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If you removed all the empty space from the atoms of every living human on Earth, how big would humanity be?

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If you removed all the empty space from the atoms of every living human on Earth, how big would humanity be?

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If you removed all the empty space from the atoms of every living human on Earth, how big would humanity be?
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