How many people have ever lived on Earth?
World hard Data from 2022
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The answer
117,000,000,000 people
Roughly 117B.
The Population Reference Bureau puts the number of humans ever born at around 117 billion, counting from roughly 190,000 BCE. That means about 7% of everyone who has ever lived is alive right now. The estimate rests on assumptions about prehistoric birth rates, so it carries very wide error bars.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Population Reference Bureau |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2022 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | people |
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