Developing Countries List

A developing country, also called a underdeveloped state or less developed nation, is a country with a less developed industrial base, and a low HDI (Human Development Index) relative to other nations. Since the late 90s developing countries tended to show higher growth rates than the developed countries. There is no agreed-upon measure for what makes a nation developing versus developed and which states fit these two group or types, although there are customary reference points such as a country's GDP per capita compared to other states. Also, the regular term underdeveloped state should not be mystify with the specific least developed nation.

The following are considered developing countries according to the IMF's World Economic Outlook Report, April 2015.

S.N.List of Developing CountriesCapitalPopulationCurrencyDialing Code2015 GDP (PPP) in Millions2015 Nominal GDP - $ Millions2015 GDP (PPP) per CapitaArea (km2)Area (sq mi)
1AfghanistanKabul2,68,49,000Afghani+93$62,790$20,840$2,0006,52,8642,51,827
2AlbaniaTirana30,20,209Lek+355$32,440$11,590$11,900 28,74811,100
3AlgeriaAlgiers3,33,33,267Dinar+213$5,70,600$1,75,100$14,400 23,81,7409,19,595
4AngolaLuanda1,69,41,000Kwanza+244$1,85,200$1,02,000$7,600 12,46,7004,81,354
5Antigua and BarbudaSt. John's89,000East Caribbean dollar+1 268$2,096$1,285$23,700440170
6ArgentinaBuenos Aires4,31,31,966Peso+54$964300$578700$22,400 27,80,40010,73,518
7ArmeniaYerevan30,60,631Dram+374$25,220$10,610$8,40029,74311,484
8AzerbaijanBaku96,86,210Manat+994$1,74,300$63,980$18,70086,60033,436
9BahamasNassau3,79,000Bahamian dollar+1 242$9,231$8,884$25,60013,8785,358
10BahrainManama17,81,000Bahraini dinar+973$64,900$30,910$51,200765295.37
11BangladeshDhaka15,87,62,000Taka+880$5,77,000$2,02,300$3,6001,47,57056,977
12BarbadosBridgetown2,83,000Barbadian dollar+1 246$4,658$4,451$16,700439166
13BelarusMinsk96,08,058Belarusian ruble+375$1,68,200$62,020$17,800 2,07,60080,155
14BelizeBelmopan3,69,000Belize dollar+501$3,071$1,763$8,60022,9668,867
15BeninPorto-Novo84,39,000CFA franc+229$21,160$7,701$2,000 1,12,62243,484
16BhutanThimphu7,60,000Bhutanese ngultrum+975$6,383$2,209$8,20038,39414,824
17BoliviaSucre1,00,27,254Boliviano+591$73880$33540$6,500 10,98,5814,24,164
18Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo38,71,643Convertible mark+387$39,460$15,570$10,200 51,19719,767
19BotswanaGaborone18,39,833Pula+267$37,160$13,090$17,700 5,81,7262,24,606
20BrazilBrasília20,48,93,000Real+55$3166000$1800000$15,800 85,14,87732,87,612
21BruneiBandar Seri Begawan4,21,000Brunei dollar+673$32,900$11,640$79,7005,7652,226
22BulgariaSofia69,24,716Lev+359$1,32,600$47,170$18,400 1,10,87942,811
23Burkina FasoOuagadougou1,32,28,000CFA franc+226$31,180$11,320$1,800 2,74,0001,05,792
24BurundiBujumbura75,48,000Burundian franc+257$7,883$2,970$900 27,83010,745
25CambodiaPhnom Penh1,50,40,000Riel+855$54,035$17,814$3,476.5121,81,03569,898
26CameroonYaoundé1,77,95,000CFA franc+237$72,110$28,520$3,200 4,75,4421,83,569
