Beijing by the Numbers

1,200,000 — Broadcast revenue, in dollars, earned by the International Olympic Committee for the 1960 Rome Olympics, the first widely televised Games.

1,737,000,000 — I.O.C. broadcast revenue, in dollars, for the Beijing Olympics.

9,500,000,000 — Amount, in dollars, spent on stadiums and infrastructure ahead of the 2004 Athens Olympics.

40,000,000,000 — Amount, in dollars, spent on stadiums and infrastructure ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

16,330,000 — Permanent residents of Beijing as of 2007.

14,901 — Residents relocated to make way for Olympic venues, according to a Beijing municipal official.

1,500,000 — People evicted to make way for Olympic venues and infrastructure, according to a human-rights group.

80,000 — Meals per day to be served by the Olympic Village’s 24-hour catering service during peak times.

25,000 — Pounds of non-Chinese “lean protein” that Tyson Foods is shipping to Beijing for the United States Olympic delegation.

940 — McDonald’s restaurants in China where the China Mac, a burger marinated in black-pepper sauce, has been introduced in advance of the Olympics.

170 — Pages in the Chinese government’s list of official English translations of Chinese menu items, part of an attempt to steer restaurants away from traditional translations such as “chicken without sexual life” and “pockmarked-old-lady’s tofu” to more tamely named dishes like “steamed pullet” and “Mapo tofu.”

2,008 — Bus shelters in Beijing bearing advertisements for Coca-Cola, the official soft drink of the Olympic Games.

5’ 4” — Minimum height requirement for young women to be selected as Olympic medal presenters.

4,104 — Chinese children given the name “Aoyun,” meaning “Olympic Games,” as of June.

353,000 — Amount of rainwater, in cubic feet, that can be saved annually by the roof and the surrounding paved areas of the “Water Cube” swimming venue for use inside the building.

14,000,000,000 — Amount of “emergency” water, in cubic feet, diverted to reservoirs in the neighboring Hebei Province, exacerbating drought conditions.

21,000,000,000 — Amount spent, in dollars, for environmental improvements in Beijing since 1998, including shuttering factories, taking high-emission cars off the road and switching from coal burners to natural gas.

150 — Scientists and volunteers conducting drug tests at the Beijing Games.

4,500 — Approximate number of drug tests that will be conducted.

10,708 — Athletes expected to compete in Beijing.

12,177 — Population of Tuvalu, the smallest nation participating in the Olympics.

1,300,000,000 — Population of China, the largest nation participating in the Olympics.

28 — Age at which a male Chinese Olympic athlete is reportedly permitted to marry; female Olympians may marry at 26.

67,000 — Taxicab drivers subject to inspections ahead of the Olympics. Organizers want to curb inhospitable traits such as body odor and garlic breath.

6 — Types of foreigners prohibited from visiting Beijing during the Games, including (4) those suffering from mental disorders or insanity, and (6) those who “might engage in any acts that threaten the security or interests of China.”

100,000 — Members of antiterrorism force expected to be deployed for the Games.

300,000 — High-tech public-surveillance cameras in Beijing at the time of the Games.

3,000 — High-tech public-surveillance cameras to be operational in Manhattan by 2010.

5 — Years the Chinese activist Yang Chunlin was sentenced to prison in March 2008 for organizing a 2007 petition titled “We Want Human Rights, Not the Olympics.” Chang was convicted of “inciting subversion of state power.”