How many breaths we have.

On average, a person at rest takes 

about 16 breaths per minute. This 

means we breathe about 960 breaths 

an hour, 23,040 breaths a day, 8,409,600 

a year. Unless we get a lot of exercise. 

The person who lives to 80 will take about 

672,768,000 breaths in a lifetime.