27Cape VerdePraia4,20,979Cape Verdean escudo+238$3,479$1,641$6,700 4,0331,557
28Central African RepublicBangui42,16,666CFA franc+236$3,052$1,624$600 6,22,9842,40,535
29ChadN'Djamena1,01,46,000CFA franc+235$32,000$11,690$2,800 12,84,0004,95,755
30ChileSantiago1,80,06,407Peso+56$424300$240000$23,800 7,56,1022,91,933
31China (PRC)Beijing1,37,07,93,000Renminbi (yuan)+86$1,95,10,000$1,13,80,000$14,30095,96,96137,05,407
32ColombiaBogotá / Santa Fe de Bogotá4,83,47,000Peso+57$665000$274200$14,000 11,38,9104,39,736
33ComorosMoroni7,98,000Comorian franc+269$1,214$589$1,600 2,235863
34Costa RicaSan José3,58,19,000Costa Rican colón+506$74,090$51,620$15,50051,10019,653
35CroatiaZagreb44,70,534Kuna+385$90,330$48,930$21,300 56,59421,851
36CubaHavana1,12,52,000Cuban peso, Cuban convertible peso+53$1,28,500$77,150$10,2001,09,88442,426
37Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa7,55,07,308Congolese franc+243$63,270$39,060$800 23,44,8589,05,355
38DjiboutiDjibouti City9,06,000Djiboutian franc+253$3,093$1,743$3,300 23,2008,958
39DominicaRoseau71,000East Caribbean dollar+1 767$820.1$538$11,600750290
40Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo99,80,000Dominican Peso+1 809, +1 829, +1 849$1,47,600$66,580$14,90048,44218,704
41EcuadorQuito1,63,46,700United States dollar+593$181800$98930$11,300 2,83,5611,09,484
42EgyptCairo8,45,50,000Egyptian pound+20$9,96,000$2,86,400$11,500 10,01,4493,86,662
43El SalvadorSan Salvador64,60,000United States dollar+503$52,880$25,650$8,30021,0418,124
44Equatorial GuineaMalabo5,04,000CFA Franc+240$25,940$10,030$33,300 28,05110,831
45EritreaAsmara58,80,000Nakfa+291$7,938$4,256$1,200 1,17,60045,406
46EthiopiaAddis Ababa8,52,37,338Birr+251$1,59,200$57,560$1,700 11,04,3004,26,373
47Federated States of MicronesiaPalikir1,35,869United States Dollar+691$310.3$307 $3,000 702271
48FijiSuva8,90,057Fijian Dollar+679$7,798$4,526 $8,800 18,2747,056
49GabonLibreville13,84,000CFA franc+241$34,410$13,800$21,700 2,67,6681,03,347
50GambiaBanjul15,17,000Gambian dalasi+220$3,269$761$1,700 10,3804,008
51GeorgiaTbilisi / T'bilisi49,35,880Lari+995$35,370$13,750$9,50069,70026,911
52GhanaAccra2,30,00,000Ghana cedi+233$1,13,300$37,680$4,300 2,38,53492,098
53GrenadaSt. George's1,04,000East Caribbean dollar+1 473$1,385$957$13,000348.5132.8
54GuatemalaGuatemala City1,61,76,000Guatemalan quetzal+502$1,25,600$63,220$7,9001,08,88942,042
55GuineaConakry1,00,57,975CFA Franc+240$15,280$6,733$1,300 2,45,85794,926
56Guinea-BissauBissau15,86,000CFA franc+245$2,677$1,035$1,500 36,12513,948
57GuyanaGeorgetown7,47,884Guyanese dollar+592$5770$3203$7,200 2,14,96983,000
58HaitiPort-au-Prince1,09,94,000Haitian gourde+509$19,020$8,797$1,80027,75010,714
59HondurasTegucigalpa89,50,000Honduran lempira+504$41,000$19,940$5,0001,12,49243,278
60HungaryBudapest99,19,128Forint+36$2,57,000$1,18,500$26,000 93,02835,918
61IndiaNew Delhi1,29,94,99,000Indian rupee+91$80,27,000$21,83,000$6,30032,87,59012,69,346
62IndonesiaJakarta25,54,62,000Rupiah+62$28,39,000$8,72,600$11,30019,04,5697,35,358
