How many people eat rice as a daily staple?
Food medium Data from 2023
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The answer
3,500,000,000 people
Roughly 3.5B.
Rice is the daily staple for about 3.5 billion people, more than any other single food. It provides roughly a fifth of all calories consumed by humans, and Asia grows and eats around 90% of it.
Where this number comes from
| Source | International Rice Research Institute |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | people |
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