How many ants are there on Earth?
Science brutal Data from 2022
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The answer
20,000,000,000,000,000 ants
Roughly 20,000T.
A 2022 study estimated 20 quadrillion ants — about 2.5 million for every human. Their combined dry weight exceeds that of all wild birds and mammals put together.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Schultheiss et al., PNAS |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2022 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | ants |
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