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Nations with the fastest-growing firms

Last updated on: September 4, 2012 08:42 IST

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Image: People walk near the historic India Gate on a hot evening in New Delhi.
Photographs: B Mathur/Reuters.

The IBTimes1000 list of the fastest-growing public companies in the world has some interesting insights. Asian countries dominate the list with a large number of companies registering remarkable growth in the last 3 years.

India tops the list of countries with the highest number of fastest-growing companies in 2011.

Take a look at the countries with the maximum number of  fastest-growing public companies...

India
Fastest-growing companies:
242
GDP: $1.85 trillion

Indian companies make up nearly a quarter of the total number of companies on the list.  The Indian heavy industry, auto and auto parts makers dominate the list.

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Image: Downtown Los Angeles.
Photographs: Eric Thayer/Reuters.

United States

Fastest-growing companies: 176
GDP: $15.09 trillion

Out of the 176 American companies on the list, 32 companies are in the business of producing, marketing or selling consumer goods.

Besides the healthcare sector, 34 US information technology companies figure in the list.

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United States
Image: Taipei 101 is the world's tallest eco-freindly building.
Photographs: Courtesy, Wikimedia Commons.

Taiwan

Fastest-growing companies: 152
GDP: $466.8 billion 

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Image: Vehicles drive on flyovers during the evening rush hour in central Shanghai.
Photographs: Aly Song/Reuters.

China

Fastest-growing companies: 91
GDP: $7.29 trillion

With a booming economy, China also has a good representation of fastest growing companies.

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China
Image: Apartments in Seoul.
Photographs: Truth Leem/Reuters.

South Korea

Fastest-growing companies: 44
GDP: $1.11 trillion

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South Korea
Image: Makati City.
Photographs: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters.

Malaysia

Fastest-growing companies: 24
GDP: $278.67 billion

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Malaysia
Image: A view of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada.
Photographs: Blair Gable/Reuters.

Canada

Fastest-growing companies: 23
GDP: $1.74 trillion

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Image: A lone sampan floats by barges inside a typhoon shelter in Victoria harbour.
Photographs: Jason Reed/Reuters.

Hong Kong

Fastest-growing companies: 22
GDP: $243.67 billion

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Image: London.
Photographs: John Giles/Reuters

United Kingdom

Fastest-growing companies: 22
GDP: $2.43 trillion

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United Kingdom
Image: A view of Sydney Harbour and the Opera House.
Photographs: Reuters.

Australia

Fastest-growing companies: 22
GDP: $1.37 trillion

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Australia
Image: Thai baht notes.
Photographs: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters.

Thailand

Fastest-growing companies: 18
GDP: $345.65 billion

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Image: People sit on the steps near the Merlion, in Singapore's financial district.
Photographs: Alywin Chew/Reuters.

Singapore

Fastest-growing companies: 17
GDP: $239.7 billion

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Singapore
Image: Men load sacks of dates onto a truck at a dry port before transporting them to India at Wagah border.
Photographs: Mohsin Raza/Reuters.

Pakistan

Fastest-growing companies: 16
GDP: $211.09 billion

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Pakistan

Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters.

Germany

Fastest-growing companies: 14
GDP: $3.57 trillion

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Germany
Image: Buenos Aires city.
Photographs: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters.

Argentina

Fastest-growing companies: 12
GDP: $445.99 billion

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Argentina
Image: Eiffel Tower is illuminated during the traditional Bastille Day fireworks display in Paris.
Photographs: Reuters.

France

Fastest-growing companies: 10
GDP: $2.77 trillion

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Photographs: Wikimedia Commons.

Qatar

Fastest-growing companies: 8
GDP: $172.98 billion

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Image: The 54-story tall Turning Torso tower in Malmo, Sweden.
Photographs: Johan Nilsson/Reuters.

Sweden

Fastest-growing companies: 8
GDP: $538.13 billion

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Sweden
Image: Muscat.
Photographs: Wikimedia Commons.

Oman

Fastest-growing companies: 7
GDP: $71.78 billion

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Photographs: Osman Orsal/Reuters.

Turkey

Fastest-growing companies: 7
GDP: $773.09 billion

 


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