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BRIC countries - Statistics & Facts
The term “BRIC” is an acronym formed with the initial letters of the four major emerging market countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and China. It was coined in 2001 by Jim O’Neill, chief economist at Goldman Sachs, and has been widely used ever since. The four BRIC states hold annual meetings, in which South Africa has also been participating since 2011, prompting the alternative nomenclature “BRICS”. Despite this however, the original term “BRIC countries” remains more commonly used.
The total combined population of the four BRIC states was estimated to constitute around 40 percent of the total global population in 2014. Additionally, the economic development seen in the BRIC countries is posing an ever increasing challenge to the status of the United States as the foremost global economic power. With the GDP in 2015 creeping up to over 16 billion U.S. dollars – almost the same amount the United States generated in the same year –, and quickly increasing growth rates, the possibility is becoming ever more real.
As of now, the GDP per capita in the industrialized countries is still significantly higher than that of the BRIC states. However, the four BRIC countries are estimated to be among, if not the, leading economies by 2050 - the are among the countries with the largest GDP in 2016 already.
BRIC countries - Important statistics
- 1. Overview
- 2. Brazil
Total population of Brazil 2020- Fertility rate in Brazil
- Life expectancy at birth in Brazil 2015
- Age structure in Brazil 2015
- Median age of the population in Brazil 2015
- Degree of urbanization in Brazil 2015
- Gross domestic product (GDP) in Brazil 2020
- Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in Brazil 2020
- Gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in Brazil 2020
- Share of economic sectors in the GDP in Brazil 2015
- Unemployment rate in Brazil 2020
- Inflation rate in Brazil 2020
- +Export of goods from Brazil 2016
- Most important export partner countries for Brazil in 2015
- +Import of goods to Brazil 2016
- Most important import partners of Brazil 2015
- +Trade balance of Brazil 2016
- +Made-In Index: Attributes associated with products made in Brazil 2017
- Made-In Country Index: perception of products made in Brazil, by country 2017
- +Perception of products made in selected countries in Brazil 2017
- +National debt of Brazil 2020
- National debt of Brazil in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) 2020
- Brazil's budget balance in relation to GDP 2020
- 3. Russia
- Total population of Russia 2020
- Fertility rate in Russia 2015
- Life expectancy at birth in Russia 2015
- Age distribution in Russia 2015
- Median age of the population in Russia 2015
- Urbanization in Russia 2015
- Gross domestic product (GDP) in Russia 2020
- Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in Russia 2020
- Gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in Russia 2020
- Distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) across economic sectors in Russia 2015
- Unemployment rate in Russia 2020
- Inflation rate in Russia 2020
- +Export of goods from Russia 2016
- Main export partners for Russia 2015
- +Import of goods to Russia 2016
- Main import partners for Russia 2015
- +Trade balance of goods in Russia 2016
- +Made-In Index: Attributes associated with products made in Russia 2017
- +Made-In Country Index: perception of products made in Russia, by country 2017
- +Perception of products made in selected countries in Russia 2017
- +National debt of Russia 2020
- National debt of Russia in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) 2020
- Budget balance in Russia in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) 2020
- 4. India
- Total population of India 2020
- Fertility Rate in India 2015
- Life expectancy in India 2015
- Age distribution in India 2005-2015
- Median age of the population in India 2015
- Urbanization in India 2015
- Gross domestic product (GDP) in India 2020
- Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in India 2020
- Gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in India 2020
- Distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) across economic sectors in India 2015
- Unemployment rate in India 2015
- Inflation rate in India 2020
- +Export of goods from India 2016
- Main export partners for India 2015
- +Import of goods to India 2016
- Main import partners for India 2015
- +Trade balance of India 2016
- +Made-In Index: Attributes associated with products made in India 2017
- +Made-In Country Index: perception of products made in India, by country 2017
- +Perception of products made in selected countries in India 2017
- National debt of India 2020
- National debt of India in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) 2020
- Budget balance in India in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) 2020
- 5. China
- Total population of China 2001-2021
- Fertility rate in China 2015
- Life expectancy in China 2014
- Age distribution in China 2005-2015
- +Median age of the population in China 1950-2100
- Urbanization in China 2015
- Gross domestic product (GDP) of China 2010-2021
- Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in China 2010-2021
- Gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in China 2010-2021
- +Distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) across economic sectors in China 2016
- Unemployment rate in China 2010-2021
- Inflation rate in China 2010-2021
- Export of goods from China 2015
- +Main export partners of China in 2016
- Import of goods to China 2005-2015
- +Distribution of Chinese foreign trade 2015, by trade partner
- Trade balance of China 2005-2015
- +Made-In Index: Attributes associated with products made in China 2017
- +Made-In Country Index: perception of products made in China, by country 2017
- +Perception of products made in selected countries in China 2017
- National debt of China 2020
- National debt of China in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) 2010-2021
- Budget balance in China in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) 2010-2021
- 6. BRIC countries: International comparison
- +GDP of the main industrialized and emerging countries 2016
- +Gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast in selected countries until 2020
- Proportions of economic sectors in GDP in selected countries 2015
- Unemployment rates in major industrial and emerging countries 2015
- National debt of selected countries in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) 2016
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