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This list of countries by largest GDP shows how the membership and rankings of the world's ten largest economies has changed. While the United States has consistently had the world's largest economy for some time, in the last fifty years the world has seen the rapid rise and fall in relative terms of the economies of other countries while the share of the United States has also fluctuated.
Historical list of the world's ten largest economies by GDP (PPP) (billions USD) (World Bank figures) Year World Top 10 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 2015 113,612.52: 68,997.53 China 19,524.35 United States 17,947.0 Japan 4,738.29 Germany 3,848.27 Russia 3,579.83 Brazil 3,192.40 Indonesia 2,842.24 United Kingdom 2,691.81
Values are given in millions of United States dollars (USD) and have not been adjusted for inflation. These figures have been taken from the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook (WEO) Database (April 2024 edition) and/or other sources. [1] For older GDP trends, see List of regions by past GDP (PPP).
The first list includes estimates compiled by the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook, the second list shows the World Bank's data, and the third list includes data compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division. The IMF's definitive data for the past year and estimates for the current year are published twice a year in ...
American Heritage magazine published the following list of 40 richest Americans ever in 1998, subtitling it "Surprise: Only three of them are alive today". [9] The list was compiled by taking each person's wealth at death, adding the amount given away during his lifetime, and expressing the total as a fraction of the nation's GDP at the time.
Gross domestic product ( GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value [ 2] of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country [ 3] or countries. [ 4][ 5][ 6] GDP is often used to measure the economic health of a country or region. [ 3] Definitions of GDP are maintained by several national and ...
The U.S. economy is heavily dependent on road transport for moving people and goods. Personal transportation is dominated by automobiles, which operate on a network of four million miles (6.4 million km) of public roads, [ 339] including one of the world's longest highway systems at 57,000 miles (91,700 km). [ 340]
The economic history of the world encompasses the development of human economic activity throughout time. It has been estimated that throughout prehistory, the world average GDP per capita was about $158 per annum (adjusted to 2013 dollars), and did not rise much until the Industrial Revolution. [citation needed]