Powers of 2 list

2^0 = 1

2^1 = 2

2^2 = 4

2^3 = 8

2^4 = 16

2^5 = 32

2^6 = 64

2^7 = 128 (more than 10^2)

2^8 = 256

2^9 = 512

2^10 = 1024 (more than 10^3 and the factorial of 6)

2^11 = 2048, aim of the hit game 2048

2^12 = 4096

2^13 = 8192, higher than the Threes! word record number

2^14 = 16384

2^15 = 32768

2^16 = 65536 (more than the factorial of 8, at about 41000)

2^17 = 131072 (more than 10^5 and 7^6)

2^18 = 262144

2^19 = 524288 (more than the factorial of 9 and 10(8!) )

2^20 = 1048576 (more than 10^7, the world record counted number)

2^21 = 2097152

2^22 = 4194304

2^23 = 8388608

2^24 = 16777216

2^25 = 33554432

2^26 = 67108864

2^27 = 134217728 (larger than 500^3)

2^28 = 268435456 (larger than the distance to the sun in km)

2^29 = 536870912 (larger than 9^9)

- Note the start and end numbers of 2^21 through to 2^28 all correspond to 2^1 through to 2^8.

2^30 = 1073741824 (larger than the distance to the moon and back in metres) (larger than 10^9, a billion)

2^31 = 2147483648 (larger than the combined populations of Africa and Europe)

2^32 = 4294967296 (larger than the combined populations of everywhere except Asia)

2^33 = 8589934592 (larger than the world’s population of humans)

2^34 = 17179869184 (larger than Earth’s diameter in millimetres)

2^35 = 34359738368

2^36 = 68719476736

2^37 = 137438953742 (larger than the number of stars in the galaxy)

2^38 = 274877906944 (larger than the distance to the sun in metres)

2^39 = 549755813888

2^40 = 1.099 Trillion (more than 10^12)

2^41 = 2.199 Trillion (more than the number of galaxies in the universe)

2^42 = 4.398 Trillion (more than the number of nanoseconds in an hour)

2^43 = 8.796 Trillion (more than the number of miles in a light year)

2^44 = 17.59 Trillion

2^45 = 35.18 Trillion (more than the US national debt in $)

2^46 = 70.37 Trillion

2^47 = 140 Trillion

2^48 = 281 Trillion

2^49 = 563 Trillion (more than Earth’s surface area in metres squared)