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.
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