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Gross World Product, 1950-2005 (figure and table)

Gross World Product Per Person, 1950-2005 (figure and table)

Twenty Largest Economies, 2005 (table)

Countries with Highest Per Capita GDP, 2005 (table)

Countries with Lowest Per Capita GDP, 2005 (table)

Gross World Product, 1950-2005

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Gross World Product, 1950-2005
Year
Total
Per Person
Trillion 2005 Dollars
2005 Dollars
1950
7.4
2,923
1951
7.9
3,087
1952
8.3
3,157
1953
8.6
3,247
1954
8.9
3,297
1955
9.4
3,392
1956
9.9
3,530
1957
10.3
3,596
1958
10.6
3,650
1959
11.1
3,734
1960
11.6
3,828
1961
12.0
3,905
1962
12.6
4,008
1963
13.1
4,099
1964
14.1
4,310
1965
14.7
4,413
1966
15.7
4,596
1967
16.2
4,670
1968
17.1
4,826
1969
18.1
4,991
1970
18.8
5,092
1971
19.6
5,208
1972
20.5
5,318
1973
21.9
5,572
1974
22.3
5,584
1975
22.7
5,568
1976
23.9
5,750
1977
24.8
5,873
1978
25.8
6,018
1979
26.7
6,104
1980
26.8
6,043
1981
27.4
6,064
1982
27.7
6,018
1983
28.5
6,094
1984
29.8
6,269
1985
31.0
6,390
1986
32.1
6,505
1987
33.3
6,638
1988
34.8
6,826
1989
36.1
6,957
1990
37.1
7,031
1991
37.7
7,024
1992
38.4
7,057
1993
39.3
7,107
1994
40.7
7,253
1995
42.2
7,405
1996
43.9
7,600
1997
45.7
7,813
1998
46.9
7,916
1999
48.6
8,096
2000
50.9
8,371
2001
52.2
8,475
2002
53.8
8,623
2003
55.9
8,853
2004
58.7
9,186
2005
61.0
9,440
Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute with 1950-1979 from Worldwatch Institute, Signposts 2001, CD-Rom (Washington, DC: 2001) (Worldwatch update of Angus Maddison, Monitoring the World Economy 1820-1992 (Paris: OECD, 1995)); 1980-2005 from International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, at www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2006/02/data/index.htm, updated September 2006; United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision (New York: 2005); U.S. Commerce Department, Bureau of Economic Analysis, "Implicit Price Deflators for Gross Domestic Product," Table 1.1.9, revised 30 August 2006, at www.bea.gov.

 

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Gross World Product Per Person, 1950-2005

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Twenty Largest Economies, 2005
Country
Total GDP
Per Capita GDP
Billion 2005 Dollars
2005 Dollars
United States
12,278
41,399
China
9,412
7,198
Japan
3,911
30,615
India
3,633
3,320
Germany
2,522
30,579
United Kingdom
1,833
30,436
France
1,830
29,187
Italy
1,668
28,534
Brazil
1,577
8,561
Russia
1,576
11,041
Canada
1,105
34,273
Spain
1,089
26,320
Mexico
1,073
10,186
Korea
994
20,590
Indonesia
977
4,459
Taiwan
631
27,721
Australia
630
30,897
South Africa
570
12,161
Turkey
569
7,950
Iran
555
7,980
Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute from International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, at www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2006/02/data/index.htm, updated September 2006.

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Countries with Highest Per Capita GDP, 2005
Country
Per Capita GDP
Total GDP
2005 Dollars
Billion 2005 Dollars
Luxembourg
69,800
32
Norway
42,364
195
United States
41,399
12,278
Ireland
40,610
168
Iceland
35,115
11
Denmark
34,740
188
Canada
34,273
1,105
Austria
33,432
275
Switzerland
32,571
237
Qatar
31,397
25
Belgium
31,244
325
Finland
31,208
163
Australia
30,897
630
Netherlands
30,862
503
Japan
30,615
3,911
Germany
30,579
2,522
United Kingdom
30,436
1,833
Sweden
29,926
271
France
29,187
1,830
Italy
28,534
1,668
Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute from International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, at www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2006/02/data/index.htm, updated September 2006.

 

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Countries with Lowest Per Capita GDP, 2005
Country
Total GDP
Per Capita GDP
Billion 2005 Dollars
2005 Dollars
Malawi
596
7.7
Tanzania
723
27.1
Guinea-Bissau
736
1.2
Burundi
739
5.5
Yemen
751
19.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo
808
46.5
Ethiopia
823
60.1
Eritrea
858
4.0
Niger
872
11.0
Sierra Leone
903
4.9
Madagascar
908
16.2
Zambia
931
10.8
Liberia
1,033
3.4
Central African Republic
1,128
4.6
Mali
1,154
14.4
Benin
1,176
8.7
Nigeria
1,188
173.8
Burkina Faso
1,285
16.8
Afghanistan
1,310
31.9
Republic of the Congo
1,369
4.6
Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute from International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, at www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2006/02/data/index.htm, updated September 2006; per capita GDP in the Democratic Republic of the Congo calculated by Earth Policy Institute using population data from United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision (New York: 2005).

 

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