As a planet, billions and billions. The Sun will run out of hydrogen in about 4.5 billion years, and turn into a red giant, the outer edge probably touching the surface of Earth, melting the surface but the planet will still exist.
As a repository for life, a lot less than you think. Current estimates place that life on Earth will slowly disappear in about a billion years time as the Sun get hotter. Water will evaporate into space and all life will die.
That's an astronomical perspective, human nature may make it a lot shorter than that.
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