HOTSPOTS IN PERIL
Human Population
Recent studies have shown that the hotspots have a higher population density than expected when compared to the global average. Coastal Asian hotspots with major cities are suffering the worst from overpopulation in hotpots with the Philippines, Japan, and Western Ghats and Sri Lanka all having over 250 people per km², in comparison to the global average of 42 people per km².Estimates of population and population density in the hotspots
| Atlantic Forest |
106,800,000 |
87 |
| California Floristic Province |
35,600,000 |
121 |
| Cape Floristic Region |
4,000,000 |
51 |
| Caribbean Islands |
35,600,000 |
155 |
| Caucasus |
36,100,000 |
68 |
| Cerrado |
26,800,000 |
13 |
| Chilean Winter Rainfall - Valdivian Forests |
14,700,000 |
37 |
| Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
15,000,000 |
52 |
| East Melanesian Islands |
1,300,000 |
13 |
| Eastern Afromontane |
96,900,000 |
95 |
| Guinean Forests of West Africa |
84,700,000 |
137 |
| Himalaya |
91,300,000 |
123 |
| Horn of Africa |
38,100,000 |
23 |
| Indo - Burma |
316,900,000 |
134 |
| Irano - Anatolian |
52,000,000 |
58 |
| Japan |
125,400,000 |
336 |
| Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands |
19,200,000 |
32 |
| Madrean Pine - Oak Woodlands |
14,700,000 |
32 |
| Maputaland - Pondoland - Albany |
19,300,000 |
70 |
| Mediterranean Basin |
232,200,000 |
111 |
| Mesoamerica |
81,400,000 |
72 |
| Mountains of Central Asia |
36,000,000 |
42 |
| Mountains of Southwest China |
8,500,000 |
32 |
| New Caledonia |
200,000 |
11 |
| New Zealand |
3,800,000 |
14 |
| Philippines |
81,000,000 |
273 |
| Polynesia - Micronesia |
2,800,000 |
59 |
| Southwest Australia |
1,700,000 |
5 |
| Succulent Karoo |
400,000 |
4 |
| Sundaland |
229,400,000 |
153 |
| Tropical Andes |
56,700,000 |
37 |
| Tumbes - Choc |
13,900,000 |
51 |
| Wallacea |
27,500,000 |
81 |
| Western Ghats and Sri Lanka |
49,400,000 |
261 |
| Atlantic Forest |
106,800,000 |
87 |
| California Floristic Province |
35,600,000 |
121 |
| Cape Floristic Region |
4,000,000 |
51 |
| Caribbean Islands |
35,600,000 |
155 |
| Caucasus |
36,100,000 |
68 |
| Cerrado |
26,800,000 |
13 |
| Chilean Winter Rainfall - Valdivian Forests |
14,700,000 |
37 |
| Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
15,000,000 |
52 |
| East Melanesian Islands |
1,300,000 |
13 |
| Eastern Afromontane |
96,900,000 |
95 |
| Guinean Forests of West Africa |
84,700,000 |
137 |
| Himalaya |
91,300,000 |
123 |
| Horn of Africa |
38,100,000 |
23 |
| Indo - Burma |
316,900,000 |
134 |
| Irano - Anatolian |
52,000,000 |
58 |
| Japan |
125,400,000 |
336 |
| Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands |
19,200,000 |
32 |
| Madrean Pine - Oak Woodlands |
14,700,000 |
32 |
| Maputaland - Pondoland - Albany |
19,300,000 |
70 |
| Mediterranean Basin |
232,200,000 |
111 |
| Mesoamerica |
81,400,000 |
72 |
| Mountains of Central Asia |
36,000,000 |
42 |
| Mountains of Southwest China |
8,500,000 |
32 |
| New Caledonia |
200,000 |
11 |
| New Zealand |
3,800,000 |
14 |
| Philippines |
81,000,000 |
273 |
| Polynesia - Micronesia |
2,800,000 |
59 |
| Southwest Australia |
1,700,000 |
5 |
| Succulent Karoo |
400,000 |
4 |
| Sundaland |
229,400,000 |
153 |
| Tropical Andes |
56,700,000 |
37 |
| Tumbes - Choc |
13,900,000 |
51 |
| Wallacea |
27,500,000 |
81 |
| Western Ghats and Sri Lanka |
49,400,000 |
261 |
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