# Orders of magnitude (volume)

The table lists various objects and units by the order of magnitude of their volume.

## Sub-microscopic

| Volume (m$^3$) | Example |
| 4.22419×10$^{−105}$ | The Planck volume |
| 1×10$^{−90}$ | One cubic quectometre |
| 1×10$^{−81}$ | One cubic rontometre |
| 1×10$^{−72}$ | One cubic yoctometre |
| 1×10$^{−63}$ | One cubic zeptometre |
| 1×10$^{−54}$ | One cubic attometre |
| 1×10$^{−45}$ | One cubic femtometre |
| ~2.82×10$^{−45}$ | Volume of a proton |
| ~9.4×10$^{−44}$ | Classical volume of an electron |
| 1×10$^{−36}$ | One cubic picometre |
| 1×10$^{−33}$ | One quectolitre |
| 1×10$^{−30}$ | One cubic ångström or one rontolitre |
| 7.23×10$^{−30}$ | Volume enclosed by the Van der Waals radius of a hydrogen atom |
| 3.936×10$^{−29}$ | van der Waals volume of a helium atom |
| 1.91×10$^{−29}$ | volume enclosed by the van der Waals radius of a gold atom |
| 3.75×10$^{−29}$ | van der Waals volume of a H $_2$ molecule |
| 5.29×10$^{−29}$ | van der Waals volume of a O $_2$ molecule |
| 1×10$^{−27}$ | One cubic nanometre or one yoctolitre |
| 1×10$^{−24}$ | One zeptolitre |
| 5×10$^{−23}$ | Typical volume of structures on the Martian meteorite ALH84001 |
| 1×10$^{−21}$ | One attolitre |
| 4×10$^{−21}$ | Volume of hypothesised nanobacteria |
| 5×10$^{−21}$ | Volume of a typical virus |

## Microscopic

| Volume (m$^3$) | Example |
| 1×10$^{−18}$ | One cubic micrometre or one femtolitre |
| 9×10$^{−18}$ | Average volume of a platelet |
| 9×10$^{−17}$ | Normal volume of a human red blood cell |
| 2×10$^{−16}$ | Average volume of a lymphocyte |
| 3.3×10$^{−16}$ | Mean volume of a neutrophil granulocyte |
| 4.2×10$^{−16}$ | Volume of an average monocyte |
| 1×10$^{−15}$ | One picolitre |
| 2–9×10$^{−15}$ | One drop from a high resolution colour inkjet printer |
| 1.3×10$^{−13}$ | a very fine grain of sand (0.063 mm diameter, 3 micrograms) |
| 1×10$^{−12}$ | One nanolitre |
| 6.2×10$^{−11}$ | A medium grain of sand (0.5 mm diameter, 1.5 milligrams) |
| 5×10$^{−10}$ | Volume of a poppy seed of 1-millimetre diameter |
| 1×10$^{−9}$ | One cubic millimetre or one microlitre |
| 4×10$^{−9}$ | Volume of a mustard seed of 2-millimetre diameter |
| 2×10$^{−8}$ | Volume of a small grain of rice 2 mm wide by 5 mm long |

