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Large number (thousand million or million million)
Billion is a word for a large number, and it has two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000, i.e. one thousand million, or 109 (ten to the ninth power),
Billion
1997 book by Carl Sagan
Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium is a 1997 book by the American astronomer and science popularizer Carl
Billions_and_Billions
2017 video game
They Are Billions is a post-apocalyptic steampunk real-time strategy survival video game developed and published by Numantian Games. Available on Microsoft
They_Are_Billions
2024 Indian Malayalam-language film
Vaazha: Biopic of a Billion Boys (transl. Plantain) is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Anand Menen and written
Vaazha: Biopic of a Billion Boys
Vaazha:_Biopic_of_a_Billion_Boys
2026 Indian film
Vaazha II: Biopic of a Billion Bros (lit. 'Plantain II: Biopic of a Billion Bros') is a 2026 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film
Vaazha II: Biopic of a Billion Bros
Vaazha_II:_Biopic_of_a_Billion_Bros
Video-sharing platform
approximately 14.8 billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for 1.65 billion USD (equivalent to $2.44 billion in 2025). Google
YouTube
billion 2007 – $1.4 billion 2008 – $1.4 billion 2009 – $1.4 billion 2010 – $2.5 billion 2011 – $1.5 billion 2012 – $1.6 billion 2013 – $1.5 billion 2014
List of highest-grossing media franchises
List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises
Earth history, 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago
Boring Billion, otherwise known as the Mid-Proterozoic and Earth's Middle Ages, is an informal geological time period between 1.8 and 0.8 billion years
Boring_Billion
List of YouTube videos that have been viewed the most
exceed two billion views. "Despacito" became the first video to reach three billion views in August 2017, four billion in October 2017, five billion in April
List of most-viewed YouTube videos
List_of_most-viewed_YouTube_videos
Natural number
Mathematics portal 1,000,000,000 ("one billion" on the short scale; "one milliard" on the long scale; one thousand million) is the natural number following
1,000,000,000
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Billion, billion, or bilion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Billion is a name for a large number. It may refer specifically to: 1,000,000
Billion_(disambiguation)
Conspiracy theory
The Golden Billion (Russian: золотой миллиард, romanized: zolotoy milliard) is a conspiracy theory that a cabal of global elites are pulling strings to
Golden_billion
Denial-of-service attack at XML parsers, exploiting entity expansion
In computer security, a billion laughs attack is a type of denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) which is aimed at parsers of XML documents. It is also
Billion_laughs_attack
Upcoming spy film
Billion Dollar Spy is an upcoming spy thriller film directed by Amma Asante and written by Stephen Gaghan and Ben August. It is based on the 2015 non-fiction
Billion_Dollar_Spy_(film)
reached: 1 billion in 1804 (994,234,545) 2 billion in 1927 (1,998,342,567) 3 billion in 1960 (2,997,567,890) 4 billion in 1975 (3,990,234,567) 5 billion in 1987
World_population_milestones
Businessman and public official (born 1971)
2026; as of July 7, 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$960 billion. Born into the wealthy Musk family in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk emigrated
Elon_Musk
2006 book by C. M. Kösemen
All Tomorrows: A Billion Year Chronicle of the Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man is a 2006 work of science fiction and speculative evolution written
All_Tomorrows
American scientist and science communicator (1934–1996)
with the catchphrase "billions and billions", although he never actually said it. He rather used the term "billions upon billions." Richard Feynman used
Carl_Sagan
Different meanings for numbers
short scale billion is one thousand million (109), whereas in the long scale, billion is one million million (1012), making the word 'billion' a false friend
Long_and_short_scales
Australian businesswoman (born 1954)
Rinehart is Australia's richest person. Her wealth reached around A$29 billion in 2012, at which point she overtook Christy Walton as the world's richest
Gina_Rinehart
Kyrgyz musical group
