Ok… I’ll bite
Methodology:
1)Check sales or tonnage of bananas world wide.
2)Assume a staggered growing season of 200 days
3) Assume picked when fully grown
4) Measure mass of typical banana and assume that to be average
5) Divide total yearly tonnage by 200 days and divide by mass of average banana to get number.
1) Approx 26 million metric ton in 2020 source
2) Staggered growing season 200 days Source: estimate. Feel free to correct.
3) Best practice
4) Mass of banana: 120 grams Source FDA and home kitchen scale.
5) Calculation: 26,000,000 tons x 1000 kg/ton x 1000 g/kg / 200 / 120 grams =
1.08 billion.
Context sense check: How many fully grown bananas per person on Earth?
Earth population 8 Billion, So, approx one fully grown banana per 8 people.
That sounds reasonable.
I’ll go with 1.08 Billion minus two for @rebbel and @elbanditoroso