## Human measures

| Volume (m$^3$) | Example |
| 5.92×10$^{−8}$ | One imperial minim |
| 6.16×10$^{−8}$ | One US minim |
| 7×10$^{−8}$ | Volume of a large grain of rice 3 mm wide by 12 mm long |
| 2×10$^{−7}$ | Average volume of a pea |
| 1×10$^{−6}$ | One cubic centimetre or one millilitre |
| 1.18×10$^{−6}$ | One imperial fluid scruple |
| 1.23×10$^{−6}$ | One US fluid scruple |
| 1.80×10$^{−6}$ | One sai |
| 3.55×10$^{−6}$ | One imperial fluid drachm |
| 3.70×10$^{−6}$ | One US fluid dram |
| 3–5×10$^{−6}$ | Average human ejaculation |
| 3.55–5×10$^{−6}$ | One teaspoon |
| 1.14×10$^{−5}$ | One ligula |
| 1.42–2.0×10$^{−5}$ | One tablespoon |
| 1.639×10$^{−5}$ | One cubic inch |
| 1.80×10$^{−5}$ | One shaku |
| 2.84×10$^{−5}$ | One imperial fluid ounce |
| 2.96×10$^{−5}$ | One US fluid ounce |
| 3.5×10$^{−5}$ | Average amount of blood lost by a woman during menstruation |
| 4.5×10$^{−5}$ | One cyathus |
| 6.8×10$^{−5}$ | One acetabulum |
| 1×10$^{−4}$ | Maximum volume of non-exempt liquids, gels, and aerosols allowed in a U.S. air traveler's carry-on luggage |
| 1.18×10$^{−4}$ | One US gill |
| 1.36×10$^{−4}$ | One quartarius |
| 1.42×10$^{−4}$ | One imperial gill |
| 1.80×10$^{−4}$ | One gō (a common size for serving sake) |
| 2.73×10$^{−4}$ | one Roman hemina or cotyla |
| 3.3–3.75×10$^{−4}$ | Volume of stubby or steinie of beer (Europe–330 mL, Canada–341 mL, Japan–350 mL, US–355 mL, Australia–375 mL) |
| 4×10$^{−4}$ | Rough volume of the human urinary bladder |
| 4.73×10$^{−4}$ | One US liquid pint |
| 5.46×10$^{−4}$ | One sextarius |
| 5.51×10$^{−4}$ | One US dry pint |
| 5.68×10$^{−4}$ | One imperial pint |
| 7.5×10$^{−4}$ | The most common volume for wine and liquor bottles, also the size of an Australian long neck of beer; sometimes called a 'fifth' in the United States for its approximation to the once-common one-fifth-gallon bottle |
| 9.46×10$^{−4}$ | One US liquid quart |
| 1×10$^{−3}$ | One cubic decimetre or one litre |
| 1.000028×10$^{−3}$ | Volume of 1 kilogram of distilled water (at the temperature of maximum density (3.98 °C or 39.16 °F) and standard atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa)) |
| 1.10×10$^{−3}$ | One US dry quart |
| 1.14×10$^{−3}$ | One imperial quart |
| 1.0–8.2×10$^{−3}$ | Typical range of automobile engine displacements |
| 1.4×10$^{−3}$ | Human brain cavity |
| 1.80×10$^{−3}$ | One shō (formerly a common sake-bottle size) |
| 3.8×10$^{−3}$ | One US liquid gallon |
| 4.36×10$^{−3}$ | One semimodius |
| 4.40×10$^{−3}$ | One US dry gallon |
| 4.5×10$^{−3}$ | One imperial gallon |
| 5×10$^{−3}$ | Approximate volume of the blood in one adult human |
| 6×10$^{−3}$ | Average total volume of the lungs of a male human |
| 8.81×10$^{−3}$ | One US peck |
| 9.09×10$^{−3}$ | One imperial peck |
| 1.31×10$^{−2}$ | One urna |
| 1.80×10$^{−2}$ | One to |
| 1.85–3.6×10$^{−2}$ | One Ancient Greek amphora |
| 2.62×10$^{−2}$ | One Roman amphora |
| 3.4×10$^{−2}$ | One French amphora |
| 2.83×10$^{−2}$ | One cubic foot |
| 3.52×10$^{−2}$ | One US bushel |
| 3.64×10$^{−2}$ | One imperial bushel |
| 3.7–4.2×10$^{−2}$ | One firkin |
| 6.0×10$^{−2}$ | Gasoline fuel tank in a car (Volvo 240) |
| 6.8–6.9×10$^{−2}$ | One rundlet |
| 7.1×10$^{−2}$ | Average volume of an adult human |
| 7.4–8.3×10$^{−2}$ | One kilderkin |
| 9.55×10$^{−2}$ | One US barrel for cranberries |
| 1.16×10$^{−1}$ | One US dry barrel |
| 1.17×10$^{−1}$ | One US beer barrel, 31 US gallons |
| 1.19×10$^{−1}$ | One US fluid barrel (apart from oil or beer), 31.5 US gallons |
| 1.59×10$^{−1}$ | One oil barrel, 42 US gallons, about one tierce (158–160 L) |
| 1.64×10$^{−1}$ | One imperial barrel, 36 imperial gallons |
| 1.80×10$^{−1}$ | One koku |
| 2×10$^{−1}$ | Standard drum size used for shipping bulk cargo |
| 2.2–2.5×10$^{−1}$ | One hogshead |
| 3.1–3.2×10$^{−1}$ | One puncheon or tertian |
| 4.7–4.9×10$^{−1}$ | One butt (an old unit for beer and wine) |
| 5.24×10$^{−1}$ | One culeus |
| 7.65×10$^{−1}$ | One cubic yard |
| 9.5–9.8×10$^{−1}$ | One tun (an old unit for beer and wine) |
| 1×10$^0$ | One cubic metre, one kilolitre or one stère—volume of a large domestic fridge-freezer (external dimensions) |
| 3.85×10$^1$ | External volume of a standard 20-foot ("TEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 33.1 cubic metres |
| 7.7×10$^1$ | External volume of a standard 40-foot ("FEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 67.5 cubic metres |

