Are there more LEGO minifigures than humans? In 2014 Randall Munroe of XKCD predicted that there would be more minifigures than people by 2019.



Was he correct? Have we reached the crossing point, and if so, when? If not, when will we?
To get the official info, I have asked LEGO about this topic:


  Dear LEGO, in 2003 you have reported that there are (were) 4.000.000.000 LEGO minifigures produced by that time.
  I was wondering if there are more recent numbers available, especially since the popularity of the collectible minifigures, which could indicate an increase in the production rate.
  
  Could you please provide some official information? Even estimates would be welcome.
  
  Thank you!


And received the following reply:


  Thanks for getting in touch with us.
  
  Thank you for your interest in LEGO® Trivia, that is an interesting question.
  
  You are certainly right that the number should have increased drasticly since then but I can't give you any new numbers. I am sorry but you will have to wait till our marketing department decides it is time to release more fun facts like this.


So in the absence of official numbers, we can only guess.