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These countries encompass over 25% of the world's land coverage and 40% of the world's population

and hold a combined GDP (PPP) of 15.435 trillion dollars.

by 2050 the combined economies of the BRICs could eclipse the combined economies of the current

richest countries of the world.

India's growth rate will be the highestnot China's -- and it will overtake Japan (today the world's

second-largest economy) by 2032.

BRICs currencies could appreciate by 300% over the next 50 years, providing a big tailwind for

investors in BRIC assets.

Taken together, the BRICs could be larger than the United States and the developed economies of

Europe within 40 years.

By 2025, BRICs will bring another 200 million people with incomes above $15,000 into the world's

economy. That's equal to the combined populations of Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

China will overtake the US to become the world's largest economy by 2020.

And then China's economy will be twice as large as the US by 2030 and account for 24 percent of global

output, up from 9 percent in 2010. [14] And with India accounting for 10 of the 30 fastest-growing urban

areas in the world and 700 million people moving to cities by 2050, its influence on the world economy will

be bigger and quicker than was implied in 2003.

Goldman Sachs predicts that China and India, respectively, will become the dominant global suppliers

ofmanufactured goods and services, while Brazil and Russia will become similarly dominant as suppliers

of raw materials. It should be noted that of the four countries, Brazil remains the only nation that has the

capacity to continue all elements, meaning manufacturing, services, and resource supplying

simultaneously. Cooperation is thus hypothesized to be a logical next step among the BRICs because

Brazil and Russia together form the logical commodity suppliers to India and China. Thus, the BRICshave the potential to form a powerful economic bloc to the exclusion of the modern-day states currently

of"Group of Eight" status. Brazil is dominant in soy and iron ore while Russia has enormous supplies

ofoil and natural gas.

In 2025, it is calculated that the number of people in BRIC nations earning over $15,000 may reach over

200 million.

GDP (PPP)[hide]

Total : $18,486 billion (2010 estimate)

China $10,084 billion

India $4,001 billion

Russia $2,219 billion

Brazil $2,182 billion

GDP (nominal)[hide]

Total : $10,676 billion (2010 estimate)

China $5,745 billion

Brazil $2,024 billion

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Russia $1,477 billion

India $1,430 billion

Area[hide]

Total : 38,518,338 km2 (2010 estimate)

Russia 17,075,400 km2

China 9,640,821 km2Brazil 8,514,877 km2

India 3,287,240 km2