63IranTehran7,87,78,000Rial+98$13,82,000$3,96,900$17,80016,48,1956,36,372
64IraqBaghdad3,65,75,000Iraqi dinar+964$5,31,400$1,65,100$15,5004,37,0721,69,234
65Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)Yamoussoukro1,76,54,843CFA franc+225$78,330$31,270$3,400 3,22,4601,24,503
66JamaicaKingston27,29,000Jamaican dollar+1 876$24,600$13,820$8,80010,9914,244
67JordanAmman68,37,000Jordanian dinar+962$82,990$38,210$12,40089,34235,637
68KazakhstanAstana1,79,48,816Tenge+7-6xx, +7-7xx$4,30,500$1,95,000$24,70027,24,90010,52,090
69KenyaNairobi3,47,07,817Kenyan shilling+254$1,43,100$63,120$3,300 5,80,3672,24,081
70KiribatiTarawa1,01,998Australian Dollar, Kiribati Dollar+686$169.8$164 $2,200 811313
71KyrgyzstanBishkek59,43,000Som+996$19,810$7,158$3,4001,99,95177,181
72LaosVientiane68,02,000Kip+856$37,500$12,550$5,4002,36,80091,428.99
73LebanonBeirut42,88,000Lebanese pound+961$83,860$54,400$18,60010,4524,036
74LesothoMaseru20,67,000Lesotho loti+266$5,777$2,035$3,000 30,35511,720
75LiberiaMonrovia41,28,572Liberian dollar+231$3,780$2,015$900 1,11,36943,000
76LibyaTripoli60,36,914Dinar+218$92,870$29,720$15,100 17,59,5406,79,362
77MacedoniaSkopje20,91,719Macedonian denar+389$28,890$10,090$14,000 25,7139,928
78MadagascarAntananarivo1,86,06,000Malagasy ariary+261$35,560$9,514$1,500 5,87,0412,26,658
79MalawiLilongwe1,28,84,000Kwacha+265$20,560$6,388$1,200 1,18,48445,747
80MalaysiaKuala Lumpur3,10,32,000Ringgit+60$8,13,500$3,13,500$26,6003,29,8471,27,355
81MaldivesMalé3,45,000Maldivian rufiyaa+960$4,732$3,031$13,600298115
82MaliBamako1,35,18,000CFA franc+223$29,150$10,950$1,800 12,40,1924,78,841
83Marshall IslandsMajuro73,630United States Dollar+692$186.9$195 $3,400 18170
84MauritaniaNouakchott30,69,000Ouguiya+222$16,430$4,677$4,500 10,30,7003,97,955
85MauritiusPort Louis12,19,220Mauritian rupee+230$24,510$11,570$19,500 2,040788
86MexicoMexico City12,10,06,000Mexican Peso+52$22,20,000$11,61,000$18,50019,72,5507,61,606
87MoldovaChișinău35,83,288Moldovan leu+373$17,770$6,188$5,000 33,85113,070
88MongoliaUlaanbaatar30,29,000Tögrög+976$36,430$12,410$12,50015,66,0006,03,909
89MontenegroPodgorica6,50,036Euro+382$9,829$3,985$15,700 13,8125,333
90MoroccoRabat3,57,57,175Moroccan dirham+212$2,74,500$1,03,100$8,300 4,46,5501,72,414
91MozambiqueMaputo2,03,66,795Mozambican metical+258$33,730$16,990$1,300 8,01,5903,09,496
92Myanmar (Burma)Naypyidaw5,22,80,000Kyat+95$2,67,700$65,780$5,2006,76,5782,61,227
93NamibiaWindhoek20,31,000Namibian dollar+264$24,840$12,860$11,300 8,25,4183,18,696
94NauruNo official Capital12,329Australian dollar+674$150.8$150.8$14,800 218
95NepalKathmandu2,80,38,000Nepalese rupee+977$70,080$21,360$2,5001,47,18156,827
96NicaraguaManagua65,14,000Nicaraguan córdoba+505$31,180$12,320$5,0001,30,37550,193
97NigerNiamey1,39,57,000CFA franc+227$18,960$7,119$1,100 12,67,0004,89,191
98NigeriaAbuja17,45,07,539Naira+234$11,05,000$4,93,000$6,400 9,23,7683,56,669
99North KoreaP'yŏngyang2,58,63,000North Korean won+850$40,000$28,000$1,8001,20,54046,528
