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13. Size of Selected Asian Economies (1996)

13. Size of Selected Asian Economies (1996)

Nominal GDP

Per capita GDP

Trade

Population

billion US$

Share in


the world

Japan


=100

billion US$

Japan


=100

billion US$

Share in


the world

Japan


=100

billion US$

Share in


the world

Japan


=100

Japan

4,600

16.2%

100.0

3,658

100.0

760

7.1%

100.0

13

2.1%

100.0

To ASEAN4+NIEs+China

2,422

8.5%

52.6

-

-

1,856

17.4%

244.0

165

27.8%

1,308.8

To ASEAN4+NIEs

1,597

5.6%

34.7

-

-

1,566

14.7%

205.9

42

7.1%

335.6

To ASEAN4

592

2.1%

12.9

-

-

432

4.1%

56.8

35

5.8%

274.9

Thailand

181

0.6%

3.9

305

8.4

128

1.2%

16.8

6

1.0%

47.2

Malaysia

99

0.3%

2.2

480

13.1

157

1.5%

20.6

2

0.3%

16.5

Indonesia

227

0.8%

4.9

117

3.2

93

0.9%

12.2

19

3.3%

154.1

Philippines

84

0.3%

1.8

117

3.2

55

0.5%

7.2

7

1.2%

57.2

Singapore

94

0.3%

2.0

3,094

84.6

256

2.4%

33.7

0

0.1%

2.4

Hong Kong

154

0.5%

3.4

2,442

66.8

379

3.6%

49.9

1

0.1%

5.0

Taiwan

272

1.0%

5.9

1,268

34.7

218

2.0%

28.7

2

0.4%

17.1

South Korea

485

1.7%

10.5

1,064

29.1

280

2.6%

36.8

5

0.8%

36.2

China

825

2.9%

17.9

67

1.8

290

2.7%

38.2

122

20.6%

973.2

(Note) The population of Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia refer to data in 1995.
(Sources) International Monetary Fund, "International Finance Statistics", etc.


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