India is now 10th largest economy
July 13, 2005 16:12 IST
India is now amongst the top ten economies in the world.
According to the World Bank gross domestic product rankings for the year
2004, India stands the tenth largest economy in the world with a GDP of
$691.876 billion.
The table below gives the rankings for the top 20 economies in the world.
The rest of the rankings can be had at the World Bank Web site for the GDP
figures: http://www.worldbank.org/data/quickreference/quickref.html
Total GDP 2004
Rank
Country
($ billion)
1
United States
11,667.515
2
Japan
4,623.398
3
Germany
2,714.418
4
United Kingdom
2,140.898
5
France
2,002.582
6
Italy
1,672.302
7
China
1,649.329
8
Spain
991.442
9
Canada
979.764
10
India
691.876
11
South Korea
679.674
12
Mexico
676.497
13
Australia
631.256
14
Brazil
604.855
15
Russia
582.395
16
Netherlands
577.260
17
Switzerland
359.465
18
Belgium
349.830
19
Sweden
346.404
20
Turkey
301.950
Source: World Bank, July 2005
Taiwan is not included in the World Bank statistics. Rankings include only
those economies with confirmed GDP estimates.
