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Forest area for the large forested African countries (and total area for the main regions in italic), estimated from the MODIS-derived map.
| country | humid rainforests (×1000 ha) |
|---|---|
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 107 181 |
| Gabon | 22 416 |
| Congo | 20 932 |
| Cameroon | 20 037 |
| Central African Republic | 5833 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2163 |
| Central Africa | 178 564 |
| Liberia | 4552 |
| Nigeria | 3158 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 1530 |
| Ghana | 1487 |
| other countries | 1273 |
| West Africa | 12 002 |
| Madagascar | 4385 |
| Eastern Africa | 4876 |
| total Africa | 199 829 |
