The Richest Countries in the World

Population: 2,035,136
Qatar is a sovereign Arab state, located in Western Asia.The economic growth of Qatar has been almost exclusively based on its petroleum and natural gas industries, which began in 1940.Qatar is the leading exporter of liquefied natural gas



2. Luxembourg
GDP: $80,679.06
Population: 524,853
Luxembourg is a small country in Western Europe,located in between France, Belgium and Germany.Luxembourg has some of the world’s biggest and richest iron and steel companies, making it very wealthy. It also provides international banking services to the rest of the world. Luxembourg is the world's second largest investment fund centre.




3. Singapore
GDP: $60,883.33
Population: 5,399,200
Singapore is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. Singapore is ranked as one of the least corrupt countries in the world.Singapore is one of the largest exporter and importer in the world. Singapore attracts a large amount of foreign direct investment due to its location, corruption-free environment, skilled workforce, low tax rates and advanced infrastructure



4. Norway
GDP: $55,264.45
Population: 5,096,300
Norway is a Scandinavian unitary constitutional monarchy.Norway is one of the safest countries in the world to live.The economic growth of Norway is based on its natural resources,which includes a significant contribution from petroleum.



5. Hong Kong
GDP:  $50,708.95
Population: 7,184,000
Hong Kong is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China.The region have almost no import or export controls which  had a great impact on the growth of trading.The regions finance and commerce had a significant contribution to the  economic growth.


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6. Brunei Darussalam
GDP: $50,526.35
Population:415,717
Brunei is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia.This small country's, wealthy economy is a mixture of foreign and domestic entrepreneurship, government regulation, welfare measures, and village tradition.Crude oil and natural gas production make's most of its wealth.



7. The United States of America
GDP: $49,820.15
Population: 317,446,000
The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal district.The United States is the largest importer of goods and second largest exporter.The United States is the third largest producer of oil in the world and are  its largest importer.It is the world's number one producer of electrical and nuclear energy, also liquid natural gas, sulfur, phosphates, and salt.



8. United Arab Emirates
GDP: $48,992.47
Population: 8,264,070
 UAE is a country located in the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering between Oman and Saudi Arabia.The economic growth of UAE is based on its Petroleum and natural gas exports.Tourism had a great impact on the country's economy.Dubai is 7th most visited city in the world with visitors around 9 million per year.



9.  Switzerland
GDP: $45,285.8
Population: 8,014,000
The country is situated in Western and Central Europe,it is bordered by Germany, France , Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein.Switzerland's most important economic sector is manufacturing. Manufacturing consists largely of the production of specialist chemicals, health and pharmaceutical goods, scientific and precision measuring instruments and musical instruments. The largest exported goods are chemicals.It is home of world’s richest bank, The Swiss Bank.




10. Kuwait
GDP: $43,846.72.
Population: 2,695,316
Kuwait is an Arab country in Western Asia.It is one of the world’s leading oil producing countries. Kuwait is the world’s fifth largest oil producing country. Petroleum, petrochemical products, fertilizers and financial services are the major exports.