This historical list of the ten largest countries by GDP compiled by British economist Angus Maddison shows how much the membership and rankings of the world's ten largest economies has changed.
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
2030 (forecast) | ![]() 22,983,000 | ![]() 16,662,000 | ![]() 10,074,000 | ![]() 3,488,000 | ![]() 2,406,000 | ![]() 2,171,000 | ![]() 2,150,000 | ![]() 2,017,000 | ![]() 1,973,000 | ![]() 1,853,000 |
2003 | ![]() 8,430,762 | ![]() 6,187,984 | ![]() 2,699,261 | ![]() 2,267,136 | ![]() 1,577,423 | ![]() 1,315,601 | ![]() 1,280,625 | ![]() 1,110,691 | ![]() 1,013,000 | ![]() 914,000 |
1973 | ![]() 3,536,622 | ![]() 1,513,070 | ![]() 1,242,932 | ![]() 944,755 | ![]() 739,414 | ![]() 683,965 | ![]() 675,941 | ![]() 582,713 | ![]() 494,832 | ![]() 401,643 |
1950 | ![]() 1,455,916 | ![]() 510,243 | ![]() 347,850 | ![]() 265,354 | ![]() 244,985 | ![]() 222,222 | ![]() 220,492 | ![]() 164,957 | ![]() 160,966 | ![]() 102,164 |
1913 | ![]() 517,383 | ![]() 241,341 | ![]() 237,332 | ![]() 232,351 | ![]() 224,618 | ![]() 204,242 | ![]() 144,489 | ![]() 95,487 | ![]() 71,653 | ![]() 41,653 |
1870 | ![]() 189,470 | ![]() 134,882 | ![]() 100,180 | ![]() 98,374 | ![]() 83,646 | ![]() 72,149 | ![]() 72,100 | ![]() 41,814 | ![]() 25,393 | ![]() 19,556 |
1820 | ![]() 228,600 | ![]() 111,417 | ![]() 37,678 | ![]() 36,232 | ![]() 35,468 | ![]() 26,819 | ![]() 22,535 | ![]() 20,739 | ![]() 12,548 | ![]() 12,299 |