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File:Comparison of units of area.png Image comparing various units: square mile (the entire yellow square), square kilometre , hectare and acre , as well as a soccer field and a Manhattan block . File:1 km2.svg An area of one square kilometre consists of 100 hectares each containing 10,000 square metres . This page is a progressive and labelled list of the SI area orders of magnitude, with certain examples appended to some list objects.
List of orders of magnitude for area Template:10^ to Template:10^ square metres
Factor (m2 )
Multiple
Value
Item
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2.6Template:E m2
Planck area , <math>\frac{G \hbar}{c^3}</math><ref>Calculated: square of the Planck length = (1.62e-35 m)^2 = 2.6e-70 m^2</ref>
Template:10^
1 square quectometre
Template:10^
1 square rontometre
Template:10^
100 rm2
1 shed <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
Template:10^
1 square yoctometre (ym2 )
1 ym2
Template:10^
100,000 ym2
1 femtobarn <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
10−42
1 square zeptometre (zm2 )
1 zm2
10−36
1 square attometre (am2 )
1 am2
10−30
1 square femtometre (fm2 )
1 fm2
10−29
66.52 fm2
Thomson cross-section of the electron<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
10−28
100 fm2
1 barn , roughly the cross-sectional area of a uranium nucleus <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
10−24
1 square picometre (pm2 )
1 pm2
10−20
1 square angstrom (Å2 )
10,000 pm2
10−19
100,000 pm2
Area of a lipid bilayer , per molecule<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
75,000–260,000 pm2
Surface area of the 20 standard amino acids <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
10−18
1 square nanometre (nm2 )
1 nm2
10−16
100 nm2
Globular proteins : solvent-accessible surface area of a typical globular protein, having a typical molecular mass of ~35000 u (quite variable)<ref>Template:Cite journal </ref>
10−14
17,000 nm2
Cross-sectional area of a nuclear pore complex in vertebrates<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
10−12
1 square micrometre (μm2 )
6 μm2
Surface area of an E. coli Template:Cite web </ref>
10−10
100 μm2
Surface area of a red blood cell <ref>Template:Cite journal </ref>
10−9
6,000–110,000 μm2
Range of common LCD screen pixel sizes <ref>Calculated: Smallest and largest common pitches were 77 micrometers and 337 micrometers. (77e-6 m)^2 ~= 6e-9 m^2. (337e-6 m)^2 ~= 114e-9 m^2 ~= 110e-9 m^2</ref>
7,000 μm2
Area of a dot printed using 300 dots per inch resolution<ref>Calculated: (300 dots per inch / 2.54e-2 m/inch)^(-2) = 7.2e-9 m^2</ref>
8,000 μm2
Cross-sectional area of a straight human hair that is 100 μm<ref>Template:Cite web </ref> in diameter<ref>Calculated: 100 μm in diameter => pi * ((1e-4 m)/2)**2 = 7.9e-9 m^2</ref>
−8 to 10−1 square metres
List of orders of magnitude for areas 10−8 to 10−1 square metres
Factor (m2 )
Multiple
Value
Item
10−8
55,000 μm2
Size of a pixel on a typical modern computer display
10−7
2-400,000 μm2
Cross-sectional area of a mechanical pencil lead (0.5-0.7 mm in diameter)<ref>Calculated: pi * (0.5mm/2)^2 = 2.0e-7 m^2 and pi * (0.7mm/2)^2 = 3.8e-7 m^2)</ref>
10−6
1 square millimetre (mm2 )
1–2 mm2
Area of a human fovea <ref name="Webvision_retina">Template:Cite web </ref>
2 mm2
Area of the head of a pin
10−5
30–50 mm2
Area of a 6–8 mm hole punched in a piece of paper by a hole punch <ref>Calculated: ((6e-3 m)/2)**2 * pi = 2.8e-5 m^2 and ((8e-3 m)/2)**2 * pi = 5.0e-5 m^2</ref>
10−4
1 square centimetre (cm2 )
290 mm2
Area of one side of a U.S. penny<ref>Template:Cite web </ref><ref>Calculated: area = pi * diameter^2 / 4 = 3.14 * (19.05e-3 m)^2 = 2.850e-4 m^2</ref>
500 mm2
Area of a typical postage stamp
10−3
1,100 mm2
Area of a human retina<ref>Template:Cite journal </ref>
4,600 mm2
Area of the face of a credit card <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
10−2
1 square decimetre (dm2 )
10,000 mm2
Index card (3 × 5 inches )<ref>Calculated: 3 inches * 5 inches * (2.54e-2 m/inch)^2 = 9.7e-3 m^2 ~= 0.01 m^2</ref>
60,000 mm2
American letter paper (11 × 8.5 inches , "A" size)
62,370 mm2
International A4 paper (210 × 297 mm)
92,903 mm2
