Top 10 largest forests in the world



1.Amazon Rainforest

  • Countries: Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela,
    Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.
  • Size: 6.7 million km2

    • 2.Congo Basin

  • Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon,
    Central African Republic, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
  • Size: 1.6 million km2

    • 3.New Guinea Rainforest

  • Countries: Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
  • Size: 786 000 km2

    • 4.Borneo Lowland Rainforest

  • Countries: Malaysia and Indonesia
  • Size: 428 438 km2

    • 5.Valdivian temperature forests

  • Countries: Chile and Argentina
  • Size: 248 100 km2

    • 6.Eastern Australian temperature forests

  • Country: Australia
  • Size: 222 100 km2

    • 7.Pacific temperature rainforest

  • Countries: Canada and United States of America
  • Size: 60 346 km2

    • 8.Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra

  • Country: Indonesia
  • Size: 25 000 km2

    • 9.Bosawás Biosphere Reserve

  • Location: Nicaragua
  • Size: 20 000 km2

    • 10.Westland temperature forests

  • Country: New Zealand
  • Size: 11 880 km2

    • Note:some of the details mentioned above could have changed.