下面是一个函数来计算一个base64编码文件的原始大小为KB的字符串:

private Double calcBase64SizeInKBytes(String base64String) {
    Double result = -1.0;
    if(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(base64String)) {
        Integer padding = 0;
        if(base64String.endsWith("==")) {
            padding = 2;
        }
        else {
            if (base64String.endsWith("=")) padding = 1;
        }
        result = (Math.ceil(base64String.length() / 4) * 3 ) - padding;
    }
    return result / 1000;
}

每个字符代表6位(log2(64) = 6)。

因此用4个字符表示4 * 6 = 24位= 3个字节。

所以你需要4*(n/3)个字符来表示n个字节，这需要四舍五入到4的倍数。

由于四舍五入到4的倍数而导致的未使用填充字符的数量显然是0、1、2或3。

如果有人有兴趣在JS中实现@Pedro Silva解决方案，我只是为它移植了相同的解决方案:

const getBase64Size = (base64) => {
  let padding = base64.length
    ? getBase64Padding(base64)
    : 0
  return ((Math.ceil(base64.length / 4) * 3 ) - padding) / 1000
}

const getBase64Padding = (base64) => {
  return endsWith(base64, '==')
    ? 2
    : 1
}

const endsWith = (str, end) => {
  let charsFromEnd = end.length
  let extractedEnd = str.slice(-charsFromEnd)
  return extractedEnd === end
}

简单的javascript实现

function sizeOfBase64String(base64String) {
    if (!base64String) return 0;
    const padding = (base64String.match(/(=*)$/) || [])[1].length;
    return 4 * Math.ceil((base64String.length / 3)) - padding;
}

对于所有会说C语言的人，看看这两个宏:

// calculate the size of 'output' buffer required for a 'input' buffer of length x during Base64 encoding operation
#define B64ENCODE_OUT_SAFESIZE(x) ((((x) + 3 - 1)/3) * 4 + 1) 

// calculate the size of 'output' buffer required for a 'input' buffer of length x during Base64 decoding operation
#define B64DECODE_OUT_SAFESIZE(x) (((x)*3)/4) 

从这里拍的。

当其他人都在讨论代数公式时，我宁愿用BASE64本身来告诉我:

$ echo "Including padding, a base64 string requires four bytes for every three-byte chunk of the original string, including any partial chunks. One or two bytes extra at the end of the string will still get converted to four bytes in the base64 string when padding is added. Unless you have a very specific use, it is best to add the padding, usually an equals character. I added an extra byte for a null character in C, because ASCII strings without this are a little dangerous and you'd need to carry the string length separately."| wc -c

525

$ echo "Including padding, a base64 string requires four bytes for every three-byte chunk of the original string, including any partial chunks. One or two bytes extra at the end of the string will still get converted to four bytes in the base64 string when padding is added. Unless you have a very specific use, it is best to add the padding, usually an equals character. I added an extra byte for a null character in C, because ASCII strings without this are a little dangerous and you'd need to carry the string length separately." | base64 | wc -c

710

因此，3个字节由4个base64字符表示的公式似乎是正确的。