How large is the world economy each year?

Money hard Data from 2023

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Answer in dollars. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

$105,000,000,000,000

Roughly $105T.

World GDP is around $105 trillion a year, roughly $13,000 per person. The United States and China together account for about 43% of it. In 1960 the whole world economy was under $1.4 trillion in nominal terms.

Where this number comes from

Source International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook
Figure refers to 2023
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Unit dollars

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