North Americans use 50 pounds of toilet paper per person per year, 6 pounds more than Western Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Americans spend over $5.7 billion on toilet paper annually. Toilet paper was marketed as medicine before becoming popular in the late 1920s.
People in North America use about 50 pounds (22.7 kg) of toilet paper per person per year, which is 6 pounds (about 2.7 kg) more than the amount of toilet paper used per person per year in Western Europe, America Latin, Asia and united Africa. Western Europe uses the second-largest toilet paper per person, at about 30 pounds (13.6 kg), followed by Latin America, which uses about 9 pounds (4.1 kg) per person per year. People in Asia and Africa use less per year, with Asians using just under 4 pounds (1.8 kg) and those in Africa using about 0.88 pounds (about 0.4 kg) per person per year.
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Americans spend more than 5.7 billion US dollars on toilet paper each year.
Toilet paper was originally marketed as a medicine in the United States. It was only after rebranding it with a soft and feminine image in the late 1920s that it became popular.
Some form of toilet paper has existed since at least the 6th century AD A Ming dynasty court recorded the annual use of 720,000 sheets of toilet paper in 2-foot (61 cm) by 3-foot (91.4 cm) pieces.
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