2QUESTION 2 OF 3
Answer & explanation
The official answer, with Fermi’s reasoning step by step.
Answer & explanation
Official answer
41,100
stores
How to estimate it
Fermi’s official “Napkin math”
Start with the US, about 330 million people. How many people per Starbucks? It's everywhere, maybe one for every 20,000. And the US is only about 40% of the total, so a bit more than double it.
- US population
- 330,000,000
- 1 per ~20,000 people
- ≈ 16,000 US
- US ~40% of world (× 2.5)
- ≈ 40,000
Rounded assumptions may give a slightly different estimate. The official answer above is the game’s reference value.
Source calculation & reference
- Stores in the Americas
- ≈ 18,000
- Stores in China
- ≈ 7,800
- Rest of world
- ≈ 14,000
- Total at end of FY2024
- ≈ 40,200
Reference cited by Fermi: Starbucks annual report
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