About 109 billion people have lived & died. Each grain of sand represents 10 million.
 This stunning data visualization of human life by Max Roser was published in 2022. Today there would be 805 green grains representing 8.05 billion people living on Earth. #science #art

About 109B people have lived and died. Each grain of sand represents 10M. This data visualization by Max Roser was published in 2022. Today there would be approximately 805 green grains representing 8.05 billion people alive on Earth.

Our World in Data

The future is vast – what does this mean for our own life?

If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history.