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India to be among top 10 economic superpowers in 2013

Last updated on: May 14, 2012 08:19 IST


Photographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters.

Next year, India will become one of the world's 10 biggest economies.

According to a Fortune study, which tracks the GDP growth of economies from 2000 to 2017, India will remain among the top 10 economies till 2017.

It is not among the top ten economies this year.

India (Rank 10)

The Indian economy is the world's eleventh-largest by nominal GDP and third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). India became one of the fastest-growing major economies, post economic reforms in 1991.

Projected GDP, 2013: $2 trillion (Rank 10)
Projected GDP, 2015: $2.9 trillion (Rank 9)

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India to be among top 10 economic superpowers in 2013

Image: US President Barack Obama buys a bone for his dog Bo (R) in Alexandria, Virginia.
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United States (Rank 1)

The US economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion. It has the world's sixth-highest per capita income.
 
Projected GDP, 2013: $16.2 trillion
Projected GDP, 2015: $17.8 trillion

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India to be among top 10 economic superpowers in 2013

Image: A man takes a photo for his daughter in front of a Christmas tree at a shopping mall in Shenyang.
Photographs: Sheng Li/Reuters.

China (Rank 2)

Projected GDP, 2013: $8.8 trillion
Projected GDP, 2015: $10.6 trillion

China has become the world's fastest-growing major economy.

As of 2012, it is the world's second-largest economy, after the United States, by both nominal GDP and purchasing power parity (PPP), and is also the world's largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods.

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India to be among top 10 economic superpowers in 2013

Image: Pedestrians cross a street in front of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters building in Tokyo.
Photographs: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters.

Japan (Rank 3)

Projected GDP, 2013: $6.1 trillion
Projected GDP, 2015: $6.4 trillion

Japan has the world's third-largest economy by nominal GDP and fourth-largest economy by purchasing power parity. It is also the world's fourth-largest exporter.

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India to be among top 10 economic superpowers in 2013

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Germany (Rank 4)

Projected GDP, 2013: $3.6 trillion
Projected GDP, 2015: $3.7 trillion

It has the world's fourth largest economy by nominal GDP and the fifth largest by purchasing power parity. It is the second largest exporter and third largest importer of goods.

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India to be among top 10 economic superpowers in 2013

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France (Rank 5)

Projected GDP, 2013: $2.8 trillion
Projected GDP, 2015: $3 trillion

France has the world's fifth largest economy and Europe's second largest economy by nominal GDP.

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India to be among top 10 economic superpowers in 2013

Image: London.
Photographs: John Giles/Reuters.

United Kingdom (Rank 6)

Projected GDP, 2013: $2.6 trillion
Projected GDP, 2015: $2.9 trillion

The UK is a developed country and has the world's seventh-largest economy by nominal GDP and eighth-largest economy by purchasing power parity.  

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India to be among top 10 economic superpowers in 2013

Image: Christmas celebrations in Brazil.
Photographs: Reuters.

Brazil (Rank 7)

Projected GDP, 2013: $2.5 trillion
Projected GDP, 2015: $2.9 trillion

The Brazilian economy is the world's sixth largest by nominal GDP and the seventh largest by purchasing power parity as of 2011.

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India to be among top 10 economic superpowers in 2013

Image: Shoppers walk in a mall in Refice, northeast Brazil.
Photographs: Bruno Domingos/Reuters.

Russia (Rank 8)

Projected GDP, 2013: $2.3 trillion
Projected GDP, 2015: $2.7 trillion

The Russian economy is the world's ninth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity.

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India to be among top 10 economic superpowers in 2013


Italy (Rank 9)

Projected GDP, 2013: $2.1 trillion
Projected GDP, 2015: $2.2 trillion

Italy is ranked as the world's 24th most-developed country. Italy has a free market economy with high per capita GDP and low unemployment rates.


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