NUMBERS
We never cease to be amazed at some of the numbers out there in our every day world. We so often take things for granted or
are outright oblivious to the size of our world until things are brought into perspective when we hear about a number.
To that end, this website was created to shine a light on these numbers.
Please feel free to browse, edit and contribute. Please promise to be as accurate as possible.
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| 125,000 |
Approximate number of abortions per day around the world.
Roughly 2-3 abortions every second.
(Source:worldmeter.info  : Dated: Apr 2022)
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| 430 |
Number of languages (spoken and signed) in the United States
(Source:Wikipedia : Dated: Apr 2022)
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| 241 |
Number of abandoned coal mines in the U.S. that are on fire.
(Source:Channel 7 News : Dated: Jan 2022)
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| 850,000 |
Total number of dams around the world.
(Source:Smithsonian Channel: Dated: Dec 2021)
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| 18,000 |
Number of asteroids that have been found and being tracked
out there, flying around our universe .. with 9,000 of them
determined to be large enough to wipe out a city.
(Source:Space's Deepest Secrets - Science Channel: Dated: Nov 2022)
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| 3,000 |
Number of perfectly good, hi end, luxury cars abandoned each
year in Dubai.
(Source:staff writer Khawaja Rahmanudin Sideqi for Quora : Dated: Feb 2021)
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| 23,964 |
The carrying capacity TEU (20' Equivalent Units) of the newest
container ship HMM Algeciras. FEU 11,482 - 40' Equivalent
Units. Imagine a ship with 12,000 containers on it.
(Source:The Maritime Post - Worlds Top Container Ships : Dated: Sep 2021)
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| 5,300 |
Gallons of saliva the average person produces each year.
(Source:The Teeth Blog : Dated: Sep 2021)
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| 444 |
Number Nuclear Power Plants/Reactors in the world as of
2019
(Source:Smithsonian Channel - Age of Humans: Dated: Apr 2019)
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