People Total

An explainer that calculates & details how many people have ever lived. On Earth →

https://www.prb.org/articles/how-many-people-have-ever-lived-on-earth/

There’s also a video linked in the article, but this one is worth a read. The # they come up with is interesting, but how they come up with it is the most interesting part of it.

I also like the final stat they show: 6.8% of the people who have ever lived were living in 2022. That seems crazy high, doesn’t it?