It takes a lot of manpower for the companies on this year’s Fortune Global 500 list to generate $31.2 trillion in revenue—65 million people, in fact, roughly the same size as the population of Thailand. That is the combined workforce for the 500 companies with the world’s highest revenues. The following companies are the seven largest of the Global 500 with the most employees. Nos. 1, 2 and 4 on the overall Global 500 appear here. Noticeably absent is this year’s No. 3, Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Shell, which reported revenues of $431 billion but employs just 94,000 people, a fraction of the headcount of other top revenue generators.
Check out who landed at the top of the Global 500 when ranked by workforce size.
1. Walmart
Employees: 2,200,000
Revenue: $485 billion
Country: U.S.
Sector: Retail
Global 500 rank: 1
2. China National Petroleum
Employees: 1,636,532
Revenue: $428 billion
Country: China
Sector: Energy
Global 500 rank: 4
3. Hon Hai Precision Industry
Employees: 1,060,000
Revenue: $139 billion
Country: Taiwan
Sector: Technology
Global 500 rank: 31
4. State Grid
Employees: 921,964
Revenue: $339 billion
Country: China
Sector: Energy
Global 500 rank: 7
5. China Post Group
Employees: 903,357
Revenue: $65 billion
Country: China
Sector: Transportation
Global 500 rank: 143
6. Sinopec
Employees: 897,488
Revenue: $447 billion
Country: China
Sector: Energy
Global 500 rank: 2
7. Volkswagen
Employees: 592,586
Revenue: $269 billion
Country: Germany
Sector: Motor Vehicles & Parts
Global 500 rank: 8
To see the full Fortune Global 500 list, visit fortune.com/global500/
