World's 30 biggest public companies

Although the economy of the United States is struggling, it continues to dominate the Forbes list of world's biggest public companies with 543 members, its highest total since 2009.

Japan lost seven members, but at 251 remained the second-biggest country on the list. For the first time since the list began in 2004, the magazine said, China did not increase the number of its companies on the list.

But it still had the third-largest presence with 136 members. Forbes highlighted three Asian countries that showed standout overall growth in the list: Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.

Belgium, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates had the biggest rise in company market values, growing by double digits from a year ago.

Eleven countries had only one firm on the list, including New Zealand, the Czech Republic and Vietnam. Forbes said that overall the Global 2000 companies, which employ 87 million people, had seen mostly solid growth from a year ago.

Let's take a look at world's 30 biggest public companies.

Source: Forbes

ICBC

Country: China

Sales: $134.8 billion

Profits: $37.8 billion

Assets: $2,813.5 billion

Market value: $237.3 billion

Global rank: 1

Clk NEXT to read more...

China Construction Bank

Country: China

Sales: $113.1 billion

Profits: $30.6 billion

Assets: $2,241 billion

Market value: $202 billion

Global rank: 2

...

JP Morgan Chase

Country: The United States

Sales: $108.2 billion

Profits: $21.3 billion

Assets: $2,359.1 billion

Market value: $191.4 billion

Global rank: 3

...

General Electric

Country: The United States

Sales: $147.4 billion

Profits: $13.6 billion

Assets: $685.3 billion

Market value: $243.7 billion

Global rank: 4

...

ExxonMobil

Country: The United States

Sales: $420.7 billion

Profits: $44.9 billion

Assets: $333.8 billion

Market value: $400.4 billion

Global rank: 5

...

HSBC

Country: The United Kingdom

Sales: $104.9 billion

Profits: $14.3 billion

Assets: $2,684.1 billion

Market value: $201.3 billion

Global rank: 6

...

Shell

Country: The Netherlands

Sales: $467.2 billion

Profits: $26.6 billion

Assets: $360.3 billion

Market value: $213.1 billion

Global rank: 7

...

Agricultural Bank of China

Country: China

Sales: $103 billion

Profits: $23 billion

Assets: $2,124.2 billion

Market value: $150.8 billion

Global rank: 8

...

Berkshire Hathaway

Country: The United States

Sales: $162.5 billion

Profits: $14.8 billion

Assets: $427.5 billion

Market value: $252.8 billion

Global rank: 9

...

PetroChina

Country: China

Sales: $98.1 billion

Profits: $22.1 billion

Assets: $2,033.8 billion

Market value: $131.7 billion

Global rank: 10

...

Bank of China

Country: China

Sales: $98.1 billion

Profits: $22.1 billion

Assets: $2,033.8 billion

Market value: $131.7 billion

Global rank: 11

...

Wells Fargo

Country: The United States

Sales: $91.2 billion

Profits: $18.9 billion

Assets: $1,423 billion

Market value: $201.3 billion

Global rank: 12

...

Chevron

Country: The United States

Sales: $222.6 billion

Profits: $26.2 billion

Assets: $233 billion

Market value: $232.5 billion

Global rank: 13

...

Volkswagen

Country: Germany

Sales: $254 billion

Profits: $28.6 billion

Assets: $408.2 billion

Market value: $94.4 billion

Global rank: 14

...

Apple

Country: The United States

Sales: $164.7 billion

Profits: $41.7 billion

Assets: $196.1 billion

Market value: $416.6 billion

Global rank: 15

...

Walmart

Country: The United States

Sales: $469.2 billion

Profits: $17 billion

Assets: $203.1 billion

Market value: $242.5 billion

Global rank: 16

...

Gazprom

Country: Russia

Sales: $144 billion

Profits: $40.6 billion

Assets: $339.3 billion

Market value: $111.4 billion

Global rank: 17

...

BP

Country: The United Kingdom

Sales: $370.9 billion

Profits: $11.6 billion

Assets: $301 billion

Market value: $130.4 billion

Global rank: 18

...

Citigroup

Country: The United States

Sales: $90.7 billion

Profits: $7.5 billion

Assets: $1,864.7 billion

Market value: $143.6 billion

Global rank: 19

...

Petrobas

Country: Brazil

Sales: $144.1 billion

Profits: $11 billion

Assets: $331.6 billion

Market value: $120.7 billion

Global rank: 20

...

Samsung

Country: South Korea

Sales: $187.8 billion

Profits: $21.7 billion

Assets: $196.3 billion

Market value: $174.4 billion

Global rank: 21

...

BNP Paribas

Country: France

Sales: $126.2 billion

Profits: $8.6 billion

Assets: $2,504.2 billion

Market value: $71.3 billion

Global rank: 22

...

Total

Country: France

Sales: $240.5 billion

Profits: $14.1 billion

Assets: $224.1 billion

Market value: $115.5 billion

Global rank: 23

...

AT&T

Country: The United States

Sales: $127.4 billion

Profits: $7.3 billion

Assets: $272.3 billion

Market value: $200.1 billion

Global rank: 24

...

Allianz

Country: Germany

Sales: $140.3 billion

Profits: $6.8 billion

Assets: $915.8 billion

Market value: $66.4 billion

Global rank: 25

...

Sinopec

Country: China

Sales: $411.7 billion

Profits: $10.1 billion

Assets: $200 billion

Market value: $106.9 billion

Global rank: 26

...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

Country: Japan

Sales: $59 billion

Profits: $11.9 billion

Assets: $2,653.1 billion

Market value: $85.7 billion

Global rank: 27

...

Bank of America

Country: The United States

Sales: $100.1 billion

Profits: $4.2 billion

Assets: $2,210 billion

Market value: $135.5 billion

Global rank: 28

...

China Mobile

Country: China

Sales: $88.8 billion

Profits: $20.5 billion

Assets: $168.7 billion

Market value: $213.8 billion

Global rank: 29

...

Eni

Country: Italy

Sales: $163.7 billion

Profits: $10 billion

Assets: $185.2 billion

Market value: $86.3 billion

Global rank: 30