sql - postgresql list and order tables by size

Question

How can I list all the tables of a PostgreSQL database and order them by size?

Answer 1

select table_name, pg_relation_size(quote_ident(table_name))
from information_schema.tables
where table_schema = 'public'
order by 2

This shows you the size of all tables in the schema public if you have multiple schemas, you might want to use:

select table_schema, table_name, pg_relation_size('"'||table_schema||'"."'||table_name||'"')
from information_schema.tables
order by 3

SQLFiddle example: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!15/13157/3

List of all object size functions in the manual.