1 square foot <ref>Calculated: 1 foot * 1 foot * (0.3048 meters / foot)^2 = 0.092.90304 m^2</ref>
10−1
125,000 mm2
International A3 paper (297 × 420 mm)
180,000 mm2
Surface area of a basketball (diameter 24 cm)<ref>Template:Cite web </ref><ref>Calculated: 29.5-29.75 inch circumference * 2.54 cm / in = 23.85-24.05 cm diameter => radius = 0.119-0.120 m => Area = 4 * pi * (0.119 m)^2 = 0.18 m^2</ref>
250,000 mm2
International A2 paper (420 × 594 mm)
500,000 mm2
International A1 paper (594 × 841 mm)
100 to 107 square metres
List of orders of magnitude for areas 100 to 107 square metres.
Factor (m2 )
Multiple
Value
Item
100
1 square metre
1 m2
International A0 paper (841 × 1189 mm)
1.73 m2
A number commonly used as the average body surface area of a human<ref>Template:Cite journal </ref>
1–4 m2
Area of the top of an office desk
101
10–20 m2
A parking space
70 m2
Approximate surface area of a human lung<ref>Template:Cite book </ref>
102
1 square decametre (dam2 )
100 m2
One are (a)
162 m2
Size of a volleyball court (18 × 9 metres)<ref>Template:Cite book </ref>
202 m2
Floor area of a median suburban three-bedroom house in the US in 2010: Template:Convert <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
261 m2
Size of a tennis court <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
437 m2
Size of an NBA/WNBA/NCAA basketball court <ref>Calculated: 4,700 sq ft * (0.3048 ft/m)2 = 436.644288 m2 </ref>
845 m2
Wing area of Airbus A380 , the largest commercial airliner<ref name=prestigeSpecs>Template:Cite web </ref>
978 m2
Size of the primary mirror of the Extremely Large Telescope , the largest optical telescope in the world (under construction)<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
103
1 kilo square meter k(m2 )
1,000 m2
Surface area of a modern stremma or dunam
1,250 m2
Surface area of the water in an Olympic-size swimming pool <ref>Calculated: 50 m * 25 m = 1250 m^2</ref>
4,047 m2
1 acre <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
5,400 m2
Size of an American football field <ref>Template:Cite web </ref><ref>Calculated: 360 feet * 160 feet * (0.3048 m/ft)^2 = 5351 m^2 ~= 5400 m^2</ref>
7,140 m2
Size of a typical football (soccer) field <ref>Template:Cite web </ref><ref>Calculated: 105 m * 68 m = 7140 m^2</ref>
104
1 square hectometre (hm2 )
10,000 m2
1 hectare (ha)<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
17,000 m2
Approximate area of a cricket field (theoretical limits: 6,402 m2 to 21,273 m2 )<ref name="passyworldofmathematics">Template:Cite web </ref>
22,100 m2
Area of a Manhattan city block
53,000 m2
Base of the Great Pyramid of Giza <ref>Template:Cite web </ref><ref>Calculated: 230.364 m^2 ~= 53068 m^2</ref>
105
195,000 m2
Irish National Botanic Gardens <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
490,000 m2
Vatican City <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
600,000 m2
Total floor area of the Pentagon <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
659,611 m2
Total floor area of Surat Diamond Bourse (largest office building)<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
887,800 m2
AvtoVAZ main assembly building, Tolyatti, Russia (largest building by footprint)
106
1 mega square meter M(m2 )
1 square kilometre (km2 )
1.76 km2
New Century Global Center , Chengdu, China (largest building by total floor area)
2 km2
Monaco (country ranked 192nd by area)<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
2.59 km2
1 square mile <ref>Calculated: 1 mile * 1 mile * (1.61 km / mile)^2 = 2.59 km^2</ref>
2.9 km2
City of London (not all of modern London )<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
107
59.5 km2
Manhattan Island (land area)<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
61 km2
San Marino <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
108 to 1014 square metres
Factor (m2 )
Multiple
Value
Item
108
105 km2
Paris (inner city only)<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
110 km2
Walt Disney World <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
272 km2
Taipei City <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
630 km2
Toronto <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
109
1 giga square meter G(m2 )
1,100 km2
Hong Kong <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
