16 Facts About Walmart That Will Blow Your Mind

Walmart has more full-time employees -- 2.1 million -- than seven times the population of Iceland.

Source: Company filings

Walmart's $405 billion in revenue last year makes it the 23rd-largest economy in the world, bigger than Sweden.

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Source: Company filings

This year, everyone in the world will make an average of 1.1 purchases at a Walmart.

Source: Business Pundit

Each week nearly one-third of the U.S. population visits Walmart's U.S. stores.

Source: Company filings

Last year Walmart sold more bananas than any other item.

Source: Bloomberg

China's exports to Walmart accounted for 11% of the growth of the total US trade deficit with China between 2001 and 2006.

Source: Economic Policy Institute

Walmart is the largest overall employer in the USA, and the biggest employer in 25 states.

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Source: Company filings

If Walmart's more than 8,500 stores were put in one place, they would take up more than 32 square miles -- as much as 15,300 football fields.

Source: DailyFinance

Walmart parking lots alone take up roughly the size of Tampa, Florida.

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Source: Walmart Watch

In 2000, Walmart was sued 4,851 times -- about once every 2 hours.

Source: UFCW

Walmart is battling 1.6 million employees in the largest class action sex discrimination law suit ever -- the potential cost is $11 billion.

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Source: Business Pundit

The Walton family gives about 2% of its net worth to charity -- Bill Gates gives away 48% of his net worth and Warren Buffet gives away 78% of his net worth.

Source: Business Pundit

An additional Walmart Supercenter per 100,000 residents increases average BMI by 0.25 units and the obesity rate by 2.4%.

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Source: SSRN

The most frequent destination typed into GPS device Telenav is Walmart.

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Source: Wireless and Mobile News

A Walmart store in Shenzen, China has it's own fight song ("My heart is filled with pride .. I long to tell you how deep my love for Wal-Mart is ...")

Source: Time Magazine

Walmart operates internationally under 55 different names, including Walmex in Mexico, Asda in the UK, Seiyu in Japan, and Best Price in India.

Source: Company filings

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