- We have first taken into account the worldwide population(1);

- Second, we have decided to isolate France in order to use it as a reference. We have taken into account its total population, which is 62 448 977. (DOM-TOM are not included for the account has been performed according to geography map and not geopolitics.);

- We then referred to the number of artists who are registred in the Maison des Artistes (a national registry of practicing professional artists in France), which is 42 076. Since the total number of artists exceeds the number of artists who are registred in the Maison des Artistes, we multiplied the number of registered artists by 2.5 in order to obtain the total number of artists in France – according to this calculation, 105 190;

Of 62 448 977 French citizens, 105 190 people are artists. In other words, artists represent 0.17% of the total French population.

By extension, we have applied this proportion to the populations of Europe and North America. As the total population in Europe is 739 611 703, we calculated the total number of European artists at 1 257 340. The total population in North America is 450 497 763, so we calculated the total number of artists in North America as 765 846. Concerning Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania, we have divided the percentage by two, which means 0.085%. Since Asia’s total population is 4 081 982 653, we calculated the total number of artists in Asia as 3 469 685. The total population in Africa is 971 179 542, which means 825 503 African artists. As the total population in South America (Central America and the West Indies included) is 464 561 279 inhabitants, we calculated the total number of artists in South America at 394 878. So America's total population is 915 059 042 and the number of artists in America is 1 160 724. As the total population in Oceania is 34 947 656 inhabitants, the total number of artists in Oceania is 29 706.

According to these calculations, the worldwide population of 6 742 782 096 indicates a total of 6 742 958 artists.

Further, we estimated that each artist produces an average of 0.25 works of art per day.

We can deduce that:
867 421 works of art are produced in Asia per day, that is to say 10.04 per second;
314 335 works of art are produced in Europe per day, that is to say 3.64 per second;
290 181 works of art are produced in America per day, that is to say 3.36 per second;
206 376 works of art are produced in Africa per day, that is to say 2.39 per second;
7 427 works of art are produced in Oceania per day, that is to say 0.09 per second.

Altogether, 1 685 740 works of art are produced per day in the world.
19.51 works of art are produced per second in the world.

(1) According to the website populationmondiale.com