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

Chain structures in meteorite fragment ALH84001
Electron micrograph of icosahedral adenovirus
A scanning electron microscope image of normal circulating human blood showing red blood cells, several knobbly white blood cells including lymphocytes, a monocyte, a neutrophil and many small disc-shaped platelets
California poppy seeds
Mustard seeds
Peas in pods
Measuring spoons of 1tbsp (15mL) and 1, 1⁄2 and 1⁄4 teaspoon
Copper measuring jugs of 1 and 1⁄2 gill
375mL stubbie of beer
A 1⁄2-peck apple bag
A standard 200-litre (55US or 44impgal) drum
A cubic metre of concrete
A TEU container
An Olympic swimming pool
LZ 129 Hindenburg
Great Pyramid of Giza
The Three Gorges Dam
Sydney Harbour
Solar System bodies with Earth volume or less
The Cat's Eye Nebula on left (about 3×1046m3) and the dark cloud Barnard 68 at top (about 6×1046m3) are of comparable volumes; the Stingray Nebula between them is smaller with a similar volume as the small yellow light-month radius sphere, about 2×1045m3.
The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) at left with about 520 cubic light years (4.4×1050m3) dwarfs the Dumbbell Nebula's 12 cubic light years (1×1049m3) (very approximate figures)
The globular cluster Messier 5 at upper left with about 2 million cubic light years (1.7×1054m3) dwarfs the much smaller Bubble Nebula at lower right.

Sub-microscopic

Volume (m3)Example
4.22419×10−105The Planck volume
1×10−90One cubic quectometre
1×10−81One cubic rontometre
1×10−72One cubic yoctometre
1×10−63One cubic zeptometre
1×10−54One cubic attometre
1×10−45One cubic femtometre
~2.82×10−45Volume of a proton
~9.4×10−44Classical volume of an electron
1×10−36One cubic picometre
1×10−33One quectolitre
1×10−30One cubic ångström or one rontolitre
7.23×10−30Volume enclosed by the Van der Waals radius of a hydrogen atom
3.936×10−29van der Waals volume of a helium atom
1.91×10−29volume enclosed by the van der Waals radius of a gold atom
3.75×10−29van der Waals volume of a H2 molecule
5.29×10−29van der Waals volume of a O2 molecule
1×10−27One cubic nanometre or one yoctolitre
1×10−24One zeptolitre
5×10−23Typical volume of structures on the Martian meteorite ALH84001
1×10−21One attolitre
4×10−21Volume of hypothesised nanobacteria
5×10−21Volume of a typical virus

Microscopic

Volume (m3)Example
1×10−18One cubic micrometre or one femtolitre
9×10−18Average volume of a platelet
9×10−17Normal volume of a human red blood cell
2×10−16Average volume of a lymphocyte
3.3×10−16Mean volume of a neutrophil granulocyte
4.2×10−16Volume of an average monocyte
1×10−15One picolitre
2–9×10−15One drop from a high resolution colour inkjet printer
1.3×10−13a very fine grain of sand (0.063mm diameter, 3 micrograms)
1×10−12One nanolitre
6.2×10−11A medium grain of sand (0.5mm diameter, 1.5 milligrams)
5×10−10Volume of a poppy seed of 1-millimetre diameter
1×10−9One cubic millimetre or one microlitre
4×10−9Volume of a mustard seed of 2-millimetre diameter
2×10−8Volume of a small grain of rice 2mm wide by 5mm long

