Total mass ever mined204 million kg
3.9Titanics
240 millionChipotle bowls
~204,000 tonnes as of 2023; World Gold Council estimate
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All the Gold Ever Mined
About 205,000 tonnes, enough to fit in three Olympic pools/Collective & Conceptual
The World Gold Council estimates that approximately 204,000-208,000 tonnes of gold have been mined throughout all of human history. Because gold is virtually indestructible (it does not corrode or rust), nearly all of it is still around in some form: jewelry, bars, coins, electronics, and central bank reserves. If you melted it all into a single cube, each side would be about 22 meters long, which means all the gold ever extracted from the Earth would fit comfortably under the Eiffel Tower.
Measurements
Total volume as a solid cube10,570 m³
10.6 sextillionMitochondria
179,457Beer kegs
21.1 octillionVirus interiors
At gold's density of 19,300 kg/m³; a cube ~22 m per side
Cube side length22 m
878,800Pollen grain widths
7.7 tenthsBasketball court lengths
14.9Danny DeVitos
All gold ever mined formed into a cube; fits under the Eiffel Tower
Annual mining output3.1 million kg
488,189Bowling balls
1 billionHummingbirds
~3,100 tonnes mined per year as of 2023
Estimated gold in Earth's core16 quintillion kg
32 octillionParamecia
22.9 quintillionHardcover books
3 quintillionUnabridged dictionaries
~16 quintillion kg; enough to coat the Earth's surface 0.5 m deep