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taw was only reporting to one significant digit :P
I see three.
Still, I'd bet that at least 99.5% of people alive now have done something which is technically illegal in their jurisdiction. (Not sure about “who ever lived”, though.)
100.% (with a decimal before the percent sign) would be three. 100% with no decimal is one.
I'd consider numbers such as “100” to be ambiguous between one, two or three significant digits. As for “literally”...