What if the Soviet Union still existed ?
GDP estimates from wikipedia This GDP table is in billions.
Country | GDP (2008 nominal) | GDP (2009 nominal) | PPP 2009 | Population |
Russia | 1,700 | 2,016 | 2462 | 141.9 |
Ukraine | 183 | 221 | 366 | 46.1 |
Belarus | 53 | 61 | 125 | 9.7 |
Kazakhstan | 134 | 148 | 196 | 15.4 |
Azerbaijan | 49 | 63 | 93 | 8.5 |
Georgia | 13.5 | 16.6 | 25.3 | 4.4 |
Uzbekistan | 26 | 31 | 77 | 27.4 |
Armenia | 9.3 | 10.6 | 21 | 3.0 |
Lithuania | 48 | 54 | 70 | 3.4 |
Latvia | 36 | 40 | 43 | 2.3 |
Estonia | 25 | 27.6 | 31.4 | 1.3 |
Kyrgyzstan | 4.8 | 5.7 | 12.4 | 5.3 |
Tajikistan | 4.1 | 4.7 | 13.7 | 6.7 |
Moldova | 5.3 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 3.8 |
Totals | 2291 | 2705.7 | 3548 | 279.2 |
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