Hi,

I need to find an estimate of how many Champagne glasses there are in
the world today (the tall fluted kind).

I know this is a bit of a tricky one - but I'm not expecting anything
very precise - just a plausible estimate with an explanation including
internet references where appropriate. If possible upper and lower
bounds on the number would be good too.

Thanks

Hi,

Thought of making a try.

World population is 6 billion (approx).

Assuming about 15% of people drinks in Champagne glasses, it amounts
to 900 million glasses.

Assuming a person comes across atleast 30 champagne glasses in his
life time, then it amounts to 900 million X 30 = 27 billion glasses.

Same champagne glasses may be reused by different persons (say 10
persons) especially in hotels, bars, etc (in the lifetime of a
champagne glasses) . So 27 billion may be reduced to 2.7 billion.

So there must be about 2.7 billion of champagne glasses in the world right now!!!

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