This historical list of the ten largest countries by GDP according to the World Bank shows how the membership and rankings of the world's ten largest economies has changed. Historically, the United States was consistently year after year the world's largest economy since the early twentieth century. However, the report from 2014 showed that for the very first time China overtook the United States as the largest economy in the world taking into account purchasing power parity (PPP). Indeed, the margin of power between nations had generally widened and then lessened over time, and over the last fifty years the world has seen the rapid rise and fall in relative terms of the economies of other countries.
World Bank statistics of the ten largest economies by GDP (PPP)
| Year | World | Top 10 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| 2015 | 113,612.52 | 68,997.53 |  China19,524.35 |
 United States17,947.0 |
 India8,003.40 |
 Germany3,848.27 |
 Russia3,579.83 |
 Brazil3,192.40 |
 Indonesia2,842.24 |
 United Kingdom2,691.81 |
 France2,650.82 | |
| 2010 | 87,771.66 | 52,354.88 | United States 14,964.40 |
China 12,097.93 |
India 5,478.71 |
 Japan4,322.67 |
Germany 3,234.90 |
Russia 2,924.79 |
Brazil 2,685.98 |
France 2,332.57 |
United Kingdom 2,254.82 |
 Italy2,058.11 |
| 2005 | 64,415.31 | 38,551.92 | United States 13,095.40 |
China 6,470.18 |
Japan 3,889.58 |
India 3,343.43 |
Germany 2,566.00 |
United Kingdom 2,006.91 |
Brazil 1,965.60 |
France 1,860.70 |
Russia 1,696.73 |
Italy 1,657.40 |
| 2000 | 47,453.19 | 28,608.96 | United States 10,289.70 |
China 3,616.33 |
Japan 3,289.80 |
India 2,150.17 |
Germany 2,119.99 |
United Kingdom 1,553.96 |
France 1,534.81 |
Brazil 1,525.28 |
Italy 1,468.18 |
 Mexico1,060.75 |
| 1995 | 36,104.40 | 21,680.22 | United States 7,664.00 |
 Japan2,878.16 |
China 2,151.44 |
Germany 1,834.80 |
India 1,474.18 |
Brazil 1,271.43 |
Italy 1,204.87 |
France 1,201.81 |
United Kingdom 1,166.04 |
Russia 833.47 |
| 1990 | 28,249.60 | 17,073.82 | United States 5,979.60 |
Japan 2,377.97 |
 Soviet Union1,885.97 |
Germany 1,472.12 |
China 1,142.67 |
India 1,020.02 |
France 1,002.53 |
Italy 1,001.12 |
 Brazil969.02 |
United Kingdom 919.32 |
References
- World Bank WDI historical GDP (PPP) Data
- "GDP, PPP (current international $) World Bank, International database".
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*Top country subdivisions by GDP *Top country subdivisions by GDP per capita *Top country metropolitan by GDP |