Richest Countries in the World in 2012

9. Russia:

Russia takes the ninth position on the list. In 2011 Russia’s GDP grew by 4.2 percent, which is the world’s third highest growth rate among leading economies. The country has the ninth largest economy in the world by nominal value and the sixth largest by purchasing power parity. Russia is also abundant in natural gas, coal, oil and precious metals. Russia's capital, Moscow, is noted to have the highest billionaire population of any city in the world.

10. India:

Surprisingly India makes it to the top 10 list of richest countries in the world. India takes the tenth place. India has the eleventh largest Economy in the world by nominal GDP and the third largest by purchasing power parity. The country’s present up-to-date development according to GDP is USD $2.012.760.000 million and this was predicted by the economists in the beginning of 2011. As a matter of fact, by means of the assessment, there was an 8.2 percent progress before the year 2011 came to an end.