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A quick Google search says there are 3 trillion trees on Earth. So that's 500 trees per person but as mentioned before things like algae and other sources make up more.
The carbon from your breathing is carbon neutral since all the carbon in your body comes from food which comes ultimately comes from plants. However the carbon dioxide used to produce and transport your food is where the excess comes from.
If you want to minimize your carbon footprint it's more about understanding which behaviors contribute the most. Eg an economy flight from the US to Europe is like 1.5 tons of CO2. That's like years of respiration.
Of course the problem is hard to solve as an individual. Maybe there just needs to be assignable liability for certain activities and the correct legal and economic system setup to optimize better for ecological issues.