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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Two women walk through a building that resembles a Roman Coliseum at the Florentia Village in Wuqing, Tianjin, China.

India will be among the fastest-growing countries in the world in the next two years, according to a World Bank report. It says in its Global Economic Prospects report that India will witness positive growth in 2013 and 2014.

Let's have a look at the countries that will post good growth numbers in the next two years.

NOTE: Many of the countries in the report are 'frontier markets', starting from low absolute levels of GDP to begin with.

Source: Business Insider

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A view of the tourist village of Habaniya, near Fallujah.

Iraq

Estimated 2012 GDP: +11.1 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +13.1 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +11.0 per cent

Total GDP increase: +25.4 per cent

Global rank: 1

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
An aerial view shows Lumley Beach in the Sierra Leonean capital Freetown.

Sierra Leone

Estimated 2012 GDP: +44.5 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +11.1 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.6 per cent

Total GDP increase: +19.5 per cent

Global rank: 2

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A woman walks by a Louis Vuitton luxury boutique at the IFC Mall in Shanghai.

China

Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.2 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +8.6 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +8.4 per cent

Total GDP increase: +17.72 per cent

Global rank: 3

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Vehicles stop at the the entrance to the Kings Romans casino, part of the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone run by Chinese company Jin Mu Mian, in Laos.

Laos

Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.2 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.6 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.4 per cent

Total GDP increase: +15.6 per cent

Global rank: 4

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Local fishermen walk to a fishing boat on the Indian Ocean shore line in Vilanculo, Mozambique.

Mozambique

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.7 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.8 per cent

Total GDP increase: +15.6 per cent

Global rank: 5

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

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Traffic flows in at the main roundabout in Rwanda's capital Kigali.

Rwanda

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.5 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Total GDP increase: +15.5 per cent

Global rank: 6

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Tourists guarded by local policemen visit sulphur and mineral salt formations created by the upwelling springs of Dallol volcano, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.7 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.8 per cent

Total GDP increase: +15.2 per cent

Global rank: 7

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A cleaner polishes the central atrium of the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala, Uganda.

Uganda

Estimated 2012 GDP: +4.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.3 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.8 per cent

Global rank: 8

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Dusk settles over the Angolan capital, Luanda.

Angola

Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.1 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.4 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.8 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.7 per cent

Global rank: 9

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Revellers take part in the annual national carnival in Santo Domingo.

Haiti

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.3 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.1 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.9 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.5 per cent

Global rank: 10

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A woman looks at the products on display in a showroom in Mumbai.

India

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.7 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.8 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.5 per cent

Global rank: 11

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A view of Tinapa Business resort project in Calabar, Delta region, Nigeria.

Nigeria

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.6 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.3 per cent

Global rank: 12

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Mountain gorillas feed on the slopes of Mount Mikeno in the Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.0 per cent

Global rank: 13

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A statue of Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah is seen at his memorial park in Accra.

Ghana

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.0 per cent

Global rank: 14

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Houses are seen at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania's Hie district.

Tanzania

Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.4 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.9 per cent

Global rank: 15

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Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A view of the capital Astana.

Kazakhstan

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +5.8 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.7 per cent

Global rank: 16

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Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A view of the Kalyan ensemble in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan

Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.7 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.6 per cent

Global rank: 17

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Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Dancers perform in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Cambodia

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.8 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.3 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.5 per cent

Global rank: 18

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Waves approach the shore along the southern district of Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.

Bangladesh

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.4 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.4 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.3 per cent

Global rank: 19

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A Tuareg woman crosses the street in front of a mud building in the Old Quarter of the desert city of Agadez.

Niger

Estimated 2012 GDP: +9.5 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.8 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.1 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.3 per cent

Global rank: 20

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Women walk past a shop selling luxury shoes and bags at a shopping mall in Jakarta.

Indonesia

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.3 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.2 per cent

Global rank: 21

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A man performs with a crocodile at a zoo in Hanoi.

Vietnam

Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.7 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.3 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.2 per cent

Global rank: 22

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Children play in the water at sunset in the port of Sal Rei in Cape Verde.

Cape Verde

Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.8 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.2 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.4 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.0 per cent

Global rank: 23

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A boy plays on the beach in Guinea.

Guinea

Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.9 per cent

Global rank: 24

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A tourist sips her drink while watching elephants graze at a hotel in Livingstone, on the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls.

Zambia

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.9 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.3 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.9 per cent

Global rank: 25

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Tourist take pictures of Panama City.

Panama

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.1 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.3 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +5.9 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.6 per cent

Global rank: 26

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
A policeman walks past the monument of Tajik state founder Ismoil Somoni in Dushanbe.

Tajikistan

Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.8 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +5.9 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.3 per cent

Global rank: 27

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Boys throw fishing net in Congo River on outskirts of the capital Kinshasa.

Republic of Congo

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.1 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +5.8 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.3 per cent

Global rank: 28

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST
Foreign tourists in safari riverboats observe elephants along the Chobe river bank near Botswana's border.

Botswana

Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.5 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +5.3 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.1 per cent

Global rank: 29