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How many lakes are there on Earth?

117 million
lakes
117,000,000 exactly, give or take
117 million. Canada alone has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.SOURCEGeophysical Research Letters, 2014
Scale check: 117 million is roughly about the population of Japan.
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