1,290 km2
Los Angeles, California , United States (city)<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
1,962 km2
Jacksonville, Florida ; largest city in the Continental US <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
2,188 km2
Tokyo <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
3,130 km2
Average area of an American county
5,780 km2
Administrative area of Bali <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
8,030 km2
Community of Madrid , Spain
1010
11,000 km2
Jamaica <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
30,528 km2
Belgium
68,870 km2
Lake Victoria <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
84,000 km2
Austria<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
1011
100,000 km2
South Korea <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
167,996 km2
Jiuquan in China
232,000 km2
Total area covered by underwater search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (including both 2014-2017 and 2018 searches)
238,397 km2
Romania <ref>The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-09-29.</ref>
301,338 km2
Italy <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
357,000 km2
Germany<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
377,900 km2
Japan<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
510,000 km2
Spain<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
780,000 km2
Turkey <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
1012
1 tera square meter T(m2 )
1 square megametre (Mm2 )
1.0 Mm2
Egypt (country ranked 29th by area )<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
2 Mm2
Mexico
3.10 Mm2
Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia (largest subnational governing body )<ref name="area">Rosstat (Russian Statistical Service), 2010 Template:Webarchive (xls). Retrieved 2012-06-15.</ref>
3.28 Mm2
India (country ranked 7th by area )
5 Mm2
Largest extent of the Roman Empire <ref name="Turchin222">Template:Cite journal </ref><ref name="Taagepera125">Template:Cite journal </ref>
7.74 Mm2
Australia (country ranked 6th by area )<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
8.5 Mm2
Brazil
9.5 Mm2
China/ United States of America
1013
10 Mm2
Canada (including water)<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
14 Mm2
Antarctica <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
14 Mm2
Arable land worldwide<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
16.6 Mm2
Surface area of Pluto <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
17 Mm2
Russia (country ranked 1st by area )<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
24 Mm2
Largest extent of Mongol Empire
30 Mm2
Africa <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
35.5 Mm2
Largest extent of the British Empire <ref name="Taagepera502">Template:Cite journal </ref>
38 Mm2
Surface area of the Moon <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
44.6 Mm2
Asia (largest continent by area)
70.5 Mm2
Indian Ocean <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
85.1 Mm2
Atlantic Ocean <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
1014
144 Mm2
Surface area of Mars <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
150 Mm2
Land area of Earth <ref name="CIAfactbook_world">Template:Cite web </ref>
168.7 Mm2
Pacific Ocean <ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
360 Mm2
Water area of Earth<ref name="CIAfactbook_world"/>
510 Mm2
Total surface area of Earth<ref name="CIAfactbook_world"/>
1015 to 1026 square metres
1027 square metres and larger
List of orders of magnitude for areas 1027 square metres and larger.
Factor (m2 )
Multiple
Value
Item
1030
1 square petametre (Pm2 )
1031
10 Pm2
1032
200 Pm2
Roughly the surface area of the Oort Cloud
300 Pm2
Roughly the surface area of a Bok globule
1033
1 000 Pm2
1034
30 000 Pm2
Roughly the surface area of The Bubble nebula
1035
100 000 Pm2
1036
1 square exametre (Em2 )
...
1041
700 000 Em2
Roughly the area of Milky Way 's galactic disk
1042
1 square zettametre (Zm2 )
...
1048
1 square yottametre (Ym2 )
1054
1 square ronnametre (Rm2 )
2.4 Rm2
Surface area of the observable universe<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
See also
References
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