TIMBER RESOURCES OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE WORLD 



349 



tions of the Free World that is most significant. 

 Whereas North America has only 24 percent of the 

 forested area, it has 76 percent of Free World's 

 softwood forests, about 64 percent of softwood 

 forests under exploitation, and about 70 percent 

 of the softwood timber volume of forests being 

 exploited. These and other relationships are 

 shown below and in table 194. 



North America 



Latin America 



Free Europe 



Free Asia 



Pacific Area 



Africa 



Total , Free World 1 00 



Forests under exploitation 





Forested area 





Total 



(percent) 



24 



Softwood 



types 



(percent) 



76 



Hardwood 



types 

 (percent) 

 11 



29 



4 



35 



4 



11 



2 



14 



7 



16 



3 



1 



3 



26 



1 



33 



100 



100 



North America 



Latin America 



Free Europe 



Free Asia 



Pacific Area 



Africa 



Total, Free WorkL 



North America 



Latin America 



Free Europe 



Free Asia 



Pacific Area 



Africa 



Total, Free World 100 



Total 



(percent) 



36 



Softwood 



types 



(percent) 



64 



Hardwood 



types 

 (percent) 

 23 



10 



4 



13 



13 



25 



7 



25 



5 



34 



2 



1 



3 



14 



1 



20 



100 



100 



100 



Timber volume on forests under 

 exploitation 



Total 



(percent) 



34 



Softwood 



types 

 (percent) 



70 



Hardivood 



types 

 (percent) 

 15 



12 



4 



16 



11 



21 



6 



30 



4 



43 



1 



1 



2 



12 







18 



100 



100 



Ta 



BLE 194. — Forest resources of 



the world, 1953 









Country or region 



Total 

 land 

 area 



Forested area 



Acces- 

 sible 

 forests ' 



Forests 



under exploita- 

 tion - 



Growing stock (with 

 bark) on areas under 

 exploitation 





Total 



all 

 types 



Soft- 

 wood 

 portion 



All 



types 



Soft- 

 wood 



Hard- 

 wood 



All 

 species 



Soft- 

 wood 



Hard- 

 wood 



North America: 

 United States 



Million 



acres 



1,904 



366 



2,218 



487 



Million 



acres 



648 



136 



951 



64 



Per- 

 cent 

 52 

 78 

 75 

 14 



Million 



acres 



485 



24 



370 



38 



Million 



acres 



485 



24 



190 



11 



Million 



acres 



230 



24 



142 



6 



Million 

 acres 

 255 



48" 

 5 



Billion 



cu. ft. 



547 



18 



255 



16 



Billion 



cu. ft. 



370 



18 



199 



14 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 

 177 



Alaska ^ 





Canada * . 



56 



Mexico 



2 







Total 



4,975 



1,799 



65 



917 



710 



402 



308 



836 



601 



235 



Remainder of Free World: ^ 

 Latin America 



5,046 

 935 

 2,393 

 2, 113 

 7,339 



2, 135 

 270 



1,054 

 212 



1,980 



3 

 60 

 11 



9 



775 

 263 

 661 

 49 

 702 



194 



258 



485 



42 



267 



24 

 157 



32 

 5 

 5 



170 

 101 

 453 

 37 

 262 



284 

 275 

 718 

 35 

 283 



35 



179 



31 



7 

 4 



249 



Free Europe 



Free Asia 



96 



687 



Pacific Area 



Africa 



28 

 279 



Total 



17, 826 



5, 651 



6 



2,450 



1,246 



223 



1,023 



1, 595 



256 



1,339 



Total, Free World 



22, 801 



7,450 



20 



3,367 



1,956 



625 



1,331 



2,431 



857 



1,574 



U. S. S. R 



European countries in Soviet Bloc ^_ 

 Asiatic countries in Soviet Bloc * 



5,410 



249 



4, 175 



1,833 



66 



244 



78 

 52 

 75 



1,050 



66 



108 



867 

 63 

 89 



743 

 33 



67 



124 

 30 

 22 



1,166 



75 



122 



1,054 

 40 

 96 



112 

 35 

 26 



Total, Soviet Bloc 



9,834 



2,143 



77 



1,224 



1,019 



843 



176 



1,363 



1, 190 



173 



Total, world 



32, 635 



9,593 



33 



4,591 



2,975 



1,468 



1,507 



3,794 



2,047 



1,747 



' All forests that are now within reach of economic 

 management or exploitation as sources of forest products, 

 including immature forests and managed forests where 

 fellings are prohibited. 



2 Forests yielding industrial wood and/or fuelwood. 



2 Combines coastal and interior Alaska. 



* Excludes Labrador. 



5 For included countries see references cited in footnotes 

 to table 190. 



^ Less than 0.5 percent. 



^ Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, 

 Hungary, Poland, and Rumania. 



8 China, Manchuria, Tibet, North Korea, and Viet 

 Minh. 



Source: World Forest Resources, Food and Agriculture 

 Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, pp. 

 1-120, illus., 1955. Data for North America revised to 

 agree with statistics for individual countries given in other 

 parts of this report. 



