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Any Human Ever – One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived

Over 100 billion individuals have lived, and a random selection can be broken down stepwise into birth year, location and life details drawn from actual demographic data. Because population growth has been exponential, a randomly chosen birth year is far more likely to fall in recent centuries. Geographic visualizations show denser, brighter clusters where larger numbers of people have historically resided.