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Ants outnumber people by 2.5 million times: Study

By Jack Birle
Published September 20, 2022 10:16pm ET
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Ants outnumber people by 2.5 million times: Study
There are an estimated 20 quadrillion ants on Earth, far outnumbering the number of people on the planet, a study has found. The study revealed there are 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants on Earth, compared to a human population estimated to reach 8 billion by November, per the United Nations. The numbers mean there are an estimated 2.5 […]


There are an estimated 20 quadrillion ants on Earth, far outnumbering the number of people on the planet, a study has found.

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