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Appendix 1 APEC Member Economies: General Economic Indicators Member Economy Population GDP in PPP valuation GDP per capita GDP Rank andYear Joined (millions) (bil international dollars) (international dollars) (PPP valuation; out of 181 countries) Year joined 2008 Year joined 2008 Year joined 2008 GDP GDP per capita Australia (1989) 7,692 16.85 21.32 284.05 795.31 16,861 37,299 18 16 Brunei Darussalam (1989) 6 0.25 0.39 8.74 19.68a 35,520 50,117a 119 5 Canada (1989) 9,971 27.22 33.26 520.97 1,303.23 19,140 39,183 14 14 Chile (1994) 757 13.99 16.75 95.50 243.04 6,824 14,510 44 57 China, People’s Rep of (1991) 9,561 1,158.23 1,327.66 1,028.09 7,916.43 888 5,963 2 101 Hong Kong, China (1991) 1 5.82 7.01 106.78 307.07 18,362 43,811 39 7 Indonesia (1989) 1,905 179.14 227.83 248.28 908.24 1,386 3,987a 16 122 Japan (1989) 378 123.03 27.69 2,113.94 4,354.37 17,183 34,100a 3 25 Korea, Republic of (1989) 99 42.45 48.55 308.53 1,342.34 7,268 27,647a 13 33 Malaysia (1989) 330 17.35 27.30 77.35 384.12 4,458 14,072 30 61 Mexico (1993) 1,958 87.95 106.32 721.45 1,548.01a 8,203 14,560a 11 55 New Zealand (1989) 271 3.37 4.28 44.27 115.71 13,133 27,060a 61 35 Papua New Guinea (1993) 463 4.29 6.20 7.12 13.04 1,661 2,105a 132 142 Peru (1998) 1,285 24.45 28.66 118.32 245.88 4,840 8,580a 43 84 Philippines (1989) 300 60.10 90.35 100.59 320.38a 1,674 3,546a 36 124 Russian Federation (1998) 17,098 147.80 142.00 923.61 2,260.91 6,249 15,922a 6 53 Singapore (1989) 1 2.93 4.67 45.76 238.76 15,612 51,142a 46 4 Chinese Taipei (1991) 36 20.61 23.04 217.07 711.42a 10,535 30,881a 19 26 Thailand (1989) 513 55.29 66.40 141.17 546.10 2,553 8,225 24 87 United States (1989) 9,364 247.29 304.42 5,484.35 14,264.60 22,178 46,859a 1 6 Viet Nam (1998) 332 75.46 86.35a 95.05 240.36 1,260 2,784a 45 129 Total APEC 2,700.42 38,078.99 World total 6,653.43 68,996.85 APEC’s % share in world total 40.6 55.2 Note: a Preliminary estimates. Source: International Monetary Fund,World Economic Outlook Database,April 2009. Land area (’000 sq km) 107 ...

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