Table 1. Selected biodiversity databases and their size.
| Database | Data Quantity (Jan 2018) | Size (compressed) |
|---|---|---|
| GBIF | 964,547,793 occurrence records | 139 GB |
| Catalogue of Life/ITIS | 1.7 million taxa | 2.9 GB |
| GloBI | 3,363,528 interactions | 206 MB |
| iDigBio | 106,922,498 specimen records | 35.5 GB |
| GenBank | 206,293,625 sequences | 3 TB |
| Biodiversity Heritage Library | 53,739,062 pages | 2.7 GB |
| WoRMS | 243,323 marine species | 71 MB |
| OpenTree | 2,722,024 taxa and 6,810 trees | 189 MB |
| EOL TraitBank | Over 11 million records | 46 GB uncompressed |
| EOL | 7,705,748 data objects (May 2017) | 10 TB uncompressed |
| Wikidata | 42,648,426 data items | 20 GB |