The water of all the oceans is shared among everyone. How many litres does each person get?

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163 billion litres

About 163 billion litres. That is 65,000 Olympic pools per person.

How to get there

1. 1.335 billion km³ = 1.335 × 10²¹ litres
2. ÷ 8.2 billion people
3. = about 163 billion litres

Source: NOAA: 1,335,000,000 km³ of water in the oceans

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