This historical list of the ten largest countries by GDP compiled by British economist Angus Maddison shows how much the membership and rankings of the world's ten largest economies has changed.
Ten largest economies by GDP (PPP)
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| 2030 (Forecast) |  China22,983,000 |
 United States16,662,000 |
 India10,074,000 |
 Japan3,488,000 |
 Indonesia2,406,000 |
 Russia2,171,000 |
 Germany2,150,000 |
 Brazil2,017,000 |
 Mexico1,973,000 |
 United Kingdom1,853,000 |
| 2003 | United States 8,430,762 |
China 6,187,984 |
Japan 2,699,261 |
India 2,267,136 |
Germany 1,577,423 |
 France1,315,601 |
United Kingdom 1,280,625 |
 Italy1,110,691 |
Brazil 1,013,000 |
Russia 914,000 |
| 1973 | United States 3,536,622 |
 Soviet Union1,513,070 |
Japan 1,242,932 |
West Germany 944,755 |
China 739,414 |
France 683,965 |
United Kingdom 675,941 |
Italy 582,713 |
India 494,832 |
 Brazil401,643 |
| 1950 |  United States1,455,916 |
 Soviet Union510,243 |
United Kingdom 347,850 |
West Germany 265,354 |
China 244,985 |
India 222,222 |
France 220,492 |
Italy 164,957 |
Japan 160,966 |
 Canada102,164 |
| 1913 | United States 517,383 |
 China241,341 |
 German Empire237,332 |
Russian Empire 232,351 |
United Kingdom 224,618 |
 India204,242 |
France 144,489 |
 Italy95,487 |
 Japan71,653 |
 Spain41,653 |
| 1870 |  China189,470 |
India 134,882 |
United Kingdom 100,180 |
 United States98,374 |
Russian Empire 83,646 |
German Empire 72,149 |
France 72,100 |
Italy 41,814 |
Japan 25,393 |
Spain 19,556 |
| 1820 | China 228,600 |
India 111,417 |
Russian Empire 37,678 |
United Kingdom 36,232 |
 France35,468 |
 Prussia26,819 |
Italy 22,535 |
Japan 20,739 |
 United States12,548 |
Spain 12,299 |
Fifteen largest economies by GDP (PPP)
References
- ^ Data table in Maddison A (2007), Contours of the World Economy I-2030AD, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199227204
- ^ Maddison 2007, p. 379, table A.4.
- ^ "National Accounts - Analysis of Main Aggregates (AMA)". unstats.un.org.
- ^ "World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data.
- ^ "IMF historical nominal GDP Data (April 2011)".
- ^ "Groningen Growth and Development Centre". University of Groningen. July 27, 2016.