The two types of hair pigment are eumelanin and pheomelanin.

Pheomelanin is the pigment that contributes to red, auburn, or strawberry blond hair color.

Can you guess which hair color is the most common and which one is the rarest?

Women of different ethnicities with different hair colors

Outside of the U.S., the data is similar.

Most inhabitants in Africa and Asia also have black or brown hair.

But what about the blond-haired folks?

Woman with voluminous dark-brown hair

Where do they rank?

Blond comes in third place in the list of most common hair colors.

According toInc., “only 2% of the world’s population hasnaturally blond hair.”

Woman with red hair

However, as you know, hair can turn white with age after the pigment cells die, asHealthlineexplains.