Global 500

Our annual ranking of the world's largest corporations

Countries

Country Rank ▾	Company	Global 500 rank	City	Revenues ($ millions)
1	BHP Billiton	108	Melbourne	71,739
2	Wesfarmers	171	Perth	54,147
3	Woolworths	175	Bella Vista	53,559
4	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	227	Sydney	44,306
5	Westpac Banking	229	Sydney	44,112
6	National Australia Bank	254	Docklands	40,521
7	Australia & New Zealand Banking Group	291	Docklands	36,731
8	Telstra	438	Melbourne	24,968
9	Caltex Australia	486	Sydney	22,810

From the July 23, 2012 issue

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Country	# of GLOBAL 500 Companies

Australia	9
Austria	1
Belgium	4
Brazil	8
Britain	26
Britain/Netherlands	1
Canada	11
China	73
Colombia	1
Denmark	1

Finland	1
France	32
Germany	32
Hungary	1
India	8
Ireland	2
Italy	9

Japan	68
Luxembourg	2
Malaysia	1
Mexico	3
Netherlands	12
Norway	1
Poland	1
Russia	7

Saudi Arabia	1
Singapore	2
South Korea	13
Spain	8
Sweden	4
Switzerland	15
Taiwan	6
Thailand	1
Turkey	1
U.S.	132
United Arab Emirates	1
Venezuela	1

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Top 3

Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	132
China	73
Japan	68

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Company	2011 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores	2,200,000
China National Petroleum	1,668,072
State Grid	1,583,000

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Company	2011 Profits ($ millions)
Gazprom	$44,459.6
Exxon Mobil	$41,060
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	$32,214.1

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