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Land use in North America
Total area	2012	21 782 843	km2
Density of population	2011	15.9	persons per km2
Total area per 1000 population	2011	62.7	km2 per 1000 population
Land area	2012	18 665 933	km2
Land area per 1000 population	2011	53.7	km2 per 1000 population
Land area (percentage of total area)	2011	85.7	% of total area
Water surface	2012	3 116 910	km2
Water surface per 1000 population	2011	9.0	km2 per 1000 population
Water surface (percentage of total area)	2011	14.3	% of total area
Agricultural land	2007	4 789 940	km2
Agricultural land per 1000 population	2007	13.8	km2 per 1000 population
Agricultural land (percentage of total area)	2007	22.0	% of total area
Agricultural land (percentage of land area)	2007	25.7	% of land area
Arable land	2007	2 155 290	km2
Arable land per 1000 population	2007	6.2	km2 per 1000 population
Arable land (percentage of total area)	2007	9.9	% of total area
Arable land (percentage of land area)	2007	11.5	% of land area
Arable land (percentage of agricultural land)	2007	45.0	% of agricultural area
Permanent crops	2007	97 800	km2
Permanent crops per 1000 population	2007	0.3	km2 per 1000 population
Permanent crops (percentage of total area)	2007	0.4	% of total area
Permanent crops (percentage of land area)	2007	0.5	% of land area
Permanent crops (percentage of agricultural land)	2007	2.0	% of agricultural area
Permanent meadows and pastures	2007	2 536 850	km2
Permanent meadows and pastures per 1000 population	2007	7.3	km2 per 1000 population
Permanent meadows and pastures (percentage of total area)	2007	11.6	% of total area
Permanent meadows and pastures (percentage of land area)	2007	13.6	% of land area
Permanent meadows and pastures (percentage of agricultural land)	2007	53.0	% of agricultural area
Forest area	2007	6 135 422	km2
Forest area per 1000 population	2007	17.7	km2 per 1000 population
Forest area (percentage of total area)	2007	28.2	% of total area
Forest area (percentage of land area)	2007	32.9	% of land area
Other land	2007	7 740 571	km2
Other land per 1000 population	2007	22.3	km2 per 1000 population
Other land (percentage of total area)	2007	35.5	% of total area
Other land (percentage of land area)	2007	41.5	% of land area