Vietnam: Ian G. R. Shaw, “Scorched Atmospheres: The Violent Geography of the Vietnam War and the Rise of Drone Warfare,” Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 106 no. 3 (2016), 698.
All numbers are estimates.
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*
Country: China
Population Rank: 1
GDP / Capita (nominal): $90
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: India
Population Rank: 2
GDP / Capita (nominal): $82
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Soviet Union
Population Rank: 3
GDP / Capita (nominal): $991*
Structural Position in 1945: Second World
Country: USA
Population Rank: 4
GDP / Capita (nominal): $3,007
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: Japan
Population Rank: 5
GDP / Capita (nominal): $479
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: Indonesia
Population Rank: 6
GDP / Capita (nominal): $65**
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Germany
Population Rank: 7
GDP / Capita (nominal): $1,127***
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: Brazil
Population Rank: 8
GDP / Capita (nominal): $210
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: United Kingdon
Population Rank: 9
GDP / Capita (nominal): $1,381
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: Italy
Population Rank: 10
GDP / Capita (nominal): $804
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: Bangladesh
Population Rank: 11
GDP / Capita (nominal): $89
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: France
Population Rank: 12
GDP / Capita (nominal): $1,344
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: Nigeria
Population Rank: 13
GDP / Capita (nominal): $93
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Pakistan
Population Rank: 14
GDP / Capita (nominal): $82
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Mexico
Population Rank: 15
GDP / Capita (nominal): $345
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Vietnam
Population Rank: 16
GDP / Capita (nominal): $70 (N); $110 (S)****
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Spain
Population Rank: 17
GDP / Capita (nominal): $396
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: Poland
Population Rank: 18
GDP / Capita (nominal): $573*****
Structural Position in 1945: Second World
Country: Turkey
Population Rank: 19
GDP / Capita (nominal): $509
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Thailand
Population Rank: 20
GDP / Capita (nominal): $101
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Egypt
Population Rank: 21
GDP / Capita (nominal): $191**
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Philippines
Population Rank: 22
GDP / Capita (nominal): $245
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: South Korea
Population Rank: 23
GDP / Capita (nominal): $158
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Ethiopia
Population Rank: 24
GDP / Capita (nominal): $61**
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Iran
Population Rank: 25
GDP / Capita (nominal): $192
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
*
Country: China
Population Rank: 1
GDP / Capita (nominal): $9,771
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: India
Population Rank: 2
GDP / Capita (nominal): $2,016
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: United States
Population Rank: 3
GDP / Capita (nominal): $62,641
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: Indonesia
Population Rank: 4
GDP / Capita (nominal): $3,894
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Pakistan
Population Rank: 5
GDP / Capita (nominal): $1,473
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Brazil
Population Rank: 6
GDP / Capita (nominal): $8,921
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Nigeria
Population Rank: 7
GDP / Capita (nominal): $2,028
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Bangladesh
Population Rank: 8
GDP / Capita (nominal): $1,698
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Russia
Population Rank: 9
GDP / Capita (nominal): $11,289
Structural Position in 1945: Second World
Country: Japan
Population Rank: 10
GDP / Capita (nominal): $39,287
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: Mexico
Population Rank: 11
GDP / Capita (nominal): $9,698
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Ethiopia
Population Rank: 12
GDP / Capita (nominal): $772
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Philippines
Population Rank:
13
GDP / Capita (nominal): $3,103
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Egypt
Population Rank: 14
GDP / Capita (nominal): $2,549
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Vietnam
Population Rank: 15
GDP / Capita (nominal): $2,564
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: DR Congo
Population Rank: 16
GDP / Capita (nominal): $562
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Germany
Population Rank: 17
GDP / Capita (nominal): $48,196
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: Turkey
Population Rank: 18
GDP / Capita (nominal): $9,311
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Iran
Population Rank: 19
GDP / Capita (nominal): $5,628*
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Thailand
Population Rank: 20
GDP / Capita (nominal): $7,274
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: France
Population Rank: 21
GDP / Capita (nominal): $41,464
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: United Kingdom
Population Rank: 22
GDP / Capita (nominal): $42,491
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: Italy
Population Rank: 23
GDP / Capita (nominal): $34,318
Structural Position in 1945: First World
Country: South Africa
Population Rank: 24
GDP / Capita (nominal): $6,374
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: Tanzania
Population Rank: 25
GDP / Capita (nominal): $1,051
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
Country: South Korea
Population Rank: 27
GDP / Capita (nominal): $31,363
Structural Position in 1945: Third World
* The capital was spelled “Djakarta” until Indonesian orthography was updated in 1972. This book uses modern spelling except in the case of direct quotes.
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