## Terrestrial

| Volume (m$^3$) | Example |
| 1.05×10$^2$ | Volume of a rear-engine Leyland Titan London double-decker bus |
| 1.49×10$^2$ | Volume of any A Division New York City Subway car |
| 1×10^$^3$ m$^3$ (35,000 cu ft; 1.0×10$^{−6}$ km$^3$) | One cubic decametre or one megalitre |
| 1.233×10$^3$ | One acre-foot |
| 2.5×10$^3$ | Volume of an Olympic size swimming pool of minimal depth (50 m × 25 m × 2 m). |
| 3.054×10$^3$ | Volume of each of the nine spheres of the Atomium in Brussels |
| 1.13×10$^4$ | Gas volume in the first zeppelin LZ 1 |
| 1.1866×10$^4$ | Amount of concrete in Trbovlje Chimney |
| 1.56×10$^4$ | Quebec's 2001 output of maple syrup |
| 5.0×10$^4$ | Typical volume of a large gasometer |
| 8.5–9.9×10$^4$ | Volume of the Royal Albert Hall auditorium |
| 1.84×10$^5$ | Volume of gas in the USS Macon (ZRS-5) zeppelin |
| 2.11890×10$^5$ | Volume of gas in the Hindenburg zeppelin |
| 6.50×10$^5$ | Volume of crude oil that can be carried aboard the Knock Nevis supertanker |
| 9.66×10$^5$ | Volume of Taipei 101's gross floor space |
| 1×10^$^6$ m$^3$ (1,300,000 cu yd; 0.0010 km$^3$) | One cubic hectometre, one gigalitre or one kilostère |
| 1.4×10$^6$ | Volume the 1910 Lakeview Gusher oil spilt (the biggest oil gusher in US history) |
| 1.5644×10$^6$ | Volume of concrete in the Panama Canal Locks |
| 2.6006×10$^6$ | Volume of stone in the Great Pyramid of Giza |
| 3×10$^6$ | Approximately amount of mud and clay that slid into the South Nation River valley as a landslide on 20 June 1993 |
| 3.33×10$^6$ | Volume of concrete in Hoover Dam |
| 3.664883×10$^6$ | Volume of the NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building |
| 8×10$^6$ | Volume of chalk excavated in the construction of the Channel Tunnel |
| 1×10$^7$ | Volume of Chagan Lake, artificial lake created by nuclear explosion |
| 1.7×10$^7$ | Volume of material in the Gatun Dam, completed in 1913 |
| 2.8×10$^7$ | Volume of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure |
| 4.3×10$^7$ | Volume of Aswan Dam |
| 9×10$^7$ | Volume of gas required per day by India in 2005 |
| 1.01×10$^8$ | Volume of the Grimsel reservoir |
| 1.73×10$^8$ | Volume of Lake Baldegg, Switzerland |
| 2.05×10$^8$ | Volume of material excavated in the construction of the Panama Canal |
| 2.2×10$^8$ | Volume of Lac de la Gruyère, Switzerland |
| 2.85×10$^8$ | Volume of Lake Halwill, Switzerland |
| 3.20–3.35×10$^8$ | Volume of the Great Wall of China |
| 3–5×10$^8$ | Volume of all humans alive on the planet (based on an average mass of 40–70 kg per human) |
| 4×10$^8$ | Predicted volume of natural gas required per day by India in 2025 |
| 5×10$^8$ | One sydharb—volume of Sydney Harbour, Australia |
| 6.93×10$^8$ | Volume of Lake Murten, Switzerland |
| 1×10^$^9$ m$^3$ (1.3×10$^9$ cu yd; 1.0 km$^3$) | One cubic kilometre or one teralitre |
| 1.2×10$^9$ | Approximate volume of rock ejected during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens |
| 1.3×10$^9$ | volume of Lake Biel, Switzerland |
| 2.5×10$^9$ | volume of Lake Walen, Switzerland |
| 3.2×10$^9$ | volume of Lake Zug |
| 3.9×10$^9$ | Volume of Lake Zürich |
| 4.168×10$^9$ | One cubic mile |
| 5×10$^9$ | Volume of crude oil consumed by the world in a year |
| 5.17×10$^9$ | volume of Lake Brienz |
| 5.2×10$^9$ | Volume of the artificial Gatun Lake (Panama Canal) |
| 6.5×10$^9$ | Volume of Lake Thun |
| 6.5×10$^9$ | volume of Lake Lugano |
| 1×10$^{10}$ | Estimated volume of rock ejected during the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo |
| 1.4×10$^{10}$ | volume of Lake Neuchâtel |
| 1.45×10$^{10}$ | Volume of Lake Lucerne |
| 3.52×10$^{10}$ | Volume of Lake Mead, the reservoir of the Hoover Dam |
| 3.7×10$^{10}$ | Volume of Lago Maggiore |
| 5.5×10$^{10}$ | Volume of Lake Constance |
| 8.89×10$^{10}$ | Volume of Lake Geneva |
| 1×10$^{11}$ | Estimated volume of rock exploded in eruption of Mount Tambora volcano on 12 April 1815 |
| 1.33×10$^{11}$ | Volume of Lake Nasser |
| 1.44×10$^{11}$ | Volume of Fedchenko Glacier and its tributaries |
| 2×10$^{11}$ | Estimated volume of the annual net inflow of seawater to the Black Sea (from the Mediterranean Sea via the Bosporus) |
| 2.8×10$^{11}$ | Volume of Lake Onega |
| ~3×10$^{11}$ | Volume of crude oil on Earth |
| 3.2×10$^{11}$ | Estimated volume of the annual inflow of freshwater to the Black Sea |
| 4.84×10$^{11}$ | Volume of Lake Erie |
| 8.37×10$^{11}$ | Volume of Lake Ladoga |
| 1×10^$^{12}$ m$^3$ (1.3×10$^{12}$ cu yd; 1,000 km$^3$) | One petalitre |
| 1.1×10$^{12}$ | Volume of the Aral Sea in 1960 |
| 2.76×10$^{12}$ | Volume of Lake Victoria |
| 2.8×10$^{12}$ | Volume of magma erupted by the Toba supervolcano 74000 years ago |
| 4.918×10$^{12}$ | Volume of Lake Michigan |
| 5×10$^{12}$ | Volume of the Fish Canyon Tuff erupted by the La Garita Caldera |
| 5.5×10$^{12}$ | Volume of the asteroid 433 Eros |
| 1.2232×10$^{13}$ | Volume of Lake Superior |
| 1.84×10$^{13}$ | Volume of Lake Tanganyika |
| 2.36×10$^{13}$ | Volume of Lake Baikal |
| 5.5×10$^{14}$ | Volume of the Black Sea |
| 1×10$^{15}$ | One exalitre |
| 1×10^$^{15}$ m$^3$ (1.3×10$^{15}$ cu yd; 1,000,000 km$^3$) | Volume of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, which contains the deepest point on the Earth's surface |
| 2.6×10$^{15}$ | Volume of Greenland ice cap |
| 3.7×10$^{15}$ | Volume of the Mediterranean Sea |
| 1.54×10$^{16}$ | Volume of water contained in the rings of Saturn (rough estimate) |
| 3×10$^{16}$ | Volume of water contained in the Antarctic ice sheet (rough estimate) |
| 3×10$^{17}$ | Volume of the Atlantic Ocean and volume of the Indian Ocean (rough estimates) |
| 4.5×10$^{17}$ | Volume of Ceres |
| 1×10$^{18}$ | One cubic megametre or one zettalitre—volume of the Pacific Ocean (rough estimate) |
| 1.335×10$^{18}$ | Volume of all oceans on Earth |