Human measures

Volume (m3)Example
5.92×10−8One imperial minim
6.16×10−8One US minim
7×10−8Volume of a large grain of rice 3mm wide by 12mm long
2×10−7Average volume of a pea
1×10−6One cubic centimetre or one millilitre
1.18×10−6One imperial fluid scruple
1.23×10−6One US fluid scruple
1.80×10−6One sai
3.55×10−6One imperial fluid drachm
3.70×10−6One US fluid dram
3–5×10−6Average human ejaculation
3.55–5×10−6One teaspoon
1.14×10−5One ligula
1.42–2.0×10−5One tablespoon
1.639×10−5One cubic inch
1.80×10−5One shaku
2.84×10−5One imperial fluid ounce
2.96×10−5One US fluid ounce
3.5×10−5Average amount of blood lost by a woman during menstruation
4.5×10−5One cyathus
6.8×10−5One acetabulum
1×10−4Maximum volume of non-exempt liquids, gels, and aerosols allowed in a U.S. air traveler's carry-on luggage
1.18×10−4One US gill
1.36×10−4One quartarius
1.42×10−4One imperial gill
1.80×10−4One gō (a common size for serving sake)
2.73×10−4one Roman hemina or cotyla
3.3–3.75×10−4Volume of stubby or steinie of beer (Europe–330mL, Canada–341mL, Japan–350mL, US–355mL, Australia–375mL)
4×10−4Rough volume of the human urinary bladder
4.73×10−4One US liquid pint
5.46×10−4One sextarius
5.51×10−4One US dry pint
5.68×10−4One imperial pint
7.5×10−4The 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
9.46×10−4One US liquid quart
1×10−3One cubic decimetre or one litre
1.000028×10−3Volume 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))
1.10×10−3One US dry quart
1.14×10−3One imperial quart
1.0–8.2×10−3Typical range of automobile engine displacements
1.4×10−3Human brain cavity
1.80×10−3One shō (formerly a common sake-bottle size)
3.8×10−3One US liquid gallon
4.36×10−3One semimodius
4.40×10−3One US dry gallon
4.5×10−3One imperial gallon
5×10−3Approximate volume of the blood in one adult human
6×10−3Average total volume of the lungs of a male human
8.81×10−3One US peck
9.09×10−3One imperial peck
1.31×10−2One urna
1.80×10−2One to
1.85–3.6×10−2One Ancient Greek amphora
2.62×10−2One Roman amphora
3.4×10−2One French amphora
2.83×10−2One cubic foot
3.52×10−2One US bushel
3.64×10−2One imperial bushel
3.7–4.2×10−2One firkin
6.0×10−2Gasoline fuel tank in a car (Volvo 240)
6.8–6.9×10−2One rundlet
7.1×10−2Average volume of an adult human
7.4–8.3×10−2One kilderkin
9.55×10−2One US barrel for cranberries
1.16×10−1One US dry barrel
1.17×10−1One US beer barrel, 31 US gallons
1.19×10−1One US fluid barrel (apart from oil or beer), 31.5 US gallons
1.59×10−1One oil barrel, 42 US gallons, about one tierce (158–160L)
1.64×10−1One imperial barrel, 36 imperial gallons
1.80×10−1One koku
2×10−1Standard drum size used for shipping bulk cargo
2.2–2.5×10−1One hogshead
3.1–3.2×10−1One puncheon or tertian
4.7–4.9×10−1One butt (an old unit for beer and wine)
5.24×10−1One culeus
7.65×10−1One cubic yard
9.5–9.8×10−1One tun (an old unit for beer and wine)
1×100One cubic metre, one kilolitre or one stère—volume of a large domestic fridge-freezer (external dimensions)
3.85×101External volume of a standard 20-foot ("TEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 33.1 cubic metres
7.7×101External volume of a standard 40-foot ("FEU") cargo container, which has a capacity of 67.5 cubic metres

