There are ten times more people on Earth than wild animals, according to scientists who have conducted a comprehensive count of all living beings.

Have you ever wondered how much there is in the world, what its weight is, and how much space it occupies compared to humans? Scientists have managed to estimate this approximately — they compared various forms of living matter and artificial objects in the shape of cubes, with dimensions proportional to their total weight on Earth.

This serves as a kind of cubic portrait of our planet. Brice Menard, a physicist from Johns Hopkins University, and Nikita Starkman, a computer specialist and graphic designer, visualized the available data and clearly demonstrated the vastness and minuteness of humans as beings. You can view their findings on a dedicated website.

Among the interesting facts, approximately 8 billion people weigh 120 million tons, making them only a thousandth of the current biomass of our planet. In comparison, the weight of ordinary termites and their mounds is 445 million tons.

However, the weight of human-made objects on our planet is even more astonishing. Nearly all of them were created in the 20th century and weigh 1.3 trillion tons, which equates to 158 tons per person. The majority of this weight consists of concrete, sand, gravel, and other materials used in construction.

There are 2 billion tons of cars and 70 billion tons of asphalt for them. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Humans outnumber wild animals by a ratio of 10 to 1, and people use plastic 100 times more than their own weight.

Previously, "Telegraph" reported that humans have even polluted the nearby outer space. Millions of debris orbit that can pose a threat to orbital stations and rockets. Some of this debris has accumulated near occupied Crimea — it could be remnants of rockets.