World in Figures II

As I pondered the question of rebalancing the population of Canada, I looked up their unemployment rate: 7.8% in 2004. GDP? $978 Billion.

So let’s look at the GDP statistics ($ Billion):

1. United States 11,711.8

2. Japan 4,622.8

3. Germany 2,740.6

4. UK 2,124.4

5. France 2,046.6

6. China 1,931.7

7. Italy 1,677.8

8. Spain 1,039.9

9. Canada 978.0

10. India 691.2

Ofcourse, with China and India’s growth rates, this ranking would change in the next few years.
Something else, however, will also change for those two nations: population. In 2050, India’s forecast is 1,592.7 Million, and China’s is 1,392.3 Million.

Bangladesh at 242.9 Million and Pakistan at 304.7 Million represent scary statistics, as neither country has any economic momentum, are breeding terrorism, will face tremendous space/housing crunch.

Unless alliances can be created with a richer nation like Canada or Australia, with whom they may have a basis for some win:win economically viable deal, the picture would continue to look grim.