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> $14.9 billion in annual revenues, greater than the gross domestic product of Iceland

Er... this doesn't sound right.

Just did a quick google search, the article was written in 2014 so the annual GDP of Iceland leading up to that period were:

$13.3B in 2010

$14.7B in 2011

$14.3B in 2012

$15.6B in 2013

$17.3B in 2014

So presuming the article was written prior to the 2013 GDP figures being released then the statement was indeed correct when made (and may still be barring new information about revenue growth).

Those numbers don't come close to matching what I find when I search. For instance: https://tradingeconomics.com/ireland/gdp

Iceland not Ireland.

Well, crap :) Mea culpa.

You're right. DDG says the 2017 GDP of Ireland was ~$333b.

Ireland is not Iceland.

Too true. Not sure how that got transposed in my head.

My comment was actually based on the same mistake.

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