1: There are 70 thousand, million, million, million stars in space
1: There are about 200 tredecillion atoms in the Earth's atmosphere
1: There are 100 trillion bacteria living in the human body
1: Seven quintillion, five hundred quadrillion grains of sand are on planet Earth
1: Hurricanes can release nine trillion litres of rain a day
1: Our Solar System is 11 billion km wide
1: Over seven billion people live on planet Earth
1: There are signs of life from 1,000,000,000 years ago
1: 500 million people watched the first moon landing
1: 30 million different insects live in the rainforest
1: 15 million °C at the centre of the Sun
1: There are 1,305,250 known invertebrates in the world
1: 700 thousand tribal people live in Brazil
1: There are 321,212 species of plant
1: Blondes have 146,000 strands of hair on their head
1: 64,242 plants estimated at risk of extinction
1: The largest vertebrate is 33,000 mm long
1: 23,483 football pitches of rainforest are destroyed each day
1: We take 20 thousand breaths a day
1: It is 11,030 m down to the deepest part of the ocean
1: There are 10,820 endangered species in the animal kingdom
1: Darwin had 10,000 barnacles in his home
1: The longest river measures 6,650 km
1: There are 3,000 edible fruits
1: All of Earth's oxygen is renewed by plants every two thousand years
1: 1642, the year of Galileo Galilei's death
1: 1,600 giant pandas live in the forests of China
1: There are 1,510 active volcanoes in the world
1: A pomegranate can have as many as 1,370 seeds
1: Ladybirds migrate over a distance of 321 km
1: There are more than 300 types of honey
1: There are 206 bones in the human body
1: The tallest tree is 115.54 m high
1: The cheetah can travel up to 112 km per hour
1: 100 species of moss grow in the Antarctic
1: 80-85 cocoa beans are used in an average chocolate bar
1: Wait 75-76 years for an appearance of Halley's Comet
1: The anteaters' tongue is 60 cm long
1: There are one trillion, 300 billion skin cells on the human body
1: 28% of the world's oxygen comes from rainforests
1: There are 27 moons of Uranus
1: It takes 24 hours for Earth to rotate
1: There are 16 tectonic plates
1: A poison dart frog has a 15-year lifespan
1: It takes 14 trees to make one tonne of magazine paper
1: The pink flamingo has 12 black feathers
1: It takes nine months for a baby to grow in the uterus
1: There are five zones on Mount Kilimanjaro
1: There are four layers of the rainforest
1: The queen of the night blooms for one night every year
1: The smallest animal is 0.01 mm long
1: Further information and large numbers
1: Glossary
1: Index

The Big Countdown

The Universe in Numbers