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  2. Nov 30, 2022 · In 2022, it listed 2.16 million species on the planet. In the chart, we see the breakdown across a range of taxonomic groups — 1.05 million insects, over 11,000 birds, over 11,000 reptiles, and over 6,000 mammals. These figures — particularly for lesser-known groups such as plants or fungi — might be a bit too high.

  3. Global biodiversity is the measure of biodiversity on planet Earth and is defined as the total variability of life forms. More than 99 percent of all species [1] that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct. [2][3] Estimates on the number of Earth's current species range from 2 million to 1 trillion, but most estimates are around 11 ...

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  4. How many species are there? There’s no exact figure for how many species live on Earth. As of 2024, more than 2.1 million species have been scientifically described and named, but this is likely to be nowhere near the true number living on the planet.

  5. Eight million, seven hundred thousand species! (Give or take 1.3 million.) That is a new, estimated total number of species on Earth—the most precise calculation ever offered—with 6.5 million species found on land and 2.2 million dwelling in the ocean depths.

  6. Nov 20, 2023 · How many species are there on Earth? Projections have ranged from the millions to the trillions. This Perspective looks at how a 2011 PLOS Biology study transformed this field and what is still to be done to find a definitive answer.

  7. Aug 23, 2011 · The natural world contains about 8.7 million species, according to a new estimate described by scientists as the most accurate ever. But the vast majority have not been identified - and...

  8. Apr 28, 2019 · After compiling and analysing a database of DNA sequences from 5 million microbe species from 35,000 sites around the world, researchers concluded that there are a staggering 1 trillion...

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