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The first 92 (through uranium) occur naturally. The others are transuranics.. As of 2009, there are 118 ending with ununoctium. All together there are 117 elements on the periodic table, 94 of which occur naturally on earth. According to Wikipedia, there are 117 elements that have been isolated or synthesized, with a gap between element 116 and element 118.
This lesson will answer those questions. The elements in the periodic table are arranged in rows according to atomic number and in columns according to the configuration of the outer orbit or shell. The chart below just shows the first 18 elements, so you can get an idea of how the periodic table arranges them.