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Will Indians be better-off than Americans by 2060?

Last updated on: November 15, 2012 11:55 IST

A view of Zurich's main shopping street Bahnhofstrasse.

In 2011 the current membership of the OECD made up 65 per cent of global output, compared with a combined 24 per cent for China and India. By 2060 the two Asian giants will have a 46 per cent share of world GDP, the OECD members a shrunken 42 per cent. India's economy will be a bit bigger than America's, China's a lot, according to The Economist.

Even so the Chinese and Indians will still be much less well-off than Americans, it says.

Let's take a look at GDP per person in 2011 and 2060 around the world, including India.

Source: The Economist

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Canada

GDP per person (2011): 88 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 84 per cent (of United States)

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People are reflected in a shop window as they walk in Potsdamer Street in Berlin.

Germany

GDP per person (2011): 79 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 79 per cent (of United States)

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Traffic on the road and the Thames passes the Houses of Parliament in London.

The United Kingdom

GDP per person (2011): 76 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 78 per cent (of United States)

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Japan

GDP per person (2011): 75 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 79 per cent (of United States)

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Tourists walk past the Orsay Museum in Paris.

France

GDP per person (2011): 70 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 64 per cent (of United States)

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Tourists stroll along Barcelona's harbour.

Spain

GDP per person (2011): 64 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 62 per cent (of United States)

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South Korea

GDP per person (2011): 78 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 64 per cent (of United States)

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Italy

GDP per person (2011): 64 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 58 per cent (of United States)

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Tourists sit on a hill overlooking Athens outside the archaeological site of the Acropolis.

Greece

GDP per person (2011): 57 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 56 per cent (of United States)

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Medieval city of Cesky Krumlov, 160km south from Prague.

Czech Republic

GDP per person (2011): 58 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 78 per cent (of United States)

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Passengers wait for their trains at Lisbon's subway station.

Portugal

GDP per person (2011): 50 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 50 per cent (of United States)

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A view of Moscow's Kremlin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Moscow City business district.

Russia

GDP per person (2011): 36 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 46 per cent (of United States)

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Turkey

GDP per person (2011): 30 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 44 per cent (of United States)

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Mexico

GDP per person (2011): 29 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 44 per cent (of United States)

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Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge in Brasilia.

Brazil

GDP per person (2011): 22 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 39 per cent (of United States)

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South Africa

GDP per person (2011): 21 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 40 per cent (of United States)

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China

GDP per person (2011): 18 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 39 per cent (of United States)

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Shoppers leave a retail store inside a mall in Mumbai.

India

GDP per person (2011): 04 per cent (of United States)

GDP per person (2060): 28 per cent (of United States)