from sys import getsizeof as size
lst = [24, 12, 57, 42]
size_of_list_object = size(lst) # only green box
size_of_elements = len(lst) * size(lst[0]) # 24, 12, 57, 42
total_list_size = size_of_list_object + size_of_elements
print("Size without the size of the elements: ", size_of_list_object)
print("Size of all the elements: ", size_of_elements)
print("Total size of list, including elements: ", total_list_size)
lst = []
print("Empty list size: ", size(lst))
Size without the size of the elements: 96
Size of all the elements: 112
Total size of list, including elements: 208
Emtpy list size: 64