D Billions is a children's music group and YouTube channel based in the Kyrgyz Republic, known for producing content for young audiences. The channel's
D_Billions
American artificial intelligence company
privately held but plans to go public. It had an estimated valuation of $965 billion in May 2026, making it the most valuable pure-play AI company in the world
Anthropic
American financier and con artist (1938–2021)
mastermind of the largest-known Ponzi scheme in history, worth an estimated $65 billion. He was at one time chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange. Madoff's firm
Bernie_Madoff
National Football League franchise in the Dallas metropolitan area
valuable sports team at $4 billion, a record they have held since by also being the first sports team to reach a worth of $10 billion dollars. As of late 2025
Dallas_Cowboys
9 billion, American rapper Jay-Z with $2.5 billion, American rapper Kanye West with $2.7 billion, sports executive Michael Jordan with $3.5 billion, Jamaican-Canadian
Black_billionaires
1977 film by Jonathan Kaplan
Mr. Billion is a 1977 action comedy/action-adventure film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. It is the Hollywood debut of Terence Hill, and the last film of
Mr._Billion
1969 novel by Robert Silverberg
Across a Billion Years is a 1969 science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg. Set in the year 2375, it follows Tom Rice, a young archaeologist
Across_a_Billion_Years
1973 studio album by Alice Cooper
Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released on February 27, 1973. The album became the best selling Alice
Billion_Dollar_Babies
Most populous city in the United States
$765 billion (51.7%); condominiums, co-ops, and apartment buildings totaled $351 billion (23.7%); and commercial properties were valued at $317 billion (21
New_York_City
American businessman (born 1964)
from 2017 to 2021, and in 2026 his net worth was approximately US$284 billion. Bezos was born in Albuquerque, and raised in Houston and Miami. He graduated
Jeff_Bezos
International governing body of association football
revenues of over US$5.8 billion, ending the 2019–2022 cycle with a net positive of $1.2 billion, and cash reserves of over $3.9 billion. The need for a single
FIFA
population of over 90 million, Iran has an economic output of $362.68 billion in nominal GDP and $1.78 trillion as measured by purchasing power parity
Economy_of_Iran
Estimated global human population
projected that the world population, 8 billion as of 2023[update], would peak around the year 2084 at about 10.3 billion, and then start a slow decline, assuming
Human_population_projections
American artificial intelligence company
invested over $13 billion into OpenAI, and provides Azure cloud computing resources. In October 2025, OpenAI conducted a $6.6 billion share sale that valued
OpenAI
British multinational oil and gas company
(380,000 m3/d) of oil equivalent, and had total proven reserves of 6.25 billion barrels (994,000,000 m3) of oil equivalent. The company has around 21,200 service
BP
Chinese multinational technology company
on the New York Stock Exchange raised US$25 billion, giving the company a market value of US$231 billion and, by far, then the largest IPO in world history
Alibaba_Group
megaprojects, which may be defined as projects that cost more than US$1 billion and attract a large amount of public attention because of their effects
List_of_megaprojects
Hungarian and American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
has a net worth of US$7.2 billion, having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, of which $15 billion has already been distributed
George_Soros
2005 Canadian film
Bailey's Billion$ is a 2005 Canadian family comedy film produced and directed by David Devine and starring Dean Cain, Laurie Holden, Jennifer Tilly, Tim
Bailey's_Billion$
Messaging and VoIP service owned by Meta
approximately US$19.3 billion. It became the world's most popular messaging application in 2015, with 900 million users, and had more than 2 billion active users
English association football league
a £5 billion domestic television rights deal, with Sky and BT Group broadcasting 128 and 32 games, respectively. This will rise to £6.7 billion from 2025
Premier_League
1942 film
Billion Dollar Limited (1942) is the third of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Produced by Fleischer
Billion_Dollar_Limited
1967 British film by Ken Russell
