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The number of organisms discovered in the world up to 2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 5, 2022
As of 2021, more than one million different types of insects had been discovered around the world. Flowering plants consist out of 369 thousand discovered organisms. By comparison, the number of discovered mammals reached roughly 6.5 thousand different types.

Number of organisms discovered in the world up to 2021, by group

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Release date

December 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

IUCN = International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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