China, India, and the Socioeconomic Determinants of Their Competitiveness

Table 1

Selected Indicators for the BRIC Countries.

	GCI	GDP (USD billion)^a, rank	GDP per capita in USD	GDP CAGR (%),	Population (millions)
	2009-2010	(out of 133)	(2008)	1991–2008^b	2008	2050
China	29	4,327	3,259	9.8	1,336	1,409
India	49	1,207	1,017	6.2	1,186	1,658
Brazil	56	1,573	8,295	2.9	194	254
Russia	63	1,677	11,807	1.9	142	108

Source: Geiger and Rao [30, page 6]. Sources of Data: IMF, UNFPA, World Economic Forum.
aCurrent prices.
b1992–2008 for Russia.