## Astronomical

| Volume (m$^3$) | Example |
| 3×10$^{18}$ | Estimated volume of Europa's oceans |
| 6.4×10$^{18}$ | Volume of Pluto |
| 2.2×10$^{19}$ | Volume of the Moon |
| 6.1×10$^{19}$ | Volume of planet Mercury |
| 1.6×10$^{20}$ | Volume of planet Mars |
| 9.28×10$^{20}$ | Volume of planet Venus |
| 1×10$^{21}$ | One yottalitre |
| 1.08×10$^{21}$ | Volume of planet Earth |
| 2.25×10$^{21}$ | Volume of all the rocky planets in the Solar System |
| 6.38×10$^{22}$ | Volume of planet Neptune |
| 7.02×10$^{22}$ | Volume of planet Uranus |
| 9.23×10$^{23}$ | Volume of planet Saturn |
| 1×10$^{24}$ | One ronnalitre |
| 1.53×10$^{24}$ | Volume of planet Jupiter |
| 2.59×10$^{24}$ | Total volume of all the planets in the Solar System |
| 1×10$^{27}$ | One cubic gigametre or one quettalitre |
| 1.41×10$^{27}$ | Volume of the Sun |
| ~1×10$^{30}$ | volume of Alcyone, brightest star in the Pleiades |
| ~1.7×10$^{31}$ | Volume of Arcturus, brightest star in Boötes |
| 3.4×10$^{32}$ | Volume of Rigel, the brightest star in Orion |
| ~5×10$^{32}$ | Volume of a red giant the same mass as the Sun |
| 1.4×10$^{33}$ | Volume of γ Crucis, a red giant in Crux |
| ~1×10$^{34}$ | Volume of Deneb, a white supergiant in Cygnus |
| 6.4×10$^{34}$ | Volume of η Carinae, a white supergiant in Cygnus |
| 1.3×10$^{35}$ | Estimated volume of S Orionis |
| 1.5×10$^{35}$ | Volume of Antares, a Mira variable in Orion |
| ~2.75×10$^{35}$ | Volume of Betelgeuse |
| 1×10$^{36}$ | One cubic terametre |
| 4×10$^{36}$ | Possible volume of μ Cephei (estimates vary) |
| 8×10$^{36}$ | Estimated volume of VY Canis Majoris, a red hypergiant star |
| 3.9×10$^{38}$ | volume of a sphere which would enclose the orbit of Neptune |
| 6–10×10$^{39}$ | Possible volume of the Heliosphere inside the termination shock |
| 1.1×10$^{41}$ | Daily increase in volume of the Cat's Eye Nebula |
| 4×10$^{43}$ | Annual increase in volume of the Cat's Eye Nebula |
| 1×10$^{45}$ | One cubic petametre |
| ~1.7×10$^{45}$ | Approximate volume of the Stingray Nebula |
| ~2.7×10$^{46}$ | Volume of the bright inner nebula of the Cat's Eye Nebula |
| 5.5×10$^{46}$ | The volume of a Bok globule like Barnard 68 |
| 4.4×10$^{47}$ | The volume of a Bok globule one light year across |
| 8.47×10$^{47}$ | One cubic light-year |
| ~1.7×10$^{48}$ | Volume of the Oort Cloud, assuming a radius of 50000 AU |
| ~1.6×10$^{49}$ | Volume of the Dumbbell Nebula |
| 2.94×10$^{49}$ | One cubic parsec |
| 4.4×10$^{50}$ | Approximate volume of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) (assuming a radius of 5 light years, sources differ) |
| 1×10$^{54}$ | One cubic exametre |
| 3×10$^{55}$ | Estimated volume of a small dwarf galaxy like NGC 1705 |
| 3.3×10$^{55}$ | Estimated volume of the Local Bubble, assuming a radius of 100 parsecs (~39 million cubic light years) |
| 3×10$^{58}$ | Estimated volume of a dwarf galaxy like the Large Magellanic Cloud |
| 2.94×10$^{58}$ | One cubic kiloparsec |
| ~3.3×10$^{61}$ | Volume of a galaxy like the Milky Way |
| 1×10$^{63}$ | One cubic zettametre—approximate volume of whole Milky Way including Globes |
| ~5×10$^{68}$ | Volume of the Local Group |
| 6.7×10$^{71}$ | Volume of the Gemini Void |
| 1×10$^{72}$ | One cubic yottametre |
| 1.2×10$^{72}$ | Volume of the Local Void (about 1.4×10$^{24}$ cubic light years) |
| 3.5×10$^{72}$ | Volume of the Virgo Supercluster |
| 1×10$^{73}$ | Volume of the Sculptor Void (about 1.1×10$^{25}$ cubic light years) |
| 2×10$^{73}$ | Least volume of the Southern Local Supervoid (about 2.2×10$^{25}$ cubic light years) |
| 3.4×10$^{80}$ | Volume of the Observable Universe |
| 1×10$^{81}$ | One cubic ronnametre |
| 7.1×10$^{81}$ | Lower bound on the volume of the universe based on analysis of WMAP |
| 6.7×10$^{83}$ | Lower bound on the volume of the entire universe |
| 1×10$^{90}$ | One cubic quettametre |
| ~1×10$^{113}$ | rough upper bound on the physical size of the present universe, a result of the maximum number of Hubble volumes. |