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GDP (Nominal)
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United States
$28,751B
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China
$18,744B
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Germany
$4,686B
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4
Japan
$4,028B
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India
$3,910B
Population
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India
1,451M
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China
1,409M
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United States
340M
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Indonesia
283M
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Pakistan
251M
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