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Corporations among largest global economic entities, rank above many countries
Corporations make up 63% of 150 largest global economic enterprises
mongabay.com
July 18, 2005

Of the world's largest 150 economic entities, 95 are corporations (63.3%) according to data released this month by Fortune Magazine and the World Bank. Wal-Mart, BP, Exxon Mobil, and Royal Dutch/Shell Group all rank in the 25 largest entities in the world, above countries that include Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Denmark, Poland, South Africa, and Greece.

Wal-Mart, with revenue of $287,989,000,000 ($287.99 billion) for its last fiscal year, is the largest corporation on the planet and ranks number 22 on the list. The United States is the world's largest economy with a total 2004 economic output (GDP) of $11,667,515,000,000 ($11.67 trillion) according to the World Bank.

The table below includes the largest economic entities on Earth as measured by GDP [Source: World Development Indicators database, World Bank, 15 July 2005] and Total Revenue [Source: July 25, 2005 Issue of Fortune Magazine]. Figures tabulated by Rhett A. Butler of mongabay.com.

2007 Update

Rank	Country/Corporation	GDP/Revenue $ millions
1	United States	11,667,515
2	Japan	4,623,398
3	Germany	2,714,418
4	United Kingdom	2,140,898
5	France	2,002,582
6	Italy	1,672,302
7	China	1,649,329
8	Spain	991,442
9	Canada	979,764
10	India	691,876
11	Korea, Rep.	679,674
12	Mexico	676,497
13	Australia	631,256
14	Brazil	604,855
15	Russian Federation	582,395
16	Netherlands	577,260
17	Switzerland	359,465
18	Belgium	349,830
19	Sweden	346,404
20	Turkey	301,950
21	Austria	290,109
22	Wal-Mart Stores	287,989
23	BP	285,059
24	Exxon Mobil	270,772
25	Royal Dutch/Shell Group	268,690
26	Indonesia	257,641
27	Saudi Arabia	250,557
28	Norway	250,168
29	Denmark	243,043
30	Poland	241,833
31	South Africa	212,777
32	Greece	203,401
33	General Motors	193,517
34	Finland	186,597
35	Ireland	183,560
36	DaimlerChrysler	176,688
37	Toyota Motor	172,616
38	Ford Motor	172,233
39	Portugal	168,281
40	Thailand	163,491
41	Hong Kong, China	163,005
42	Iran, Islamic Rep.	162,709
43	General Electric	152,866
44	Total	152,610
45	Argentina	151,501
46	Chevron	147,967
47	ConocoPhillips	121,663
48	AXA	121,606
49	Allianz	118,937
50	Malaysia	117,776
51	Israel	117,548
52	Volkswagen	110,649
53	Venezuela, RB	109,322
54	Citigroup	108,276
55	Czech Republic	107,047
56	Singapore	106,818
57	ING Group	105,886
58	Nippon Telegraph & Telephone	100,545
59	Hungary	99,712
60	New Zealand	99,687
61	American Intl. Group	97,987
62	Colombia	97,384
63	Intl. Business Machines	96,293
64	Pakistan	96,115
65	Chile	94,105
66	Siemens	91,493
67	Carrefour	90,382
68	Philippines	86,429
69	Algeria	84,649
70	Hitachi	83,994
71	Assicurazioni Generali	83,268
72	Matsushita Electric Industrial	81,078
73	McKesson	80,515
74	Honda Motor	80,487
75	Hewlett-Packard	79,905
76	Nissan Motor	79,800
77	Fortis	75,518
78	Egypt, Arab Rep.	75,148
79	Sinopec	75,077
80	Berkshire Hathaway	74,382
81	ENI	74,228
82	Romania	73,167
83	Home Depot	73,094
84	Aviva	73,025
85	HSBC Holdings	72,550
86	Nigeria	72,106
87	Deutsche Telekom	71,989
88	Verizon Communications	71,563
89	Samsung Electronics	71,556
90	State Grid	71,290
91	United Arab Emirates	70,960
92	Peugeot	70,642
93	Metro	70,159
94	Nestlé	69,826
95	U.S. Postal Service	68,996
96	BNP Paribas	68,654
97	Peru	68,395
98	China National Petroleum	67,724
99	Sony	66,618
100	Ukraine	65,149
101	Cardinal Health	65,131
102	Royal Ahold	64,676
103	Altria Group	64,440
104	Pemex	63,691
105	Bank of America Corp.	63,324
106	Vodafone	62,971
107	Tesco	62,459
108	Munich Re Group	60,706
109	Nippon Life Insurance	60,521
110	Fiat	59,973
111	Royal Bank of Scotland	59,750
112	Zurich Financial Services	59,678
113	Crédit Agricole	59,054
114	Credit Suisse	58,825
115	State Farm Insurance Cos	58,819
116	France Télécom	58,652
117	Électricité De France	58,367
118	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	56,931
119	UBS	56,918
120	Bangladesh	56,844
121	Kroger	56,434
122	Deutsche Bank	55,670
123	E.ON	55,652
124	Deutsche Post	55,388
125	BMW	55,142
126	Toshiba	54,304
127	Valero Energy	53,919
128	AmerisourceBergen	53,179
129	Pfizer	52,921
130	Boeing	52,553
131	Procter & Gamble	51,407
132	RWE	50,952
133	Suez	50,670
134	Renault	50,640
135	Morocco	50,055
136	Unilever	49,961
137	Target	49,934
138	Robert Bosch	49,759
139	Dell	49,205
140	ThyssenKrupp	48,756
141	Costco Wholesale	48,107
142	HBOS	47,756
143	Johnson & Johnson	47,348
144	Prudential	47,056
145	Tokyo Electric Power	46,963
146	BASF	46,687
147	Hyundai Motor	46,358
148	Enel	45,530
149	Marathon Oil	45,444
150	Statoil	45,440
151	Vietnam	45,210
152	NEC	45,176
153	Repsol YPF	44,858
154	Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance	44,469
155	Fujitsu	44,316
156	Time Warner	42,869

The world's largest corporations by revenue and the world's largest countries by GDP.

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mongabay.com (July 18, 2005). Corporations among largest global economic enterprises. http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0718-worlds_largest.html

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