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How many streetlights are there in the world?
300 million
streetlights
300,000,000 exactly, give or take
An estimated 300 million streetlights burn worldwide every night — the glow is so bright that a third of humanity can no longer see the Milky Way.SOURCENortheast Group smart-cities market research
Scale check: 300 million is roughly about the population of Japan.
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