Pakistani-American Cultural Society (PACS) Visit us On Facebook at <http://www.facebook.com/pacssv> http://www.facebook.com/pacssv Dear Friends of Pakistan: We will be posting a forthcoming community dinner plans on this listserv soon. I generally don't place (my job-related) news on this list but the following tables about global economies may be of interest to you. Today Pakistan is number 26 (among 190 countries) in terms of the size of the economy. The following tables give you projections for the next several decades. Pakistan will be in top 20 during the next four decades. Despite so much negative political stuff and bad economic news, the actually figures about Pakistan are very encouraging. It's expected to be 15th largest economy in the world by 2050. See three tables below. I was doing research for my advanced economic growth class for spring when I came across these tables. Delete them if you don't like economic numbers but some of you may find them interesting. (References available upon request). List of Economies by Incremental Nominal GDP from 2006 to 2020 1 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People% 27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg. png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China> China 9,948 2 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_State s.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> United States 4,733 3 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/22px-F lag_of_India.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> India 1,939 4 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px- Flag_of_Russia.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia> Russia 1,572 5 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px- Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil> Brazil 1,130 6 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/ 22px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico> Mexico 891 7 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-F lag_of_Japan.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan> Japan 888 8 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingd om.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> United Kingdom 791 9 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px -Flag_of_Germany.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany> Germany 668 10 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-F lag_of_Italy.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy> Italy 635 11 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px- Flag_of_France.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France> France 621 11 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea .svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea> South Korea 621 13 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/22px- Flag_of_Canada.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada> Canada 440 14 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.s vg/22px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia> Indonesia 402 15 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/ 22px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey> Turkey 350 16 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22 px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran> Iran 299 17 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg /22px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam> Vietnam 218 18 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg /22px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria> Nigeria 185 19 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philipp ines.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines> Philippines 172 20 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.sv g/22px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan> Pakistan 139 21 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/2 2px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt> Egypt 128 22 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh. svg/22px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh> Bangladesh 87 List of Economies by Incremental Nominal GDP from 2020 to 2035 Rank Country Incremental GDP in billions of 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar> US$ 1 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People% 27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg. png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China> China 21,718 2 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_State s.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> United States 8,119 3 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/22px-F lag_of_India.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> India 7,666 4 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px- Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil> Brazil 2,769 5 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px- Flag_of_Russia.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia> Russia 2,711 6 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/ 22px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico> Mexico 2,360 7 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.s vg/22px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia> Indonesia 1,440 8 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea .svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea> South Korea 1,136 9 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/ 22px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey> Turkey 976 10 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg /22px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam> Vietnam 896 11 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingd om.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> United Kingdom 836 12 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg /22px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria> Nigeria 777 13 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px- Flag_of_France.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France> France 752 14 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22 px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran> Iran 729 15 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-F lag_of_Japan.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan> Japan 662 16 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/22px- Flag_of_Canada.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada> Canada 602 17 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philipp ines.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines> Philippines 593 18 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px -Flag_of_Germany.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany> Germany 529 19 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/2 2px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt> Egypt 489 20 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.sv g/22px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan> Pakistan 441 21 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh. svg/22px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh> Bangladesh 301 22 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-F lag_of_Italy.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy> Italy 220 List of Economies by Incremental Nominal GDP from 2035 to 2050 Rank Country Incremental GDP in billions of 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar> US$ 1 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People% 27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg. png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China> China 36,362 2 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/22px-F lag_of_India.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> India 27,154 3 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_State s.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> United States 12,417 4 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px- Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil> Brazil 6,403 5 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/ 22px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico> Mexico 5,238 6 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.s vg/22px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia> Indonesia 4,818 7 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg /22px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria> Nigeria 3,557 8 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px- Flag_of_Russia.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia> Russia 3,315 9 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg /22px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam> Vietnam 2,438 10 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/ 22px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey> Turkey 2,227 11 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philipp ines.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines> Philippines 2,128 12 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/2 2px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt> Egypt 1,884 13 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea .svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea> South Korea 1,439 14 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22 px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran> Iran 1,390 15 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.sv g/22px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan> Pakistan 1,376 16 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingd om.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> United Kingdom 1,196 17 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px- Flag_of_France.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France> France 1,025 18 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh. svg/22px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh> Bangladesh 1,015 19 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px -Flag_of_Germany.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany> Germany 976 20 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/22px- Flag_of_Canada.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada> Canada 847 21 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-F lag_of_Japan.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan> Japan 791 22 Description: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-F lag_of_Italy.svg.png <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy> Italy 506 On Behalf of the Pakistani-American Cultural Society (Shenandoah Valley) Ehsan Ahmed 1060 Bobwhite Place Harrisonburg, VA 22802 (H) 540-434-6276 (C) 540-421-1793 [log in to unmask] ############################ To unsubscribe from the PACS-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=PACS-L&A=1