How many breaths do humans take in a average lifetime?

Answer 1

The average respiration rate for a person at rest is about 16 breaths per minute.

This means on average, we breathe about 960 breaths an hour

23040 breaths a day

8409600 a year

If a person lives to 80, then that means on average they will take 672,768,000 breaths in a lifetime!

Please note this is based on a persons average respiration rate at rest. It does not take into account the increase in respiratory rate during exercise.

Also our respiratory rates are significantly faster as children, therefore the actual figure is probably a lot higher than this!