Humanitarian Action

This is how many humans have ever existed, according to researchers

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It's predicted that 7% of all humans who have ever lived are alive today. Image: Unsplash/Chuttersnap

Nick Routley
Creative Director & Writer, Visual Capitalist
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Humanity today and humanity's past.
For many thousands of years, there were fewer people on Earth than would live in a mid-sized city today. Image: Visual Capitalist

Max Roser, Our World In Data

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It was only in 2007 that the majority of humans began to live in cities. Image: Visual Capitalist
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