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I read that this is an urban myth and actually only a few percent of the people who have ever lived are alive today.



Ever lived != lived since year 1. That said I just looked at the table on wikipedia and did some simple calculations. In any case even if more people died since year 1 than are alive today, not many more died.

If you take ALL deaths, that does greatly outnumber the people alive today.




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