Shutterstock).

With these estimates, larger countries often own more trees. The researchers also looked at the number of green trees per capita and found large northern countries such as Russia and Canada with abundant greenery resources while desert countries have low tree densities. Best.

In a report published in the September 2 issue of Nature, the research team led by Professor Thomas Crowther of Yale University, USA, found no correlation between the economic potential of a country and the number of trees. green. They believe that abundant sources of greenery can be a good starting point to improve crop conditions in general.