Billion Dollar Brain is a 1967 British espionage film directed by Ken Russell and based on the 1966 novel Billion-Dollar Brain by Len Deighton. The film
Billion_Dollar_Brain
American online genealogy company
$4.7 billion. As of 2022, the company said it had provided access to 30 billion historical records, tripling its November 2018 figure of 10 billion records
Ancestry.com
American YouTube channel for children
channel on YouTube, with over 200 million subscribers and over 220.04 billion views. The channel launched in September 2006 and was rebranded as Cocomelon
Cocomelon
2018 book by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope
Billion Dollar Whale (original title: Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World) is a non-fiction book by The Wall
Billion_Dollar_Whale
2017 film by James Erskine
Sachin: A Billion Dreams is a 2017 Indian documentary sports film directed by James Erskine and produced by Ravi Bhagchandka and Shrikant Bhasi under
Sachin:_A_Billion_Dreams
American private equity company
assets. As of 2025[update], the company had $840 billion of assets under management, including $392 billion invested in credit, including mezzanine capital
Apollo_Global_Management
Total number of living humans on Earth
population to reach a billion and only 218 more years from there to reach 8 billion. As of 2026, the world population is approximately 8.3 billion. However, this
World_population
Cross-platform instant messaging service
Emirates. It was the most downloaded app worldwide in January 2021, with a billion downloads globally as of late August 2021. As of 2024[update], registration
Telegram_(software)
Social networking service owned by Meta Platforms
14. As of December 2023[update], Facebook reported approximately 3.07 billion monthly active users worldwide. As of July 2025[update], it was ranked
Set of units to describe small values
measurement. Commonly used are parts-per-million – ppm, 10−6 parts-per-billion – ppb, 10−9 parts-per-trillion – ppt, 10−12 parts-per-quadrillion – ppq
Parts-per_notation
American multinational conglomerate holding company
8 billion, followed by the acquisition of an additional 41.4% of the company for $8.2 billion in 2023, and the remaining 20% in 2024 for $3 billion. It
Berkshire_Hathaway
Annual ranking of the world's billionaires by Forbes magazine
are billionaires, i.e., they are estimated to have a net worth of US$1 billion or more. The list was first published in March 1987. The net worth of each
The_World's_Billionaires
most successful. Titanic earned $1.2 billion from video and DVD sales and rentals, in addition to the $2.2 billion it grossed in theaters. While complete
List of highest-grossing films
List_of_highest-grossing_films
Private startup companies valued at over US$1 billion
unicorn is a privately held startup company with a current valuation of US$1 billion or more. Notable lists of unicorn companies are maintained by The Wall
List of unicorn startup companies
List_of_unicorn_startup_companies
British-Australian-American businessman (born 1971)
Fox Corporation. In 2025, Murdoch's net worth was estimated at A$3.21 billion, as published in the Financial Review Rich List. Murdoch was born on 8
Lachlan_Murdoch
Electronics company of Taiwan
Billion Electric Co. Ltd. (Taiex: #3027), based in Taiwan, is an electronics company founded in 1973. Their range of ADSL modem/routers were introduced
Billion_Electric
Scientific dating of the Earth
The age of Earth is estimated to be 4.54 ± 0.05 billion years. This age corresponds to the final stages of Earth's accretion and planetary differentiation
Age_of_Earth
Chinese conglomerate and holding company
with the news site QQ.com. The company surpassed a market value of US$500 billion in 2018, becoming the first Asian technology company to cross this valuation
Tencent
Danish shipping and logistics company
through holding companies. The company's 2025 annual revenue was US$53.9 billion. Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg (Danish for 'Svendborg Steamship Company')
Maersk
American multinational technology company
of $1.67 billion gave Google a market capitalization of more than $23 billion. On October 9, 2006, Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google
2022 memoir by Mike Rinder
A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology is a 2022 memoir by Mike Rinder. He was raised as a Scientologist, spent 50
A_Billion_Years
European wide-body airliner
