India to become 4th largest economy in 2025 overtaking Japan

[agidest]

India to become 4th largest economy in 2025 overtaking Japan ​

 

[agidest]

This is interesting. There are implications for Pakistan due to the rise of India.

Though the implications will not be immediate (i.e., any specific implication due to becoming 4th largest this year, or 3rd largest in 2028), they will be coming nonetheless as India accumulates more economic influence and ability to affect global economics and trade.

Anny thoughts, @Quwa @Oscar

 

[Aziqbal]

although Indias GDP is large it suffers from extreme disparity in wealth

unlike China, India has huge slums and super rich separated by a road

the GDP per capita is extremely low and the uneven wealth distribution will always be a issue for India

 

[panzerfaust 3]

Not good enough for a country our size , nevertheless a good news
Our stock market has taken a beating and still down ,( showing signs of recovery)
Industries and infra still remains third world!
But we are on a right path for sure, license Raj is over and we'll look for more and more entrepreneurs without our elites ( for now they are busy in delivery apps)

 

[panzerfaust 3]

although Indias GDP is large it suffers from extreme disparity in wealth

Yeah someone has to create wealth first for us to distribute it properly

We need full fledged globalisation and capitalism

unlike China, India has huge slums and super rich separated by a road

That's correct ,things are improving but not fast enough

the GDP per capita is extremely low and the uneven wealth distribution will always be a issue for India

 

[Oscar]

This is interesting. There are implications for Pakistan due to the rise of India.

Though the implications will not be immediate (i.e., any specific implication due to becoming 4th largest this year, or 3rd largest in 2028), they will be coming nonetheless as India accumulates more economic influence and ability to affect global economics and trade.

Anny thoughts, @Quwa @Oscar

The implications are simple
- Pakistan’s current state makes it improbable that it can maintain the deterrence for the future.

- Pakistan is also missing out on a MASSIVE economic potential regardless of its meager current trade status and jingoistic denials from both sides on its value.

- India is and will be more important to all world players than Pakistan. Other than transit Pakistan has little in the way of large natural resources to offer(human beings in terms of quality are available everywhere and even if Pakistan argues it has “better quality” India simply has more available to match in terms of each quality segment)

 

[r3alist]

This is interesting. There are implications for Pakistan due to the rise of India.

Though the implications will not be immediate (i.e., any specific implication due to becoming 4th largest this year, or 3rd largest in 2028), they will be coming nonetheless as India accumulates more economic influence and ability to affect global economics and trade.

Anny thoughts, @Quwa @Oscar

Bump.

Ability to influence global trade?

That would be Iran if anyone, imec seems to have been influenced, no.

Numbers on a screen have to resonate with physical reality.


The specific point on implications to Pakistan are interesting but not in the way you think.

In a strict military sense Indias air force development is rudderless and money is being spent over the odds, indigenous development is still a north star aspiration on the important bleeding edge stuff, this is whilst other regional countries are actually delivering and leading.


Conversely Pakistan can passively downstream benefit from China and Turkey, you end up having effective weaponry, of the same use, relatively much cheaper than India, and you get to develop from the growth curve of China without the cost and complication, that's the implication I wonder India does not think about

India actually seems significantly under funded to meet it's aspirations

Secondly, economic weight without more comprehensive power might not amount to much, if you are ultimately and reputationally passive and risk averse your economic strength will not be seen as headlines

so you might find that the overall pie is increasing but it's not creating the same marginal threat or effect on Pakistan, that's a waste.

That's before you consider how to posture on a much stronger China.

@Yasser76

 

[chinasun]

India Falls to Sixth Largest Economy

 

[retaxis]

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India Falls to Sixth Largest Economy

Modi went to galgotia university where 6 is better than 4 because its bigger.

 

[Feroze]

This is interesting. There are implications for Pakistan due to the rise of India.

Though the implications will not be immediate (i.e., any specific implication due to becoming 4th largest this year, or 3rd largest in 2028), they will be coming nonetheless as India accumulates more economic influence and ability to affect global economics and trade.

Anny thoughts, @Quwa @Oscar

Implications for Pakistanis, is that we need to get our country fixed so we can face the future challenges.

Time for a Meiji Restoration like revolution in Pakistan to fix the country and make it a world power.

Or do what Deng Xiaoping did to China in 1980s.

Why dream small, when we can dream big.

Fix the Economy, and the education.

Still Pakistan can hold India at bay with nuclear weapons, and with strategic alliances with China and the Middle Eastern countries.

So there is no need to worry.

Pakistan can also annex Afghanistan to strengthen our natural resources and human resources.

Time to do what Japanese did, "Rich country, Strong military" slogan.

 

[Beijingwalker]

Mapped: Only 60 Countries Are Still Majority Rural​

July 5, 2026

Which Countries Still have a Majority Rural Population?

Most of the world is now urban—but 36 countries still have majority rural populations. See where they are on the map.

www.visualcapitalist.com

 

[Beijingwalker]

Japan's economy is becoming smaller and smaller each passing year, it doesn't need other countries to overtake, it does it by itself.

Mapped: How Japan Lost Its Economic Dominance in Asia​

Japan's Economic Weight in 1995 vs. 2025

In 1995, Japan's economy towered over most of Afro-Eurasia. Thirty years later, four Chinese provinces are larger in size.

www.visualcapitalist.com

 

[Watandar]

Japan's economy is becoming smaller and smaller each passing year, it doesn't need other countries to overtake, it does it by itself.

Mapped: How Japan Lost Its Economic Dominance in Asia​

Japan's Economic Weight in 1995 vs. 2025

In 1995, Japan's economy towered over most of Afro-Eurasia. Thirty years later, four Chinese provinces are larger in size.

www.visualcapitalist.com

Why did this happen ? Japanese people are still overworked and frazzled.

 

[Beijingwalker]

Why did this happen ? Japanese people are still overworked and frazzled.

It's economy back in the 1980's and 1990's was just a big bubble. Bubble burst and it came back to the reality.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Why did this happen ? Japanese people are still overworked and frazzled.

Just a colony in pretense of a nation without sovereignty, and all their profit went to their US master.