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<p>The Forestry Commission produces statistics annually on woodland area in England
but not by tree numbers. These are Official Statistics produced to meet the standards
of the Code of Practice for Statistics. Woodland area statistics can be found on the
Forest Research web site together with background information at <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/"
target="_blank">https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/</a></p><p>
</p><p>The below figures are reported in Forestry Statistics and use data from the
National Forest Inventory:</p><p> </p><p>Year at 31 March | Thousand<ins class="ministerial">
Hectares</ins><del class="ministerial"> acres</del></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>1,201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>1,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>1,246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>1,272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,308</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>Source: Forestry Statistics 2019</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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