A3XX project was presented in 1994 and Airbus launched the €9.5 billion (US$10.7 billion) A380 programme on 19 December 2000. The first prototype was unveiled
Airbus_A380
American musician and record producer
Masters (2021) Let All That We Imagine Be the Light (2025) 5 Billion in Diamonds 5 Billion in Diamonds (2017) Divine Accidents (2020) Vig served as the
Butch_Vig
German multinational enterprise-software company
Sapphire Ventures; these funds manage over $10 billion (€9 billion) in assets and have committed over $1 billion to invest in startups developing cutting-edge
SAP
Professional American football league
is paying US$2.7 billion a year; CBS, Fox, and NBC are each paying more than US$2 billion a year; and Amazon is paying US$1 billion a year. The current
National_Football_League
Japanese investment holding company
and industries ranging from the internet to automation. With over $100 billion in capital at its onset, SoftBank's Vision Fund is the world's largest
SoftBank_Group
Fraternal order of Scientology
The Sea Org maintains strict codes for its members, beginning with a billion-year pledge of service to Scientology upon initiation. David Miscavige
Sea_Org
Canadian e-commerce company
systems. The company has over 5 million customers and processed US$292.3 billion in transactions in 2024, of which 57% was in the United States. Major customers
Shopify
Association football tournament in Russia
located across the boundary with Asia. At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion, it was the most expensive World Cup ever held until it was surpassed by
2018_FIFA_World_Cup
American software company
approximately US$186 billion. For fiscal year 2026 (ending January 31, 2026), the company reported record annual revenue of $41.5 billion. The company is a
Salesforce
American internet portal
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). In 1998, AOL purchased Netscape for US$4.2 billion. By 2000, AOL was providing internet service to over 20 million consumers
AOL
American multinational banking institution
$8 billion (~$9.11 billion in 2024). It was the bank's biggest deal since 2001 when it merged with Milwaukee-based Firstar Corp. for $21 billion (~$35
U.S._Bancorp
American investment management firm
31, 2026, KKR had assets under management (AUM) of approximately $758 billion, making it one of the world's largest alternative asset management firms
KKR_&_Co.
The Third Billion was the term used to represent the approximately one billion women in both developed and industrialized nations whose economic lives
The_Third_Billion
Australian reality television series
Billion Dollar Playground is an Australian reality television series that premiered on Binge on 13 May 2025. The series centres around an elite team of
Billion_Dollar_Playground
American multinational food and beverage corporation
Pioneer Foods in 2020 for US$1.7 billion. As of January 2021, the company possesses 23 brands that each have over $1 billion in sales annually. PepsiCo products
PepsiCo
earthquakes and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which resulted in $163.6 billion and $150 billion in damage, respectively. Unless otherwise noted, times are local
Lists of 21st-century earthquakes
Lists_of_21st-century_earthquakes
Combined military forces of Germany
reserve personnel (2025). With the German military budget at $127 billion (€108.2 billion) for 2026, the Bundeswehr is the fourth-highest-funded military
Bundeswehr
Topics referred to by the same term
7 billion or Seven billion may refer to: 7 Billion Actions, A campaign to commemorate the world's population reaching 7 billion 7 Billion Needles, A Japanese
7_Billion
German multinational conglomerate
approximately 320,000 people worldwide and reported a global revenue of around €78 billion in 2023. The company is a component of the DAX and Euro Stoxx 50 stock
Siemens
French multinational luxury goods conglomerate
LVMH became the first European company to surpass a valuation of $500 billion. In 2023, the company was ranked 47th in the Forbes Global 2000. LVMH controls
LVMH
2025 documentary film
The Six Billion Dollar Man is a 2025 documentary film directed by Eugene Jarecki, tracing the saga of lightning-rod WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange,
The_Six_Billion_Dollar_Man
ever acquisition was the 2026 takeover of xAI by SpaceX at $250 billion ($250 billion adjusted for inflation). AT&T appears in these lists the most times
