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2 2021 list. 3 See also. 4 References. ... (billion 2017 US$) [1] County GDP per capita (2017 US$) d ... ^d GDP divided by county population
[7] [8] Since China's transition to a socialist market economy through controlled privatisation and deregulation, [9] [10] the country has seen its ranking increase from ninth in 1978, to second in 2010; China's economic growth accelerated during this period and its share of global nominal GDP surged from 2% in 1980 to 18% in 2021.
There has been an explosion in car ownership within the past few decades, and there are expected to be 2 billion vehicles on the road around the globe by 2030. [19] There are many negative consequences to such widespread car ownership, such as climate change, urban sprawl, health risks, and traffic that hinders economic growth and commutes. [15]
The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, [2] weighing 3,106 carats (621.20 g), discovered at the Premier No.2 mine in Cullinan, South Africa, on 26 January 1905. It was named after Thomas Cullinan, the owner of the mine. In April 1905, it was put on sale in London, but despite considerable interest, it was still ...
With a number, "billion" can be abbreviated as b, bil [2] or bn. [3] [4] In standard form, it is written as 1 × 10 9. The metric prefix giga indicates 1,000,000,000 times the base unit. Its symbol is G. One billion years may be called an eon in astronomy or geology.
On May 16, 2021, Bloomberg News reported that AT&T was considering an offer to divest equity interest in their media subsidiary WarnerMedia (the former Time Warner, which AT&T acquired in 2018 for just over $85 billion in an attempt to become a vertically integrated media conglomerate), and have it merge with Discovery, Inc. to form a new ...
[6] [2] [7] In some specialized contexts, the word decimal is instead used for this purpose (such as in International Civil Aviation Organization-regulated air traffic control communications). In mathematics, the decimal separator is a type of radix point , a term that also applies to number systems with bases other than ten.
The railway line is divided into four sections: [39] Leg 0, running 53 km from Jammu to Udhampur and completed in April 2005. [8] Leg 1, running 25 km from Udhampur to Katra. The section was completed on 4 July 2014. Leg 2, running 111 km from Katra to Banihal section has a total of 35 tunnels (includes 27 main and 8 escape tunnels). This under ...