How many ants are on earth?

Scientists surmise that ants comprise from 15 to 25 percent of the earth's animal biomass. There are 12,762 known species of ants, and the estimated number of total ant species is more than 22,000. read more

In their Pulitzer-prize winning book The Ants, researchers Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson estimate that there are upwards of 10,000,000,000,000,000 individual ants alive on Earth at any given time. read more

Researchers Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson wrote a book called "The Ants," in which they estimate that there are over 10 quadrillion ants on the planet. Scientists surmise that ants comprise from 15 to 25 percent of the earth's animal biomass. read more

6) The total ant population makes our 7 billion look weak In their Pulitzer-prize winning book The Ants, researchers Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson estimate that there are upwards of 10,000,000,000,000,000 individual ants alive on Earth at any given time. read more

But no-one knows how many ants there are in the world. The BBC Four documentary claims they number not 10,000 trillion but 100 trillion, though it still suggests the total weight of ants equals the total weight of humans. read more