Did you know: There are more Lego Minifigures than there are people on Earth?

That's a lot of hurt feet for starters. Just sayin. Ok. Onto Lego stuff!

Minifigure population
Since 1978, over 4 billion LEGO Minifigures have been made. If they were people, they would have the largest population on Earth, more than double the population of China.
LEGO pieces
There are over 400 billion LEGO pieces on Earth. If you were to distribute the pieces evenly among the world's population, each person would have more than 80 LEGO bricks.
LEGO bricks per person
On average, every person on Earth owns 86 LEGO bricks.
LEGO minifigure scale
A good estimate for the scale of LEGO Minifigures based on their height is 1:42.

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greensnacks · 31-35, F

There are so many things more than people on this earth, especially items.

For example, clothing. Mountains and mountains of clothing that's polutting 3rd world countries like Tanzania all due to mass production and fast fashion.

Bexsy

@greensnacks yes there is

NerdyPotato · M

I don't think 4 billion is more than 8 billion 🤔Still interesting facts though.

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Bexsy

@NerdyPotato all I know is it says as of 2024 650 billion bricks

70 billion bricks actually sold each year

NerdyPotato · M

@Bexsy wow, then the 400 and 86 must be typos too. Are you sure that book is thoroughly researched and edited? 😅

Bexsy

@NerdyPotato wasn't a book. the webpage I looked a was from few years ago. my mistake for not looking at 2024

oops my mistake again. that page was old, so, probably even more

JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M

I want my ration of Lego bricks.

I wonder what happened to all those my brothers and I played with as a child?

My younger brother may have them. Or he may have sold them on eBay.