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alphabeta3r56today at 8:48 AM2 repliesview on HN

Germany has half the percentage of forest as Japan


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flohofwoetoday at 10:58 AM

On average sure, but there are regions in Germany with both high amount of forest areas and fairly high population density (e.g. Ore Mountain region up to 50% forest area and more than 200 people/km^2).

thrownthatwaytoday at 10:51 AM

Context:

Germany, area 357,022 km2 (137,847 sq mi) water 1.27%

Japan, area 377,975 km2 (145,937 sq mi), water 1.4%