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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Last updated on: June 22, 2012 08:39 IST

Image: Two women walk through a building that resembles a Roman Coliseum at the Florentia Village in Wuqing, Tianjin, China.
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India will be among the fastest-growing countries in the world in the next two years, according to a World Bank report. It says in its Global Economic Prospects report that India will witness positive growth in 2013 and 2014.

Let's have a look at the countries that will post good growth numbers in the next two years.

NOTE: Many of the countries in the report are 'frontier markets', starting from low absolute levels of GDP to begin with.

Source: Business Insider

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

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Iraq

Estimated 2012 GDP: +11.1 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +13.1 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +11.0 per cent

Total GDP increase: +25.4 per cent

Global rank: 1

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: An aerial view shows Lumley Beach in the Sierra Leonean capital Freetown.
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Sierra Leone

Estimated 2012 GDP: +44.5 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +11.1 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.6 per cent

Total GDP increase: +19.5 per cent

Global rank: 2

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A woman walks by a Louis Vuitton luxury boutique at the IFC Mall in Shanghai.
Photographs: Carlos Barria/Reuters

China

Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.2 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +8.6 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +8.4 per cent

Total GDP increase: +17.72 per cent

Global rank: 3

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Vehicles stop at the the entrance to the Kings Romans casino, part of the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone run by Chinese company Jin Mu Mian, in Laos.
Photographs: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters

Laos

Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.2 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.6 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.4 per cent

Total GDP increase: +15.6 per cent

Global rank: 4

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Local fishermen walk to a fishing boat on the Indian Ocean shore line in Vilanculo, Mozambique.
Photographs: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Mozambique

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.7 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.8 per cent

Total GDP increase: +15.6 per cent

Global rank: 5

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Traffic flows in at the main roundabout in Rwanda's capital Kigali.
Photographs: Frank Nyakairu/Reuters

Rwanda

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.5 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Total GDP increase: +15.5 per cent

Global rank: 6

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Tourists guarded by local policemen visit sulphur and mineral salt formations created by the upwelling springs of Dallol volcano, Ethiopia.
Photographs: Michel Toulouse/Reuters

Ethiopia

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.7 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.8 per cent

Total GDP increase: +15.2 per cent

Global rank: 7

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A cleaner polishes the central atrium of the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala, Uganda.
Photographs: Euan Denholm/Reuters

Uganda

Estimated 2012 GDP: +4.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.3 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.8 per cent

Global rank: 8

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Dusk settles over the Angolan capital, Luanda.
Photographs: Mike Hutchings/Reuters

Angola

Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.1 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.4 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.8 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.7 per cent

Global rank: 9

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Revellers take part in the annual national carnival in Santo Domingo.
Photographs: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Haiti

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.3 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.1 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.9 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.5 per cent

Global rank: 10

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A woman looks at the products on display in a showroom in Mumbai.
Photographs: Arko Datta/Reuters

India

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.7 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.8 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.5 per cent

Global rank: 11

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A view of Tinapa Business resort project in Calabar, Delta region, Nigeria.
Photographs: Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters

Nigeria

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.6 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.3 per cent

Global rank: 12

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Mountain gorillas feed on the slopes of Mount Mikeno in the Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photographs: Peter Andrews/Reuters

Democratic Republic of Congo

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.0 per cent

Global rank: 13

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A statue of Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah is seen at his memorial park in Accra.
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Ghana

Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.2 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +14.0 per cent

Global rank: 14

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Houses are seen at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania's Hie district.
Photographs: Katrina Manson/Reuters

Tanzania

Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.4 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.0 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.9 per cent

Global rank: 15

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A view of the capital Astana.
Photographs: Valery Kaliev/Reuters

Kazakhstan

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +5.8 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.7 per cent

Global rank: 16

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A view of the Kalyan ensemble in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
Photographs: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters

Uzbekistan

Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.7 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.6 per cent

Global rank: 17

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Dancers perform in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Photographs: Tim Chong/Reuters

Cambodia

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.8 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.3 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.5 per cent

Global rank: 18

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Waves approach the shore along the southern district of Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.
Photographs: Mustafizur Rahman/Reuters

Bangladesh

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.4 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.4 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.3 per cent

Global rank: 19

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A Tuareg woman crosses the street in front of a mud building in the Old Quarter of the desert city of Agadez.
Photographs: Tientan Ling/Reuters

Niger

Estimated 2012 GDP: +9.5 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.8 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.1 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.3 per cent

Global rank: 20

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Women walk past a shop selling luxury shoes and bags at a shopping mall in Jakarta.
Photographs: Enny Nuraheni/Reuters

Indonesia

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.3 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.2 per cent

Global rank: 21

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A man performs with a crocodile at a zoo in Hanoi.
Photographs: Tuan DC/Reuters

Vietnam

Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.7 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.3 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.2 per cent

Global rank: 22

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Children play in the water at sunset in the port of Sal Rei in Cape Verde.
Photographs: David Lewis/Reuters

Cape Verde

Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.8 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.2 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.4 per cent

Total GDP increase: +13.0 per cent

Global rank: 23

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A boy plays on the beach in Guinea.
Photographs: Amr Dalsh/Reuters

Guinea

Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.9 per cent

Global rank: 24

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A tourist sips her drink while watching elephants graze at a hotel in Livingstone, on the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls.
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Zambia

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.9 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.3 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.9 per cent

Global rank: 25

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Tourist take pictures of Panama City.
Photographs: Mariana Bazo/Reuters

Panama

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.1 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.3 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +5.9 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.6 per cent

Global rank: 26

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: A policeman walks past the monument of Tajik state founder Ismoil Somoni in Dushanbe.
Photographs: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters

Tajikistan

Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.8 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +5.9 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.3 per cent

Global rank: 27

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Boys throw fishing net in Congo River on outskirts of the capital Kinshasa.
Photographs: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Republic of Congo

Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.0 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.1 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +5.8 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.3 per cent

Global rank: 28

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India among fastest-growing economies of the future

Image: Foreign tourists in safari riverboats observe elephants along the Chobe river bank near Botswana's border.
Photographs: Peter Apps/Reuters

Botswana

Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.5 per cent

Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.5 per cent

Estimated 2014 GDP: +5.3 per cent

Total GDP increase: +12.1 per cent

Global rank: 29

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