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By total GDP the richest country is the United States ($28.75T); by GDP per capita it's Monaco ($288,001). Here's why the answer depends on which 'richest' you mean.

The World Bank sorts every economy into low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high income using gross national income per capita. Here's how the four groups work.

GDP measures the size of an economy; GDP per capita divides it by population to measure income per person. Here's the difference, with real examples.

Guyana leads world GDP growth at 43.8%, driven by an oil boom. Here are the fastest-growing economies and why small or resource-rich countries dominate the list.

Nominal GDP per capita ignores the cost of living and can be distorted by exchange rates and multinational accounting. Here's what PPP fixes and what it doesn't.

India is now the world's most populous country at 1.45 billion, ahead of China's 1.41 billion. Here's the ranking and the demographic shifts reshaping it.