Terrestrial

Volume (m3)Example
1.05×102Volume of a rear-engine Leyland Titan London double-decker bus
1.49×102Volume of any A Division New York City Subway car
1×10^3m3(35,000cuft; 1.0×10−6km3)One cubic decametre or one megalitre
1.233×103One acre-foot
2.5×103Volume of an Olympic size swimming pool of minimal depth (50 m × 25 m × 2 m).
3.054×103Volume of each of the nine spheres of the Atomium in Brussels
1.13×104Gas volume in the first zeppelin LZ 1
1.1866×104Amount of concrete in Trbovlje Chimney
1.56×104Quebec's 2001 output of maple syrup
5.0×104Typical volume of a large gasometer
8.5–9.9×104Volume of the Royal Albert Hall auditorium
1.84×105Volume of gas in the USS Macon (ZRS-5) zeppelin
2.11890×105Volume of gas in the Hindenburg zeppelin
6.50×105Volume of crude oil that can be carried aboard the Knock Nevis supertanker
9.66×105Volume of Taipei 101's gross floor space
1×10^6m3(1,300,000cuyd; 0.0010km3)One cubic hectometre, one gigalitre or one kilostère
1.4×106Volume the 1910 Lakeview Gusher oil spilt (the biggest oil gusher in US history)
1.5644×106Volume of concrete in the Panama Canal Locks
2.6006×106Volume of stone in the Great Pyramid of Giza
3×106Approximately amount of mud and clay that slid into the South Nation River valley as a landslide on 20 June 1993
3.33×106Volume of concrete in Hoover Dam
3.664883×106Volume of the NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building
8×106Volume of chalk excavated in the construction of the Channel Tunnel
1×107Volume of Chagan Lake, artificial lake created by nuclear explosion
1.7×107Volume of material in the Gatun Dam, completed in 1913
2.8×107Volume of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure
4.3×107Volume of Aswan Dam
9×107Volume of gas required per day by India in 2005
1.01×108Volume of the Grimsel reservoir
1.73×108Volume of Lake Baldegg, Switzerland
2.05×108Volume of material excavated in the construction of the Panama Canal
2.2×108Volume of Lac de la Gruyère, Switzerland
2.85×108Volume of Lake Halwill, Switzerland
3.20–3.35×108Volume of the Great Wall of China
3–5×108Volume of all humans alive on the planet (based on an average mass of 40–70kg per human)
4×108Predicted volume of natural gas required per day by India in 2025
5×108One sydharb—volume of Sydney Harbour, Australia
6.93×108Volume of Lake Murten, Switzerland
1×10^9m3(1.3×109cuyd; 1.0km3)One cubic kilometre or one teralitre
1.2×109Approximate volume of rock ejected during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
1.3×109volume of Lake Biel, Switzerland
2.5×109volume of Lake Walen, Switzerland
3.2×109volume of Lake Zug
3.9×109Volume of Lake Zürich
4.168×109One cubic mile
5×109Volume of crude oil consumed by the world in a year
5.17×109volume of Lake Brienz
5.2×109Volume of the artificial Gatun Lake (Panama Canal)
6.5×109Volume of Lake Thun
6.5×109volume of Lake Lugano
1×1010Estimated volume of rock ejected during the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
1.4×1010volume of Lake Neuchâtel
1.45×1010Volume of Lake Lucerne
3.52×1010Volume of Lake Mead, the reservoir of the Hoover Dam
3.7×1010Volume of Lago Maggiore
5.5×1010Volume of Lake Constance
8.89×1010Volume of Lake Geneva
1×1011Estimated volume of rock exploded in eruption of Mount Tambora volcano on 12 April 1815
1.33×1011Volume of Lake Nasser
1.44×1011Volume of Fedchenko Glacier and its tributaries
2×1011Estimated volume of the annual net inflow of seawater to the Black Sea (from the Mediterranean Sea via the Bosporus)
2.8×1011Volume of Lake Onega
~3×1011Volume of crude oil on Earth
3.2×1011Estimated volume of the annual inflow of freshwater to the Black Sea
4.84×1011Volume of Lake Erie
8.37×1011Volume of Lake Ladoga
1×10^12m3(1.3×1012cuyd; 1,000km3)One petalitre
1.1×1012Volume of the Aral Sea in 1960
2.76×1012Volume of Lake Victoria
2.8×1012Volume of magma erupted by the Toba supervolcano 74000 years ago
4.918×1012Volume of Lake Michigan
5×1012Volume of the Fish Canyon Tuff erupted by the La Garita Caldera
5.5×1012Volume of the asteroid 433 Eros
1.2232×1013Volume of Lake Superior
1.84×1013Volume of Lake Tanganyika
2.36×1013Volume of Lake Baikal
5.5×1014Volume of the Black Sea
1×1015One exalitre
1×10^15m3(1.3×1015cuyd; 1,000,000km3)Volume of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, which contains the deepest point on the Earth's surface
2.6×1015Volume of Greenland ice cap
3.7×1015Volume of the Mediterranean Sea
1.54×1016Volume of water contained in the rings of Saturn (rough estimate)
3×1016Volume of water contained in the Antarctic ice sheet (rough estimate)
3×1017Volume of the Atlantic Ocean and volume of the Indian Ocean (rough estimates)
4.5×1017Volume of Ceres
1×1018One cubic megametre or one zettalitre—volume of the Pacific Ocean (rough estimate)
1.335×1018Volume of all oceans on Earth

