When I die, how much of the experience I have gained is made into orbs?

Question

I died, but very near my spawn point. When I came back to the point where I'd died (I fell to my death) there was my stuff spread around, as well as loads of experience orbs! I don't know how much I had before I died, so is the amount I just picked up:

• The exact amount I had before I died?
• Some random/fixed portion of that amount?
• Fixed?

Answer 1

It appears the amount of experience lost upon dying is approximately the same as the amount of orbs that gets dropped.

Upon the player's death, a number of Experience Orbs are dropped at the location of death. … The number of orbs that are reclaimed is about the same number as the amount lost. - MC Wiki

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Upon testing it myself, it seems the experience dropped isn't equal to the experience you had before you died. After running three tests, I usually got about 1/2 of the experience I had before I died.

This image contains three tests: the experience meter before is on top and the experience bar after is below. Also, in the third test, I had an entire bar of experience plus what is shown.