Interestingly, between 5.5 percent and 9.5 percent of all people aged 65 and older who have ever lived are alive today.

Projections for key factors, such as the world population in C.E., range from 170 million to 300 million.
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The question of how many humans have ever lived has sparked many estimates, with the commonly cited figure of 117 billion from demographers Carl Haub and Toshiko Kaneda in 2022 being less certain than it appears.
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Interestingly, between 5.5 percent and 9.5 percent of all people aged 65 and older who have ever lived are alive today.

Projections for key factors, such as the world population in C.E., range from 170 million to 300 million.
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