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Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

China Ranks Korea as Ninth 'Most Powerful Nation'
1. U.S.
2. U.K.
3. Russia
4. France
5. Germany
6. China
7. Japan
8. Canada
9. Korea
10. India
Chosun Ilbo (January 6, 2006)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200601/200601060016.html

VanIslander

The U.N. security council then Japan, alright, then Canada.... ?

Canada is more powerful than Korea? Shocked

There's way more people in South Korea than in Canada.
There's WAY more people and money and weapons in the Korean armed forces than Canada.
Korean outmanufactures Canada a lot (five times more export volume) but Canada has a higher GDP once you consider raw materials exports and financial assets.

Canada is only more powerful in terms of its role as a world citizen. But it seems odd to think about it.

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

This is a list made by WHO? A bunch of know-nothings.

Maybe most powerful 10 to China.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I think they are referring mostly to trade.

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

Col.Brandon · Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Location: Seoul

Canada is a bit of a dark horse. I think it punches above its weight in many areas that the average punter is not aware of. Especially in the back rooms of the Anglo-mastersoftheuniverse club.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

powerful in what way?

the word powerful can be use here in many different ways..

I_Am_Wrong · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: whatever

CIA FACTBOOK:

http://www.fsmitha.com/world/zx-gdp.htm

1. United States, $11.75 trillion - 295.7 million people and $41,000 per capita GDP.

2. European Union, $11.65 trillion - includes economic powers such as Ireland, Germany, Britain, France.

3. China, $7,26 trillion - 1.3 billion people, with a per capita GDP 13% that of the United States.

4. Japan, $3.7 trillion - a per capita GDP 5.25 times that of China.

5. India, $3.3 trillion - one billion people, with a per capita GDP 10.5% that of Japan.

6. Brazil, $1.5 trillion - 186 million people and $8,100 per capita GDP.

7. Russia, $1.4 trillion - 143 million people and $9,800 per capita GDP.

8. Canada, $1.02 trillion - 32.8 million people and $31,500 per capita GDP.

9. Mexico, $1.0 trillion - 106.2 million people and $9,600 per capita GDP.

10. South Korea, $925 billion - powerful for its size, its per capita GDP twice that of Mexico.

The above figures are estimates for the year 2004

G8--organization of the world's economic powerhouses

Canada
French Republic
Federal Republic of Germany
Republic of Italy
Japan
Russian Federation
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America

the only nation in the g8 that isn't running a national deficit is Canada.

GDP per capita (Where's China?)

http://www.worldfactsandfigures.com/gdp_country_desc.php

GNP per capita

1. United Arab Emirates $21,340

2. Qatar $21,170

3. Brunei $21,140

4. Kuwait $18,180

5. Switzerland $16,390

6. United States $14,090

7. Norway $13,820

8. Sweden $12,400

9. Saudi Arabia $12,180

10. Canada $12,000

Infant Mortality Rate:

1. Finland 6.0

2. Japan 6.2

3. Sweden 7.0

4. Iceland 7.5

5. Switzerland 7.7

6. Norway 7.8

7. Denmark 8.2

8. Taiwan 8.9

9. France 9.0

10. Canada 9.1

|The most powerful nations are those that control the world's economic system, thus, the G7 (Russia is in there because of pity). Eventually Russia will be replaced with China but that's still a few years off. South Korea is no where near the top of the power list but they were probably included because they want to gear Korean economic ties and focus away from being a vessel of the United States into becoming a vessel of China..

I can't remember the g8 rankings but I think it's

1)U.S.A
2)Germany
3)Japan
4)France
5)Canada
6)UK
7)Italy
8)Russia

Snowmeow · Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Location: pc room

When did the Chinese government turn into some top 10 list-making teenager, or John Cusack in "High Fidelity (2000)"?

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

JZer · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Location: South Korea

Why would anyone attack Canada anyways? Maybe for oil but besides that, hummm.

ajgeddes · Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan

People always say that Canada's military is small and does not play any role, but appearances can be deceiving. Here is a world ranking of money spent on military. True, they are not top-ten, but they aren't far off.

1
United States $ 370,700,000,000 March 2003
2
China $ 67,490,000,000 2004
3
Japan $ 45,841,000,000 2004
4
France $ 45,000,000,000 2005
5
United Kingdom $ 42,836,500,000 2003
6
Germany $ 35,063,000,000 2003
7
Italy $ 28,182,800,000 2003
8
Korea, South $ 20,000,000,000 2005
9
India $ 18,860,000,000 2005
10
Saudi Arabia $ 18,000,000,000 2002
11
Australia $ 16,650,000,000 2004
12
Turkey $ 12,155,000,000 2003
13
Brazil $ 11,000,000,000 2004
14
Spain $ 9,906,500,000 2003
15
Canada $ 9,801,700,000 2003

Also, they are a far ways off from the top ten, but a lot of notably militaristic countries are behind them. Also, they just signed a new deal in 2005 saying they were really going to up the military spending by something like 3 billion dollars. Maybe, someone can find info on that.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2067rank.html