Number of works of art produced per second in the world
Area
Population
Artists
Works of art per second
Asia
4 081 982 653 (4)
3 469 685 (2)
10.04 (3)
Africa
971 179 542 (4)
825 503 (2)
2.39 (3)
America
915 059 042 (4)
1 160 724 (1+2)
3.36 (3)
Europe
739 611 703 (4)
1 257 340 (1)
3.64 (3)
Oceania
34 947 656 (4)
29 706 (2)
0. 09 (3)
World
6 742 782 096 (4)
6 742 958 (4)
19.51 (3)
(1) On the base of 0.17% of the population.
(2) On the base of 0.,085% of the population.
(3) On the base of 0.25 work of art per day.
(4) According to the website populationmondiale.com, we were 6 742 782 096 inhabitants on June 16 2009 at 6 :53 am and 38 seconds. (This number takes account of the 1 500 inhabitants of the Antarctic, but since its population is not permanent, we excluded it from our inventory.)
 
Statistics produced by Caroline Keppi. E-mail : caroline.keppi[AT]biennaledeparis.org
These statistics are available online at http://jbf.biennaledeparis.org
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