Animals & Nature
According to a 2022 global estimate, how many ants are there for every one human on Earth?
Answer
2,500,000 ants per person
The 2022 census put the global ant population at a conservative 20 quadrillion. Their combined dry-carbon biomass exceeds that of all wild birds and wild mammals put together.
Source: Schultheiss et al., PNAS (2022, University of Hong Kong / University of Würzburg)
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