Attention will increasingly turn to the ‘new emergers’ as the world economy undergoes a seismic shift
Demographics to play a crucial role, helping parts of Africa finally emerge from economic obscurity

When we published ‘The World in 2050’ a year ago (4 January 2011), we gave a projection for the Top
30 economies by size in 2050 from a pool of the largest 40 economies today. This update casts a wider
net and seeks to identify the Top 100 economies by size. A larger universe increases competition for the
Top 30 and allows us to consider the ‘new emergers’ in the coming decades.
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