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China will emerge as the world's biggest economic power by 2030.
Despite weaker exports and sluggish domestic demand, China is still on track to overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by the end of this decade.
Here's the list of world's top 20 economies by nominal GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) according to Economist Intelligence Unit...
China (Rank 1)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $44,456 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $12,556 billion
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Image: US President Barack Obama buys a bone for his dog Bo (R) in Alexandria, Virginia.Photographs: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters.
United States (Rank 2)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $35,355 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $15,697 billion
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Image: People sit inside a restaurant at the Emporio mall in New Delhi.Photographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters.
India (Rank 3)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $21,233 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $4,850 billion
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Image: Japan's highest mountain, Mt. Fuji, is seen through skyscrapers in Tokyo.Photographs: Reuters.
Japan (Rank 4)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $7,841 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $4,526 billion
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Image: Boats are sen floating above the piers on a flooded street in front of the historic skyline of Dresden, along the banks of the river Elbe.Photographs: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters.
Germany (Rank 5)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $6,533 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $3318 billion
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Image: Cars drive past sightseers on a bridge over the Moskva river near a Stalin era skyscraper in central Moscow.Photographs: Anton Golubev/Reuters.
Russian Federation (Rank 6)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $6,529 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $2518 billion
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Image: Shoppers walk in a mall in Refice, northeast Brazil.Photographs: Bruno Domingos/Reuters.
Brazil (Rank 7)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $6,500 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $2,358 billion
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Image: An aerial view of the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico.Photographs: Reuters.
Mexico (Rank 8)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $5,075 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $2,061 billion
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Image: A cyclist rides past the Orsay Museum in Paris.Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters.
France (Rank 9)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $4,580 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $2,331 billion
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Image: French climber Alain Robert, a rock climber who has become famous for climbing known buildings worldwide, climbs the 215m (705 feet) high, 50 floors Bakrie Tower building in Jakarta.Photographs: Supri/Reuters.
Indonesia (Rank 10)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $4,568 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $1,216 billion
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Image: Spectators picnic between a pair of double decker buses during Ladies Day at the Epsom Derby festival in Epsom, southwest of London.Photographs: Chris Helgren/Reuters.
United Kingdom (Rank 11)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $4,529 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $2,276 billion
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Image: Seoul Metro.Photographs: Wikimedia Commons.
S Korea (Rank 12)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $4,105 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $1,561 billion
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Image: A view of Priori Palace and Maggiore fountain in downtown Perugia.Photographs: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters.
Italy (Rank 13)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $3,544 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $1,990 billion
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Image: Distillery District, Toronto, Canada.Photographs: Mathew Ingram/Wikimedia Commons.
Canada (Rank 14)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $3,285 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $1,486 billion
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Turkey (Rank 15)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $3,238 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $1,128 billion
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Image: A Spanish flag flutters in the wind in front of the dome of Bank of Spain headquarters in central Madrid.Photographs: Sergio Perez/Reuters.
Spain (Rank 16)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $2,833 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $1,488 billion
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Image: A man holding balloons stands next to a ship leaving to Keelung in Taiwan during a ceremony of the first direct sea transport across the strait, at Tianjin Port.Photographs: Reuters.
Taiwan (Rank 17)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $2,508 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $982 billion
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Image: Surfers wait for waves as dolphins leap in the waters of Bondi Beach in Sydney.Photographs: Daniel Munoz/Reuters.
Australia (Rank 18)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $2,438 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $970 billion
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Photographs: Reuters.
Iran (Rank 19)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $2,280 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $975 billion
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Saudi Arabia (Rank 20)
GDP (PPP) 2030: $2,231 billion
GDP (PPP) 2012: $687.65 billion
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