I just read something fascinating about the volume of gold on the planet. According to the World Gold Council, by the end of 2024, 216,000 tons of gold had been mined from the earth. If we add all the underground reserves that have already been explored, the total volume of gold reaches nearly 348,000 tons.

What surprised me is the comparison: all that volume of gold would fit into a cube just 21 meters on each side. More or less the size of a common apartment building. It seems incredible that something so valuable takes up so little space.

And here’s the interesting part: if we divide that volume of gold among the 8 billion people living in the world, each person would be entitled to about 23 kilograms. Not bad, right? I had never thought of it that way. The volume of global gold sounds like a lot, but when distributed among the world population, it ends up being a more accessible amount than I imagined.