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Chinese scientists use laser drones to count the country's trees — all 142.6 billion of them

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A new estimate suggests China is home to 142.6 billion trees, meaning the country has roughly 100 trees per inhabitant.

The total figure may be an underestimate due to the limitations of the technology used to count the trees, the authors of the new study said.

China 's tree population may soon increase because the country is planting seedlings at a dizzying rate.