Rank the Top 10 Most Powerful Countries

[zhaoyun]

How would you rank the current top 10 most powerful countries in the world? Taking into account all measure of power from military to economic to industrial to scientific to the ability to mobilize resources? Here is my ranking.

1. USA
2. China
3. Russia
4. Japan
5. India
6. Germany
7. Brazil
8. UK
9. France
10. South Korea

[StonyArabia]

How would you rank the current top 10 most powerful countries in the world? Taking into account all measure of power from military to economic to industrial to scientific to the ability to mobilize resources? Here is my ranking.

1. USA
2. China
3. Russia
4. Japan
5. India
6. Germany
7. Brazil
8. UK
9. France
10. South Korea

From all those countries I like Brazil and India. The other nations I don't really like. I think Brazil would be third the way it seems to be going, and India third. I do respect China, not so much Japan and South Korea they are basically castrated nations, no offense to anyone.

[Prisoner Of Ice]

1. USA
2. Russia
3. China
4. Germany
5. Japan
6. UK
7. France
8. Denmark
9. Spain
10. South Korea

[Maximilian]

1. Libya
2. Nigeria
3. Somalia
4. Mali
5. Ghana
6. Mexico
7. Guatemala
8. El Salvador
9. Random Caribbean islands
10. Random West African shitholes

Their impact on the 1st world disparate to their achievement is impressive.
Meanwhile the west displays a distinct lack of power against these invaders.

[Ctwentysevenj]

http://www.richestlifestyle.com/most...n-the-world/2/

[Ctwentysevenj]

[Ctwentysevenj]

[poiuytrewq0987]

1. USA



The USA is the undisputed political, economic and military power. It will continue to be the case for the next fifty years even with China's supposed rise.

2. UK and core Commonwealth nations (Australia, Canada and NZ)



Britain and allied Commonwealth nations make up the world's second largest economy if we exclude China, their military is of unparalleled quality and in many ways our equals, and they wield huge political influence but have been unwilling to use it lately.

3. France



France possesses one of the world's most powerful navies, have an economy that is in lockstep with Britain, and wields significant political clout in North Africa and the Middle East.

4. China



China is a dragon still rising but not quite there yet with the economy yet to reach first world standards, the military still of poor quality compared to Western nations, but wields very significant political clout.

5. Japan



Japan is the world's third largest economy, have a technologically advanced and capable military including one of the world's best navies but its military and political influence are restrained by anti-war principles.

6. Russia



Russia is a technological powerhouse although a declining one at that, it possesses the world's largest stockpile of nuclear bombs, but the demographic is aging and the country rapidly reaching pariah status, all guarantee diminished Russian influence in the world that no bomb can change. The economy is still mired in Soviet inefficiency and the 90s privatization leading to the creation of state capitalism, essentially, a dressed up Stalinist economy.

7. Germany



Germany is the undisputed economic and political leader in Europe but because of losing WW2, much of the influence they should possess naturally is restrained and often only directed toward helping other Europeans rather than themselves.

8. South Korea



South Korea is East Asia's second technological powerhouse behind Japan but its potential is limited by the nearly 25 million Koreans trapped under the cliquish rule of the Kim Jongs in North Korea.

9. Turkey



Turkey is a rising power in Europe and the Middle East, with a steady demographic growth compared to the rest of Europe, a rapidly improving military-industrial complex, and an economy growing at lightspeed, all guarantee the restoration of Turkey to great power status.

10. India?



They're a disordered, and weaker version of China whose potential is still very far out of reach.

or for the tenth position - Brazil?

Brazil's economy still have huge problems, problems that severely limit it from realizing its potential in ways that are worse than India because India's economy is actually growing at a much quicker pace. That said, they do have a higher quality demographic compared to India's and the military is possibly better than theirs. The only difference that tips the balance in India's favor is nuclear weapons.

[Mortimer]

How would you rank the current top 10 most powerful countries in the world? Taking into account all measure of power from military to economic to industrial to scientific to the ability to mobilize resources? Here is my ranking.

1. USA
2. China
3. Russia
4. Japan
5. India
6. Germany
7. Brazil
8. UK
9. France
10. South Korea

good thread agree with your ranking. usa and china are two mightiest nations on earth, also china surpassed the usa as biggest world economy but the usa has lots of nukes and stronger military so i would put them ahead of china slightly. china is second. prisoner of ice and some others didnt mentioned india but it should be definitely in the top 10 10th Country by GDP sometimes in G8+5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8 and strong military, alot of nukes and in scientific field they send a mars mission (or was it just a space mission).

[Tekken]

Lets stick to top 5. Easier.
A. Superpowers
1. USA
2. China.

B. Great Powers
3. Germany/Japan/Russia = (Equal in their respective spheres of influence).
4. France/UK/South Korea = Equal
5. Brazil, India = Could easily get to spot #4 if they fixed their social problems.