Visualise how much an amount of money is worth (by seeing how much you could buy with it).
US$4.50tn can buy all of the following:
3 times the GDP of Saudi Arabia
2008US$302bn × 3 = US$1.44tnfrom World Bank1,400 micronations
Sealand2007€750m (US$1.04bn) × 1,400 = €706bn (US$980bn)14 times Bill Gates' fortune
US$50.0bn × 14 = US$438bnValue of Royal Dutch Shell Plc
Market capitalization of ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC03 May 2010£53.7bn (US$85.7bn)Information from London Stock Exchangeand
A day in a theme park for everybody in China
Buying 1.33bn people a day ticket to Alton Towers£39.3bn (US$62.8bn)