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November 30, 2000

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April 28, 2000 VOL. 26 NO. 16

The Bottom Line
Ranked by Internet users

Country Net users per 10,000 pop. GDP growth Per-capita GDP (PPP) Per-capita GNP (nom.) Population (millions) Population growth Inflation CPI Exports 12 months Curr. acct. balance Reserves excl. gold Foreign debt People per tel. Life expectancy People per TV
U.S. 4,501.1 7.3% $31,469 $31,395 274.6 1.0% 3.7% $688b. -$338.9b. $60.5b. $814.0b. 1.3 77 1.2
Canada 4,339.9 4.7% $24,870 $19,270 30.6 0.9% 2.7% $243b. -$2.9b. $30.6b. $237.0b. 1.3 79 1.5
Australia 3,581.2 4.3% $20,770 $18,784 19.1 1.2% 1.8% $56.1b. -$22.4b. $18.5b. $156.2b. 1.5 78 1.6
Britain 2,656.5 3.0% $20,890 $23,405 59.1 0.3% 2.3% $262b. -$20.7b. $30.1b. 1.9 77 2.2
Switzerland 2,361.1 3.0% $26,420 $37,145 7.2 0.6% 1.5% $93.9b. $31.6b. $30.4b. 1.1 78 2.3
Taiwan 2,167.4 6.8% $17,495 $12,040 22.1 1.0% 1.1% $124b. $5.9b. $106.2b. 1.9 75 3.1
South Korea 2,123.1 13.0% $12,445 $6,810 47.1 0.9% 1.6% $150b. $22.2b. $76.7b. $136.1b. 2.1 72 2.9
Germany 1,924.9 2.3% $22,140 $25,910 82.6 0.3% 1.9% $541b. -$21.1b. $59.6b. 1.8 76 1.8
Singapore 1,923.1 7.1% $27,740 $21,828 3.9 0.7% 1.3% $115b. $17.9b. $77.2b. 2.0 77 2.6
Japan 1,672.7 0.0% $23,480 $30,340 126.8 0.3% -0.6% $389b. $105.8b. $293.3b. 1.5 80 1.4
Italy 1,609.0 2.1% $20,840 $20,115 57.8 0.2% 2.5% $232b. $12.3b. $21.2b. $20.9b. 1.9 78 2.1
New Zealand 1,578.9 5.8% $17,025 $13,020 3.8 1.0% 0.5% $12.5b. -$4.3b. $4.5b. $54.1b. 1.4 77 1.9
France 1,517.7 3.2% $23,030 $24,335 59.3 0.5% 1.4% $297b. $36.7b. $38.1b. $45.0b. 1.5 78 1.7
Hong Kong 1,428.6 8.7% $21,830 $24,716 7.0 2.3% -5.1% $175b. $2.3b. $96.3b. 1.5 79 3.0
Macau 750.0 -4.0% $17,500 $15,311 0.4 2.0% -2.1% $2.2b. $2.3b. $2.3b. 1.7 76 3.6
Brazil 409.3 3.1% $6,400 $4,710 165.9 1.9% 7.1% $49.4b. -$23.3b. $34.8b. $179.0b. 8.3 68 3.6
South Africa 372.9 1.7% $7,660 $3,096 43.5 2.2% 2.4% $27.6b. -$0.9b. $6.4b. $17.2b. 6.9 65 8.0
Russia 366.8 5.6% $4,310 $1,876 147.2 -0.1% 25.0% $69.9b. $21.1b. $8.5b. $120.5b. 5.1 68 2.5
Malaysia 347.8 10.6% $7,370 $3,092 23.0 2.4% 1.5% $76.9b. $12.5b. $33.4b. $42.1b. 5.0 72 4.7
Brunei 333.3 1.0% $20,100 $20,400 0.3 3.2% 2.0% $2.3b. $0.8b. $20.0b. 3.8 76 3.1
Thailand 159.7 6.5% $6,020 $1,850 62.6 1.5% 1.1% $59.4b. $11.2b. $31.1b. $77.4b. 12.1 69 4.4
Mexico 137.5 5.2% $8,420 $4,305 98.2 1.9% 10.5% $139b. -$14.2b. $31.1b. $165.7b. 7.6 74 4.0
Turkey 91.6 -3.4% $6,655 $2,820 65.5 2.1% 67.9% $28.3b. -$0.4b. $22.7b. $101.0b. 4.0 68 3.5
China 69.8 6.5% $3,275 $783 1,275.0 1.0% 0.7% $195b. $29.3b. $154.7b. $148.8b. 14.4 71 3.7
Egypt 67.2 5.3% $3,075 $1,319 65.5 2.2% 2.9% $4.4b. -$2.6b. $15.0b. $34.1b. 16.6 65 8.6
