How much space to backup my mac mini

My mac mini was running on 512 GB's
I've increased to 2GB
How much space do I need to do a full backup before upgrading?
I thought 2GB usb would be enough, but I obviously figured wrong....
advice?

"Backup" requires as much space on your Hard Disk Drive (and NOT your RAM Memory).
Your HDD is probably something like 80GB? 120GB? 250GB? 500GB? - depending on how old it is, and if the hard disc has been upgraded.
Select your hard disc drive (top right of your desktop? - often called "Macintosh HD") and in the Finder go "File:Get Info...."
What does it say under "Capacity"?
And you won't be able to backup to a USB stick - not big enough! You'll need an external hard disc drive, like this:

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