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BRICS COUNTRIES
BRICS is an interstate association of countries that was founded in 2006 at the St. Petersburg
Economic Forum. At first it was called BRIC: the acronym was formed by the first letters of the
names of the joining countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China. In 2011, South Africa joined
the group. On 1 January 2024, the following countries accepted the invitation to join the
BRICS union: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
ABOUT BRICS COUNTRIES: FACTS AND NUMBERS
31,3%
of world GDP
China
—
18,6%
India
—
6,9%
Brazil
—
2,3%
Russia
—
3%
South Africa
—
0,5%
20,4%
of world export
China
—
15,2%
16,8 trillion $
India
—
1,6%
2,9 trillion $
Brazil
—
1,2%
1,8 trillion $
Russia
—
1,9%
1,65 trillion $
South Africa
—
0,5%
0,4 trillion $
29%
world area
Russia
—
12,6%
17126 square kilometers
China
—
7,1%
9600 square kilometers
Brazil
—
6,3%
8514 square kilometers
India
—
2,4%
3287 square kilometers
South Africa
—
0,9%
1221 square kilometers
41%
of the world population
China
—
17,8%
1412 million
India
—
17,8%
1408 million
Brazil
—
2,7%
213 million
Russia
—
1,8%
145 million
South Africa
—
0,7%
60 million
BRICS Currencies
Brazilian real
Russian ruble
Indian rupee
Chinese yuan
South African rand
Egyptian pound
Iranian rial
Emirati dirham
Saudi riyal
Ethiopian Birr
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