Top 10 Countries by GDP Nominal (1900-2020)

This video will compare the top 10 countries by GDP Nominal from 1900 to 2020 (20th-21st centuries). This is the second iteration of the GDP series on this channel. This video is more accurate than the GDP 1600-2019 video, as it uses more recent and reliable sources.

Datasources: Louis Johnston and Samuel H. Williamson, IMF, World Bank, Wikipedia, articles and historical documents.

[RankingCharts]

This video will compare the top 10 countries by GDP Nominal from 1900 to 2021 (20th-21st centuries). Hopefully everyone enjoys this latest huge project! Be sure to comment, like, and subscribe!

[thebj]

It's crazy how many times Germany was absolutely destroyed, yet it comes again from the ashes and becomes Europe's strongest economy every time.

[austin]

Europe and East Asia during WW2: “This is the worst”
USA: “haha money go

[Mathijs_A]

Seeing Poland, Sweden and Belgium pop up was cool. China's growth and USA's dominance are just absolutely insane

[thewaterdraken]

Germany after getting destroyed like 5 times: I didn't hear no bell

[Kanteinium]

I really like the incorporation of historical states and their flags! It makes these comparisons much more interesting than rankings that just use modern states.

[Jahu-qsus]

Germany (in its different forms): "Guess who's back, back again!"

[fmls]

It's crazy how Japan was almost catching up USA in the 80s, and how rich Italy was in '87 when I was born. Now I can see how my dad managed to build an immense house with an average job lmao

[eggnchip]

Fantastic. Would love to see some historical events included to explain some of the GDP growth and decline.

[bigmanjoe]

*literally gets destroyed twice and split in half*

Germany: haha good economy

[cptcap]

Germany is actually really impressive, even when they fall they quickly get back up and goes at it again hard.

[kiryuchansboyfriend]

America’s ability to constantly hold the top position, Japan, China, and the Soviet Union’s growth, and Germany’s many comebacks were by the far the most impressive things on this list imo

[de-nis]

Japan and Germany: It is hard to see but we lost in ww2

[gastink]

everything is completely destroyed and the Economy is on its lowest

Germany: "Jetzt wird wieder in die Hände gespuckt"

[primal_guy]

The US every time there is a major conflict: Business is boomin

[maestrulgamer]

China:Gets too close to US*
US: *Time for another world war.*

[cowboy]

Imagine germany if they didn’t keep getting sent back to the start line

[sirmaurice.-]

"No you can't just rebuild fast after a world war"
Germany: "haha gdp go

[pitioti]

The second half of the video fully show why in the 70's and 80's peoples thought Japanese would buy the entire world :'D

[donkmeister]

Just a thought: for UK and France you appear to have ignored the GDP of their empires, yet with other empires you have included it. That means the pre-50s/60s GDP for UK and France is under reported, and it also doesn't show just what impact the loss of their territories had on their overall economies.