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Fermi #11 · Question 3

How many people visit the Louvre on an average day?

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Answer & explanation

The official answer, with Fermi’s reasoning step by step.

Answer & explanation

Official answer

24,000

visitors

How to estimate it

Fermi’s official “Napkin math”

The Louvre is the most-visited museum on Earth, somewhere around 9 million people a year. Spread that across all 365 days.

Louvre visitors a year
~9,000,000
÷ 365 days
≈ 25,000

Rounded assumptions may give a slightly different estimate. The official answer above is the game’s reference value.

Source calculation & reference
Annual visitors (2024)
~8.7 million
Days open per year
~310
8.7 M ÷ 310
≈ 28,000 on open days
Averaged across all 365 days
≈ 24,000

Reference cited by Fermi: Musée du Louvre 2024 attendance report

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