The Scale of 25 Billion McNuggets
McDonald's sells approximately 25 billion Chicken McNuggets every year. But what does that number actually look like?
Around the World with McNuggets
If you laid 25 billion McNuggets end-to-end, they would stretch approximately:
That's enough to circle the Earth 25.0 times!
To the Moon and Beyond
The line of 25 billion McNuggets would reach:
And would cover 0.4% of the distance to Mars at its closest approach!
Stacking Up
If you stacked 25 billion McNuggets on top of each other:
- • 42378x taller than Mount Everest
- • 919x higher than the International Space Station
- • Would extend far into space, well beyond our atmosphere
McNugget Fun Fact
If each McNugget in the stack was eaten at a rate of 1 per second, it would take over 792 years to eat them all!
25 billion McNuggets would weigh approximately 375,000 metric tons, which is about the weight of 2,500 blue whales.
If you placed 25 billion McNuggets side by side, they would cover an area of about 2,500 square kilometers, roughly the size of Luxembourg.
The energy contained in 25 billion McNuggets could power an average household for over 100,000 years.
If you spent $1 per second, it would take you about 792 years to buy 25 billion McNuggets at current prices.
25 billion McNuggets contain enough protein to meet the daily requirements of the entire population of New York City for about 3 months.
If each McNugget represented one dollar, 25 billion McNuggets would exceed the GDP of more than 80 countries.