🫀 Body & Mind
How much blood is in an adult’s body?
The answer
5 litres
A standard blood donation takes about 470 ml of it, less than a tenth.
Source: How Much Blood Is in the Human Body? – Our Blood Institute
Sent in by Bo
Asked in Plain #18 on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
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