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That would be my guess. But do we even know that precisely?
We actually have a decent idea, around 219,890 tons.
https://www.gold.org/goldhub/data/how-much-gold
The gold market cap has always been the approximate amount of gold that has been extracted. While I don't think anyone can give you an actual precise number, the approximate number is pretty widely known and tracked as we extract more.