India is expected to become the world’s fourth-largest economy in 2025, overtaking Japan, according to the World Economic Outlook April 2025 report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The report says India’s nominal GDP in 2025 will be $4,187.017 billion, slightly more than Japan’s GDP of $4,186.431 billion.

Till 2024, India was the 5th largest economy in the world. But now, in 2025, India is expected to move up to the 4th position. The United States and China will still be the top two biggest economies.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that India will continue to grow in the coming years. India is likely to beat Germany and become the 3rd largest economy in the world.

By the year 2028, India’s total economy (GDP) is expected to reach $5,584.476 billion, which will be more than Germany’s $5,251.928 billion. India is also expected to become a $5 trillion economy by 2027, when its GDP is likely to be $5,069.47 billion.

Here are the top 5 economies in 2025:

  1. United States – $30,507.217 billion
  2. China – $19,231.705 billion
  3. Germany – $4,744.804 billion
  4. India – $4,187.017 billion
  5. Japan – $4,186.431 billion

IMF warns of global economic changes

The IMF also warned that the world is going through a big economic shift. The report said that the global economic system, which has remained mostly the same for the past 80 years, is now being reset and the world is entering a new era.

The IMF also revised India’s GDP growth forecast for 2025 to 6.2%, which is slightly less than its earlier prediction of 6.5% made in January 2025.

The report stated: “For India, the growth outlook is relatively more stable at 6.2 percent in 2025, supported by private consumption, particularly in rural areas, but this rate is 0.3 percentage points lower than that in the January 2025 WEO Update on account of higher levels of trade tensions and global uncertainty.”

 

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