List of largest mergers and acquisitions
List_of_largest_mergers_and_acquisitions
Rangers are the only two franchises worth at least $4 billion, with a league average of $2.2 billion. The fastest growing NHL franchise is the Carolina Hurricanes
Forbes list of the most valuable NHL teams
Forbes_list_of_the_most_valuable_NHL_teams
American steel-producing company
including Marathon Oil. In December 2023, Nippon Steel announced a $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, retaining its name and Pittsburgh headquarters
U.S._Steel
British multinational oil and gas company
worldwide. As of 31 December 2019, Shell had total proved reserves of 11.1 billion barrels (1.76×109 m3) of oil equivalent. Shell USA, its principal subsidiary
Shell_plc
Country in North Africa
than doubled over the past decade, rising from $17.1 billion in FY 2015/2016 to a record $36.5 billion in FY 2024/2025, according to data from the Central
Egypt
American video game company
Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Affinity Partners for $55 billion in September 2025, including $20 billion in debt equity. If completed, it would be the largest
Electronic_Arts
Indian multinational technology company
US$200 billion, becoming the first Indian IT company to achieve this valuation. However, its market capitalization declined to under US$100 billion in June
Tata_Consultancy_Services
Largest dwarf planet
orbit, ranging from 30 to 49 astronomical units (4.5 to 7.3 billion kilometres; 2.8 to 4.6 billion miles) from the Sun. Light from the Sun takes 5.5 hours
Pluto
2008 studio album by Rich Cronin
Billion Dollar Sound is the first and only studio solo album by former / late LFO vocalist, Rich Cronin. The album was released on May 16, 2008. The album
Billion_Dollar_Sound
Cowboys at $13 billion, followed by the Los Angeles Rams ($10.5 billion) and New York Giants ($10.1 billion) also topping $10 billion, with the average
Forbes list of the most valuable NFL teams
Forbes_list_of_the_most_valuable_NFL_teams
Swedish video game and media holding company
acquisitions and investments. After a US$2 billion investment unexpectedly fell through, the company was more than $2 billion in debt and began closing and selling
Embracer_Group
Japanese comics or graphic novels
the manga market in Japan was valued at ¥586.4 billion (US$6–7 billion), with annual sales of 1.9 billion manga books and manga magazines (also known as
Manga
Galaxy containing the Solar System
component of the Laniakea Supercluster. It is estimated to contain 100–400 billion stars and at least that number of planets. The Solar System is located
Milky_Way
Swiss multinational food and drink company
Twenty-nine of Nestlé's brands have annual sales of over 1 billion CHF (about US$1.1 billion), including Nespresso, Nescafé, Nestea, Kit Kat, Smarties
Nestlé
Investment company incorporated in Netherlands
15% stake in Swiss bank SGS for a total consideration of €2 billion, generating €1.53 billion in capital gain. On 29 September 2013, Fiat Industrial and
Exor_(company)
Japanese-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
in the Takarazuka Kinen. In what would later be referred to as the "12 billion yen incident", Gold Ship appeared to panic in the starting stalls. He lost
Gold_Ship
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Tamil
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Goddess Sita
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Effective; Efficient; Goddess Durga
Male
Japanese
(1-晋, 2-信, 3-紳, 4-心, 5-慎, 6-新, 7-進, 8-真) Japanese name SHIN means 1) "advancing," 2) "belief," 3) "gentleman," 4) "heart," 5) "humble," 6) "new," 7) "progressive," and 8) "true." Compare with another form of Shin.
Female
Greek
 Feminine form of Greek Athanasios, ATHANASIA means "immortal." Compare with another form of Athanasia.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Radha, Long beautiful hair
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Summer Town
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Strength
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Indian, Sanskrit
To Guard
Girl/Female
Tamil
Goddess
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Small Arrow
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n.
A thousand millions; -- called also billion. See Billion.
n.
According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.
n.
A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion.