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Productivity, Population and Trade of
English Appropriate Markets of the World
 
RANK by  GDP  MARKET  1997 GDP 
in US$ (Millions) 		 1999 MIDYEAR POPULATION  1997 WORLD IMPORTS  (Millions)  1997 WORLD EXPORTS  (Millions)  1998 US EXPORTS 
(US $1,000) 
  World  $38,000,000  5,996,215,340  $5,100,000  $5,000,000  $694,229,865 
             
  EA Totals  $17,224,917  2,596,069,197  $2,547,438  $2,283,308  $357,740,233 
  EA Market Percentages    45.33%  43.30%  49.95%  45.67%  51.53% 
             
1  United States  $8,083,000  272,639,608  $822,000  $625,100  N/A 
2  India  $1,534,000  1,000,848,550  $39,700  $33,900  $3,544,680 
3  United Kingdom  $1,242,000  59,113,439  $283,500  $268,000  $39,070,195 
4  Brazil  $1,040,000  171,853,126  $61,400  $53,000  $15,157,005 
5  Canada  $658,000  31,006,347  $194,400  $208,600  $154,476,339 
6  Korea, Republic Of  $631,200  46,884,800  $150,200  $129,800  $16,538,271 
7  Thailand  $525,000  60,609,046  $73,500  $51,600  $5,233,361 
8  Australia  $394,000  18,783,551  $67,000  $68,000  $11,929,349 
9  Pakistan  $344,000  138,123,359  $11,400  $8,200  $726,247 
10  South Africa  $270,000  43,426,386  $28,000  $31,300  $3,626,112 
11  Philippines  $244,000  79,345,812  $34,000  $25,000  $6,736,172 
12  Colombia  $231,100  39,309,422  $13,500  $11,400  $4,816,700 
13  Malaysia  $227,000  21,376,066  $78,400  $78,200  $8,952,869 
14  Hong Kong  $175,200  6,847,125  $198,600  $180,700  $12,923,479 
15  Bangladesh  $167,000  127,117,967  $6,900  $3,900  $317,712 
16  Nigeria  $132,700  113,828,587  $8,000  $15,000  $819,619 
17  Denmark  $122,500  5,356,845  $43,200  $48,800  $1,874,284 
18  Norway  $120,500  4,438,547  $35,100  $49,300  $1,709,146 
19  Finland  $102,100  5,158,372  $29,300  $38,400  $1,915,116 
20  Israel  $96,700  5,749,760  $28,600  $20,700  $6,977,485 
21  Singapore  $84,600  3,531,600  $133,900  $125,600  $15,673,479 
22  Sri Lanka  $72,100  19,144,875  $5,400  $4,100  $190,099 
23  New Zealand  $63,400  3,662,265  $19,200  $18,500  $1,884,616 
24  Ireland  $59,900  3,632,944  $44,900  $54,800  $5,652,955 
25  United Arab Emirates  $54,200  2,344,402  $23,500  $33,200  $2,369,611 
26  Kuwait  $46,300  1,991,115  $7,700  $14,700  $1,479,413 
27  Kenya  $45,300  28,808,658  $2,900  $2,100  $199,029 
28  Dominican Republic  $38,300  8,129,734  $3,700  $815  $3,977,368 
29  Uganda  $34,600  22,804,973  $1,200  $604  $29,795 
30  Puerto Rico  $32,900  3,887,652  $19,100  $22,900  $13,317,663 
31  Cameroon  $30,900  15,456,092  $1,500  $1,900  $75,174 
32  Ethiopia  $29,000  59,680,383  $1,230  $418  $88,379 
33  Zimbabwe  $24,900  11,163,160  $2,200  $2,500  $93,090 
34  Egypt  $22,700  67,273,906  $9,100  $5,100  $3,059,794 
35  Tanzania  $21,100  31,270,820  $1,400  $760  $66,867 
36  Jordan  $20,700  4,561,147  $3,700  $1,530  $353,086 
37  Costa Rica  $19,600  3,674,490  $3,400  $2,900  $2,299,252 
38  Panama  $18,000  2,778,526  $2,950  $592  $1,752,834 
39  Oman  $17,200  2,446,645  $4,800  $7,600  $302,684 
40  Trinidad & Tobago  $13,200  1,102,096  $2,100  $2,500  $982,779 
41  Mauritius  $11,700  1,182,212  $2,200  $1,600  $23,256 
42  Qatar  $11,200  723,542  $5,000  $5,800  $354,111 
43  Cyprus  $11,190  754,064  $3,600  $1,300  $162,639 
44  Jamaica  $9,500  2,652,443  $2,900  $1,400  $1,303,717 
45  Zambia  $8,800  9,663,535  $990  $975  $21,618 
46  Malawi  $8,600  10,000,416  $475  $405  $14,497 
47  Bahrain  $8,200  629,090  $3,700  $4,600  $294,862 
48  Namibia  $6,200  1,648,270  $1,550  $1,450  $51,202 
49  Brunei  $5,400  322,982  $2,650  $2,620  $122,907 
50  Bahamas  $5,360  283,705  $1,260  $202  $815,059 
51  Lesotho  $5,100  2,128,950  $1,100  $218  $1,437 
52  Fiji  $5,100  812,918  $947  $639  $74,178 
53  Botswana  $5,000  1,464,167  $1,600  $2,310  $35,591 
54  Malta & Gozo  $4,900  381,603  $2,800  $1,700  $268,327 
55  Swaziland  $3,900  985,335  $1,100  $893  $8,197 
56  Guam  $3,000  151,716  $202  $86  N/A 
57  Barbados  $2,800  259,191  $763  $235  $281,143 
58  Sierra Leone  $2,650  5,296,651  $211  $47  $23,463 
59  Liberia  $2,600  2,923,725  $5,800  $667  $50,037 
60  Bermuda  $1,800  62,472  $569  $68  $400,312 
61  Guyana  $1,800  705,156  $589  $546  $145,487 
62  Suriname  $1,440  431,156  $490  $434  $187,210 
63  Gambia  $1,230  1,336,320  $140  $160  $9,279 
64  Virgin Islands  $1,200  119,827  $2,200  $1,800  $437,954 
65  Cayman Islands  $860  39,335  $333  $3  $421,681 
66  Belize  $680  235,789  $262  $166  $119,924 
67  St Lucia  $600  154,020  $271  $80  $92,427 
68  Seychelles  $550  79,164  $238  $56  $10,021 
69  Northern Mariana Islands  $524  69,398  N/A  N/A  N/A 
70  Gibraltar  $500  29,165  $778  $84  $8,809 
71  Antigua & Barbuda  $470  64,246  $351  $45  $95,815 
72  Samoa  $450  229,979  $100  $10  $10,359 
73  Grenada  $300  97,008  $128  $24  $56,451 
74  St Vincent & Grenadines  $259  120,519  $127  $46  $274,211 
75  Tonga  $239  109,082  $83  $15  $11,765 
76  St Kitts-Nevis  $235  42,838  $132  $39  $44,780 
77  Vanuatu  $231  189,036  $97  $30  $40,409 
78  Micronesia  $220  131,500  $168  $73  $30,995 
79  Dominica  $208  64,881  $98  $52  $52,131 
80  Palau  $160  18,467  $72  $14  $14,012 
81  American Samoa  $150  63,786  $418  $318  N/A 
82  British Virgin Islands  $144  19,156  $12  $3  $62,746 
83  Turks & Caicos Islands  $110  16,863  $43  $7  $63,798 
84  Nauru  $100  10,605  $21  $25  $818 
85  Marshall Islands  $98  65,507  $72  $18  $24,806 
86  Cook Islands  $79  20,200  $85  $4  $1,127 
87  Anguilla  $75  11,510  $53  $2  $16,651 
88  Kiribati  $62  85,501  $37  $7  $2,612 
89  Montserrat  $43  12,853  $30  $12  $5,156 
90  St Helena  N/A  7,145  $14  $1  $138 

    This table identifies markets in which English is either an official language, an associate language, or is widely spoken throughout governmental/educational institutions, or in business and commercial communications (based on an analysis of US Department of State, Department of Commerce and CIA publications).

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