We see that:
- global land allocated to livestock - either in the form of grazing land or cropland used for animal feed is equivalent to the area of the Americas (North, Central and South America combined);
- cropland (minus land used for the production of animal feed) is equivalent to the area of East Asia-Pacific, extending as far south as Thailand;
- forested area is equal to Africa (minus Libya), the Middle East and South Asia;
- global freshwater (inland water bodies) approximates to the area of Mongolia
- total build-up land (villages, towns, cities & infrastructure) would fit into an area the size of Libya;
- shrub land is equivalent to an area the size of East Asia-Pacific, from Malaysia southwards;
- barren land is equivalent to the size of Europe;
- glaciers (permanent ice & snow) approximates to an area of Antarctica & Greenland combined.
Source: Our World in Data - Land Use
