CountryMetric

CountryMetric

Compare countries on GDP, income, population and development — head to head, with World Bank data.

CountryMetric compares 217 countries on the indicators people search for: GDP, GDP per capita, population, growth, inflation, life expectancy, internet use and CO2. The world's largest economy is United States ($28.75T); the highest GDP per capita is Monaco ($288,001); and the most populous country is India (1.45 billion). Look up any country profile, run a head-to-head comparison, or browse the rankings. All data is free World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).

Source: World Bank Open Data. Data as of June 2026.

Popular comparisons

United States vs China

GDP $28.75T vs $18.74T

India vs China

GDP $3.91T vs $18.74T

India vs Pakistan

GDP $3.91T vs $371.6B

United Kingdom vs France

GDP $3.69T vs $3.16T

Germany vs Japan

GDP $4.69T vs $4.03T

Canada vs United States

GDP $2.24T vs $28.75T

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What you can look up

5 largest economies

  1. United States — $28.75T
  2. China — $18.74T
  3. Germany — $4.69T
  4. Japan — $4.03T
  5. India — $3.91T

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5 highest GDP per capita

  1. Monaco — $288,001
  2. Liechtenstein — $206,781
  3. Bermuda — $142,855
  4. Luxembourg — $137,782
  5. Ireland — $112,895

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5 most populous

  1. India — 1.45 billion
  2. China — 1.41 billion
  3. United States — 340.1 million
  4. Indonesia — 283.5 million
  5. Pakistan — 251.3 million

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Guides

Richest countries in the world (2026)

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.

2026-06-16
How the World Bank classifies countries by income

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.

2026-06-09
GDP vs GDP per capita, explained

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.

2026-05-22
Fastest-growing economies (2026)

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.

2026-04-30
Why GDP per capita can mislead (PPP vs nominal)

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.

2026-03-18
Most populous countries (2026) and what's next

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.

2026-02-24

Where the data comes from

Every figure is from World Bank Open Data, pulled from its Indicators API (CC BY 4.0) and committed as a dated snapshot (retrieved June 2026). Each indicator uses the most-recent year the World Bank reports for that country, so values are not all from the same year — the year is always shown. See our methodology for the full list of indicators and limitations. Figures are nominal (current US$) unless noted.

Last updated: 2026-06-20