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List of countries by GDP (nominal) Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. [ 2] Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institutions, which are calculated at market or government official exchange rates.
List of countries by population (United Nations) This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present. [ 2]
It is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the world, with a population density of 8.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (22 inhabitants/sq mi). [ 11] As of 2020, the overall life expectancy in Russia at birth was 71.54 years (66.49 years for males and 76.43 years for females).
The eight major pass-through economies—the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Hong Kong SAR, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, and Singapore—host more than 85 percent of the world’s investment in special purpose entities, which are often set up for tax reasons. — "Piercing the Veil", International Monetary Fund ...
According to the World Bank, imports of goods and services occupied 21.3% of the Russian gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 [ 303] and exports of goods and services occupied 30.9% of Russia's GDP. [ 304] Russia has trade-to-GDP ratio (trade openness) 49.26% [ 305] which is lower than an average of the countries.
Russia maintains the world's third-highest military expenditure, spending $109 billion in 2023, corresponding to around 5.9% of its GDP. [313] In 2021 it was the world's second-largest arms exporter , and had a large and entirely indigenous defence industry , producing most of its own military equipment.
Unless otherwise noted, areas and populations are sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects, which uses the latest censuses and official figures, as well as figures from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Data are current as of 2023.
The 2022 projections from the United Nations Population Division (chart #1) show that annual world population growth peaked at 2.3% per year in 1963, has since dropped to 0.9% in 2023, equivalent to about 74 million people each year, and could drop even further to minus 0.1% or rise to between 1 to 2.5% or higher by 2100. [4]