Just How Big Is Apple?

JUST HOW BIGAPRI IS APPLE? Its devices are ubiquitous, its annual new product releases are among the most anticipated in the world and it recently announced it would begin issuing a dividend to its stock owners-expected to generate $10 BILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR ALONE. But how do Apple's eye-popping statistics translate to the real world? 128 APPLE'S TOTAL THAT'S MORE THAN SALES IN 201 WERE: THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF ABOUT 160 NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. BILLION INCLUDING: TUNISIA SLOVAKIA $108 BILLION $127 BILLION SUDAN $97 BILLION BULGARIA $101 BILLION AZERBAIJAN CUBA $ 14 BILLION s 108 BILLION DOMINICAN REPUBLIC $93 BILLION UZBEKISTAN $94 BILLION ECUADOR $ 125 BILLION NEW ZEALAND $13 BILLION IRAQ ANGOLA S 116 BILLION $127 BILLION SYRIA ETHIOPIA $108 BILLION $ 95 BILLION SRI LANKA S115 BILLION 20 LARGEST U.S. COMPANIES IN THE STOCK MARKET By market capitalization, the total value of all the company's tradable shares 508 BILLION EXON IBM Walmart OPMorganchase ogohnon-fohnwen Google ORACLE MERCK Plizer P&G AT WELLS Coca-Cola verizon $397 $232 $205 s196 s184 $177 $161 $156 $135 $110 BILLION BILLION BILION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILION BILLION $268 $216 $201 $195 $184 s166 $157 $151 $114 BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION APPLE'S RELEASE OF ITS LATEST IPAD (SIMPLY CALLED THE NEW IPAD) WAS MASSIVE; THE COMPANY REPORTED IT SOLD 3 MILLION DEVICES IN THE FIRST 72 HOURS OF RELEASE. 694 IPADS EVERY MINUTE IPADS EVERY SECOND 12 - 100 A BABY BORN TODAY WHO BOUGHT 100 IPADS A DAY WOULD FINALLY REACH 3 MILLION AT AGE 82. 82 YEARS. 50 MILLION IPADS APPLE TO THE BIG APPLE .4MILLION 56 IPADS APPLE PROJECTED TO SELL IN 2012 LAID END-TO-END, THOSE IPADS WOULD STRETCH FROM CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA (APPLE'S HOME BASE) TO NEW YORK CITY AND BACK AND NEARLY HALFWAY BACK TO THE BIG APPLE New York City Cupertino, California MORE IMPORTANT THANA CAR? SINCE APPLE'S IOS OPERATING SYSTEM WAS LAUNCHED IN 2o08, THE COMPANY HAS SOLD MORE THAN 200 MILLION IOS-ENABLED DEVICES. THAT'S ALMOST AS MANY CARS SOLD WORLDWIDE SINCE 2008. AND THAT'S ACROSS ALL AUTOMAKERS: NOT JUST ONE COMPANY. 213 MILLION CARS 200MILLION iOS DEVICES IPHONE STILL THE FRANCHISE MILLION 72 IPHONES SOLD IN 2011: THAT'S NEARLY EQUAL TO THE WEIGHT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER 0000 00000 40 SHARE OF APPLE'S REVENUE CREDITED TO THE IPHONE ALONE SOURCES http://www.gbm.scotiabank.com/English/bns.econ/bns,auto.pdf http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/apple-spurs-record-124-trillion-company-cash-moodys-says/2012/o3/14/glQAzyNeCS.story.html http://techcrunch.com/20n/06/07/wwdc-highlights/ Apple Inc. Gartner Apple Insider.com