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. 2007 Sep 21;7(9):1962–1979. doi: 10.3390/s7091962

Table 1.

Top Hundred Countries in Terms of Constructed Impervious Surface Area

COUNTRY ISA km2 Population (Landscan 2004) ISA per Person (m2)
China 87,182 1,292,548,864 67.4
United States 83,881 282,575,328 296.8
India 81,221 1,058,349,824 76.7
Brazil 17,766 177,885,936 99.9
Russia 17,135 138,947,840 123.3
Indonesia 16,490 230,000,208 71.7
Japan 13,990 122,192,928 114.5
Mexico 11,854 103,608,488 114.4
Canada 11,295 32,022,750 352.7
Pakistan 10,666 150,465,168 70.9
France 9,537 59,497,124 160.3
Bangladesh 8,878 140,275,504 63.3
Germany 8,500 82,406,312 103.1
Italy 8,294 56,528,760 146.7
Nigeria 7,668 125,118,728 61.3
United Kingdom 7,576 58,926,004 128.6
Spain 7,037 39,481,976 178.2
Iran 6,949 66,604,152 104.3
Vietnam 5,981 81,249,416 73.6
Egypt 5,745 75,240,640 76.4
Thailand 5,556 64,418,264 86.2
Philippines 5,428 80,687,360 67.3
Turkey 4,988 66,874,440 74.6
Argentina 4,733 38,680,324 122.3
South Africa 4,710 46,119,880 102.1
South Korea 4,452 46,192,628 96.4
Ukraine 4,262 47,400,144 89.9
Poland 4,242 38,523,048 110.1
Ethiopia 4,096 71,446,352 57.3
Saudi Arabia 4,057 25,289,332 160.4
Colombia 3,326 41,699,424 79.8
Venezuela 3,123 24,304,196 128.5
Australia 2,673 19,312,536 138.4
Congo, DRC 2,666 57,836,040 46.1
Myanmar 2,577 42,012,896 61.3
Algeria 2,489 31,531,672 79.0
Malaysia 2,344 22,441,990 104.5
Uzbekistan 2,219 26,386,720 84.1
Romania 2,146 22,365,804 96.0
Kenya 2,091 32,995,516 63.4
Netherlands 1,985 16,115,017 123.2
Sweden 1,893 8,698,591 217.6
Morocco 1,862 31,171,148 59.7
Sudan 1,824 40,477,688 45.1
Iraq 1,785 25,398,480 70.3
Nepal 1,750 27,308,324 64.1
Uganda 1,738 26,512,924 65.6
Tanzania 1,707 35,691,664 47.8
Belgium 1,670 10,370,094 161.0
Finland 1,647 5,104,438 322.7
Portugal 1,647 10,294,616 159.9
Peru 1,582 27,266,494 58.0
Sri Lanka 1,547 19,600,378 78.9
Greece 1,543 10,090,290 153.0
Syria 1,538 17,789,538 86.4
Czech Republic 1,439 10,232,928 140.7
Chile 1,428 15,293,033 93.4
Ghana 1,373 20,753,768 66.2
Yemen 1,343 19,757,588 68.0
Afghanistan 1,334 28,403,620 47.0
Hungary 1,262 10,033,943 125.8
Kazakhstan 1,153 15,185,784 75.9
Guatemala 1,136 14,271,432 79.6
Ecuador 1,132 12,774,985 88.6
Austria 1,096 8,136,709 134.7
Israel 1,067 5,981,165 178.3
Serbia & Montenegro 1,066 10,795,336 98.8
North Korea 1,047 22,079,722 47.4
Tunisia 996 9,637,170 103.3
Cote d'Ivory 995 16,300,517 61.0
Norway 985 4,193,063 234.9
United Arab Emirates 891 2,346,994 379.7
Madagascar 865 17,362,132 49.8
Switzerland 862 7,488,580 115.1
Cambodia 857 13,373,515 64.1
Cuba 851 11,147,445 76.4
Malawi 809 11,916,622 67.9
Belarus 805 10,320,822 78.0
Bulgaria 793 7,457,232 106.3
Cameroon 765 15,955,608 47.9
Libya 727 5,565,879 130.6
Slovakia 726 5,443,080 133.4
Mozambique 705 18,906,650 37.3
Burkina Faso 682 13,547,507 50.3
Zimbabwe 679 12,654,464 53.7
Dominican Republic 671 8,696,206 77.2
Puerto Rico 661 3,773,716 175.2
Ireland 626 3,835,449 163.3
Bolivia 618 8,744,160 70.7
Azerbaijan 587 7,868,001 74.6
Denmark 586 5,150,440 113.8
Rwanda 580 8,249,077 70.3
Croatia 572 4,317,700 132.5
Senegal 564 10,813,660 52.2
El Salvador 554 6,548,425 84.5
Paraguay 532 6,183,984 86.1
Honduras 515 6,695,838 76.9
Jordan 514 5,590,674 91.9
Tajikistan 498 7,009,976 71.1
Zambia 495 11,123,909 44.5
TOTAL Worldwide 579,703 6,245,732,591 93