TOP 40 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD BY GDP

Based on the World Bank the top 40 countries of the world by GDP are shown here below. The table shows that a little bit of growth in the U.S. will go a lot farther than a lot of growth out of China.

In terms of GDP size the U.S. comes first with $ 16.2 trillion, followed by China $ 9 trillion, Japan $ 5.1 trillion, Germany $ 3.6 trillion, France $ 2.7 trillion, Brazil $ 2.5 trillion, U.K. $ 2.4 trillion, Russia $ 2.2 trillion , Italy $ 2.1 trillion and India $ 2.0 trillion. It takes Germany, France, Brazil, UK, Russia and Italy to equate their combined GDP with that of the United States.

Ranking

1.  United States of America
2. China
3. Japan
4. Germany
5. France
6. Brazil
7. United Kingdom
8. Italy
9. Russia
10. India
11. Canada
12. Spain
13. Australia
14. Mexico
15. South Korea
16. Indonesia
17. Netherlands
18. Turkey
19. Switzerland
20. Saudi Arabia
21. Sweden
22. Poland
23. Belgium
24. Norway
25. Argentina
26. Austria
27. South Africa
28. United Arab Emirates
29. Taiwan
30. Thailand
31. Denmark
32. Colombia
33. Iran
34. Venezuela
35. Greece
36. Malaysia
37. Finland
38. Hong-Kong
39. Chile
40. Nigeria

EU Member States

1. Germany
2. France
3. United Kingdom
4. Italy
5. Spain
6. Netherlands
7. Sweden
8. Poland
9. Belgium
10. Austria
11. Denmark
12. Greece

1. Russia
2. India