Fiji 62.5 -2.2% $3,580 $2,219 0.8 1.5% -1.0% $0.4b. -$0.05b. $0.4b. $0.2b. 8.9 73 11.1
Maldives 50.0 6.8% $3,395 $1,167 0.3 3.0% 3.3% $0.1b. -$0.02b. $0.1b. $0.1b. 13.8 67 25.4
India 45.0 6.0% $1,760 $436 1,000.0 1.9% 4.4% $35.6b. -$4.4b. $32.0b. $95.3b. 45.5 62 14.5
Philippines 42.2 4.6% $3,380 $907 75.8 2.3% 3.3% $35.5b. $6.8b. $13.2b. $52.2b. 27.0 68 7.9
Indonesia 19.1 5.8% $2,940 $460 209.4 1.6% -1.1% $49.5b. $4.7b. $26.3b. $138.0b. 37.0 65 6.8
Iran 14.6 1.7% $5,545 $2,500 68.5 3.4% 19.3% $13.0b. -$1.9b. $5.0b. $20.6b. 8.9 70 6.8
Kenya 14.0 0.8% $1,135 $370 32.2 3.4% 5.1% $2.0b. -$0.4b. $0.7b. $7.4b. 62.7 59 40.0
Sri Lanka 10.5 5.3% $2,625 $827 19.1 1.2% 0.3% $4.7b. -$0.3b. $1.8b. $7.6b. 35.2 73 12.0
Saudi Arabia 9.6 1.5% $10,265 $6,410 20.9 2.8% 0.2% $39.8b. -$12.9b. $16.2b. $16.7b. 7.0 70 3.8
Nepal 6.4 1.9% $1,100 $225 23.4 2.3% 1.8% $0.5b. -$0.1b. $0.8b. $2.4b. 112.9 57 185.2
Mongolia 4.8 3.5% $1,520 $396 2.5 1.7% 4.4% $0.5b. -$0.1b. $0.1b. $0.7b. 26.1 65 17.3
Pakistan 4.5 5.3% $1,570 $492 138.6 2.6% 3.0% $8.3b. -$1.8b. $1.5b. $29.7b. 49.0 63 15.4
Vietnam 1.9 4.0% $1,755 $310 80.3 2.3% -1.2% $9.3b. -$1.1b. $2.1b. $21.6b. 38.8 68 6.1
Nigeria 0.8 2.3% $930 $340 110.6 2.9% 9.7% $9.0b. -$4.2b. $4.1b. $35.0b. 257.8 53 17.5
Cambodia 0.6 0.0% $1,240 $270 11.0 2.5% 0.4% $0.8b. -$0.2b. $0.4b. $2.2b. 435.0 53 115.5
Bangladesh 0.5 4.2% $1,040 $289 130.0 2.2% 5.5% $5.1b. -$0.2b. $1.5b. $16.4b. 336.5 58 143.2
P. N. Guinea 0.2 2.5% $2,700 $1,005 4.4 2.3% 18.2% $1.8b. -$0.03b. $0.1b. $2.3b. 49.0 57 11.2
Afghanistan n.a. 6.0% $720 $150 21.9 1.9% 14.0% $0.2b. -$0.1b. $0.2b. $5.4b. 390.0 45 83.3
Bhutan n.a. 5.8% $1,570 $450 0.8 2.3% 10.0% $0.1b. -$0.05b. $0.3b. $0.2b. 96.9 61 175.4
Laos n.a. 4.0% $1,325 $258 5.4 2.9% 86.7% $0.4b. -$0.2b. $0.1b. $2.2b. 181.5 53 101.0
Myanmar n.a. 5.0% $1,200 $765 48.9 2.1% 11.5% $1.2b. -$0.4b. $0.3b. $5.1b. 194.1 60 142.9
These figures are the latest available from national and multilateral sources (telephone data from Intl. Telecom. Union). These statistics will appear only occasionally: GDP (PPP), savings, foreign debt, literacy rate, urban population, people per doctor, infant mortality, people per TV and calorie intake. Gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of all goods and services produced in one year. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP, based on World Bank ratios) takes into account price differences between countries, for a more accurate measure of national wealth. Gross National Product (GNP) is GDP plus payments from abroad from investments and labor, minus similar payments to foreigners.
*Net Foreign Debt



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