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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NerdyPotato · M

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

Bexsy

@NerdyPotato 400 bilion

First one was a typo. Or possibly between just those years it meant as lego was around before 1978

NerdyPotato · M

@Bexsy or maybe it was more than any country rather than the Earth? I don't think it's 400 billion, because there are many other types of pieces as well.

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