Astronomical

Volume (m3)Example
3×1018Estimated volume of Europa's oceans
6.4×1018Volume of Pluto
2.2×1019Volume of the Moon
6.1×1019Volume of planet Mercury
1.6×1020Volume of planet Mars
9.28×1020Volume of planet Venus
1×1021One yottalitre
1.08×1021Volume of planet Earth
2.25×1021Volume of all the rocky planets in the Solar System
6.38×1022Volume of planet Neptune
7.02×1022Volume of planet Uranus
9.23×1023Volume of planet Saturn
1×1024One ronnalitre
1.53×1024Volume of planet Jupiter
2.59×1024Total volume of all the planets in the Solar System
1×1027One cubic gigametre or one quettalitre
1.41×1027Volume of the Sun
~1×1030volume of Alcyone, brightest star in the Pleiades
~1.7×1031Volume of Arcturus, brightest star in Boötes
3.4×1032Volume of Rigel, the brightest star in Orion
~5×1032Volume of a red giant the same mass as the Sun
1.4×1033Volume of γ Crucis, a red giant in Crux
~1×1034Volume of Deneb, a white supergiant in Cygnus
6.4×1034Volume of η Carinae, a white supergiant in Cygnus
1.3×1035Estimated volume of S Orionis
1.5×1035Volume of Antares, a slow irregular variable in Scorpius
~2.75×1035Volume of Betelgeuse
1×1036One cubic terametre
4×1036Possible volume of μ Cephei (estimates vary)
8×1036Estimated volume of VY Canis Majoris, a red hypergiant star
3.9×1038Volume of a sphere which would enclose the orbit of Neptune
6–10×1039Possible volume of the Heliosphere inside the termination shock
1.1×1041Daily increase in volume of the Cat's Eye Nebula
4×1043Annual increase in volume of the Cat's Eye Nebula
1×1045One cubic petametre
~1.7×1045Approximate volume of the Stingray Nebula
~2.7×1046Volume of the bright inner nebula of the Cat's Eye Nebula
5.5×1046The volume of a Bok globule like Barnard 68
4.4×1047The volume of a Bok globule one light year across
8.47×1047One cubic light-year
~1.7×1048Volume of the Oort Cloud, assuming a radius of 50000AU
~1.6×1049Volume of the Dumbbell Nebula
2.94×1049One cubic parsec
4.4×1050Approximate volume of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) (assuming a radius of 5 light years, sources differ)
1×1054One cubic exametre
3×1055Estimated volume of a small dwarf galaxy like NGC 1705
3.3×1055Estimated volume of the Local Bubble, assuming a radius of 100 parsecs (~39 million cubic light years)
3×1058Estimated volume of a dwarf galaxy like the Large Magellanic Cloud
2.94×1058One cubic kiloparsec
~3.3×1061Volume of a galaxy like the Milky Way
1×1063One cubic zettametre—approximate volume of whole Milky Way including Globes
~5×1068Volume of the Local Group
6.7×1071Volume of the Gemini Void
1×1072One cubic yottametre
1.2×1072Volume of the Local Void (about 1.4×1024 cubic light years)
3.5×1072Volume of the Virgo Supercluster
1×1073Volume of the Sculptor Void (about 1.1×1025 cubic light years)
2×1073Least volume of the Southern Local Supervoid (about 2.2×1025 cubic light years)
3.4×1080Volume of the Observable Universe
1×1081One cubic ronnametre
7.1×1081Lower bound on the volume of the universe based on analysis of WMAP
1×1090One cubic quettametre
~1×10113rough upper bound on the physical size of the present universe, a result of the maximum number of Hubble volumes.
1×10182Estimated volume of space to contain one particle at the heat death of the universe in a flat universe.
1×10272Estimated volume of space to contain one particle at the heat death of the universe in an open universe.

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