How many cells are there in a single worksheet?

Answer 1

The original version of Excel had a maximum limit of 16,777,216 (16.8 million) cells within a single worksheet and that continued to be the worksheet limit until it was later expanded in version 2007 to the current limit of 17,179,869,184 (17.2 billion) cells.

Originally within each worksheet, Excel provided columns A to IV, which is 256 (2^8) columns; and 65,536 rows (2^16); therefore 256 x 65,536 = 16,777,216 (2^24).

As mentioned, in version 2007 the worksheet maximum size limits were greatly expanded, providing columns A to XFD, which is 16,384 (2^14) columns; and 1,048,576 rows (2^20); therefore 16,384 x 1,048,576 = 17,179,869,184 (or 2^34).

Answer 2

The worksheet limit of 17,179,869,184 (17.2 billion) cells was established in Excel version 2007 and was extended as the same limits found in version 2010.

The worksheet maximum size limits of version 2007 (and version 2010) provided columns A to XFD, which is 16,384 (2^14) columns; and 1,048,576 rows (2^20); therefore 16,384 x 1,048,576 = 17,179,869,184 (or 2^34).

Originally within each worksheet for all version prior to 2007 (e.g. 2003 and before) Excel provided columns A to IV, which is 256 (2^8) columns; and 65,536 rows (2^16); therefore 256 x 65,536 = 16,777,216 (2^24), or 16.8 million cells.

Answer 3

The original version of Excel up through version 2003 had a maximum limit of 16,777,216 (16.8 million) cells within a single worksheet and that continued to be the worksheet limit until it was later expanded in version 2007 to the current limit of 17,179,869,184 (17.2 billion) cells.

Originally within each worksheet up through version 2003, Excel provided columns A to IV, which is 256 (2^8) columns; and 65,536 rows (2^16); therefore 256 x 65,536 = 16,777,216 (2^24).

As mentioned, in version 2007 the worksheet maximum size limits were greatly expanded, providing columns A to XFD, which is 16,384 (2^14) columns; and 1,048,576 rows (2^20); therefore 16,384 x 1,048,576 = 17,179,869,184 (or 2^34).

Answer 4

In Excel 2003 there were 256Columns and 65536 Rows, making it have a total of 16,777,216 cells.

In the expanded Excel 2007 there are 1048576 rows and 16384 columns(xfd) , so it has a total of 17,179,869,184 cells.

Answer 5

As many as you want. It starts with 3, but can go up to however many sheets you need. The limit is down to the memory of your computer.