Is That A Big Number?

If Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall) (236 ) was a standard unit ...

Number of strands on a head of hair (120,000 )...more would be 500 x Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Pop. of Aruba (119,400)...more would be 500 x Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Number of US Military deaths in World War I (116,500 )...more would be 500 x Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Pop. of Seychelles (96,000)...more would be 400 x Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

High estimate of number of Western Gorillas (95,000 individuals)...more would be 400 x Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Number of US Military deaths in the Vietnam war (58,200 )...more would be 250 x Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

High estimate of world population of Spotted Hyena (47,000 individuals)...more would be 200 x Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

High estimate of number of Eastern Gorillas (5,880 individuals)...more would be 25 x Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Number of seats in London's Olivier Theatre (1,160 )...more would be 5 x Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Estimated world population of Wild Bactrian Camel (950 individuals)...more would be 4 x Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Estimated world population of African Wild Ass (600 individuals)...more would be 2.5 x Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Number of ways of seating six people around a table (120 )...more would be 1/2 of Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Number of skyscrapers in Chicago (>150m tall) (118 )...more would be 1/2 of Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Number of Deaths in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster in 1989 (96 )...more would be 2/5 of Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Number of stories in the Canterbury Tales by Chaucer (24 )...more would be 1/10 of Number of skyscrapers in Dubai (>150m tall)

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.