100OmanMuscat41,81,000Rial+968$1,71,700$60,180$46,2003,09,5011,19,498
101PakistanIslamabad19,17,85,000Pakistani Rupee+92$9,30,800$2,47,800$4,9008,03,9403,10,403
102PalauNgerulmud21,032United States Dollar+680$262.6$261 $14,800 459177
103PanamaPanama City37,64,000Panamanian balboa, United States dollar+507$82,180$47,470$20,90074,177.3028,640
104Papua New GuineaPort Moresby63,10,129Papua New Guinean kina+675$19,220$18,000 $2,800 4,62,8401,78,704
105ParaguayAsunción70,03,406Guaraní+595$60150$29070$8,800 4,06,7521,57,048
106PeruLima3,11,51,643Nuevo sol+51$385400$179900$12,300 12,85,2164,96,225
107PhilippinesManila10,29,65,000Philippine Peso+63$7,42,200$2,99,300$7,5003,00,0001,15,831
108PolandWarsaw3,83,46,279Polish złoty+48$10,03,000$4,81,200$26,400 3,12,6851,20,728
109QatarDoha21,13,000Riyal+974$3,24,200$1,92,100$1,45,00011,5864,467.60
110Republic of the CongoBrazzaville40,12,809CFA franc+242$28,920$8,871$6,800 3,42,0001,32,047
111RomaniaBucharest2,17,29,871Romanian leu+40$4,11,100$1,74,900$20,600 2,38,39192,043
112RussiaMoscow14,62,67,288Russian ruble+7$34,71,000$12,36,000$23,7001,70,98,24266,01,668
113RwandaKigali76,00,000Rwandan franc+250$20,320$8,468$1,800 26,79810,347
114Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre46,000East Caribbean dollar+1 869$1,358$889$22,800261104
115Saint LuciaCastries1,72,000East Caribbean dollar+1 758$2,032$1,438$12,000617238.23
116Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown1,10,000East Caribbean dollar+1 784 $1,211$765$11,000389150
117SamoaApia1,94,320Samoan tālā+685$1,033$867 $5,400 2,8311,093
118São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé1,83,176Dobra+239$663.7$326$3,400 964372
119Saudi ArabiaRiyadh3,15,21,000Saudi riyal+966$16,81,000$6,65,500$54,60021,49,6908,30,000
120SenegalDakar1,16,58,000CFA franc+221$36,300$13,990$2,500 1,96,72375,955
121SerbiaBelgrade72,09,764Serbian dinar+381$97,270$36,560$13,600 88,36134,116
122SeychellesVictoria80,654Seychellois rupee+248$2,533$1,375$27,000 451174
123Sierra LeoneFreetown61,44,562Leone+232$9,833$4,266$1,600 71,74027,699
124Solomon IslandsHoniara5,84,578Solomon Islands dollar+677$1,205 $2,000 28,89628,89611,157
125SomaliaMogadishu98,32,017Somali shilling+252$4,431$5,800$400 6,37,6572,46,201
126South AfricaBloemfontein(judicial) Cape Town(legislative) and Pretoria(executive)5,29,81,991South African rand+27$7,24,000$3,17,300$13,400 12,21,0374,71,445
127South SudanJuba82,60,490South Sudanese pound+211$22,460$12,880$2,000 6,44,3292,48,777
128Sri LankaSri Jayawardenapura Kotte2,08,69,000Sri Lankan rupee+94$2,32,500$79,520$11,20065,61025,332
129SudanKhartoum3,67,87,012Sudanese pound+249$1,67,400$84,330$4,500 18,61,4847,18,723
130SurinameParamaribo5,41,638Surinamese dollar+597$9211$5050$16,700 1,63,82063,251
131SwazilandLobamba (royal and legislative) Mbabane(administrative)10,32,000Lilangeni+268$10,870$4,305$9,800 17,3646,704
132SyriaDamascus2,32,70,000Syrian pound+963$55,800$24,600$5,1001,85,18071,479
133TajikistanDushanbe84,51,000Somoni+992$23,300$8,045$2,8001,43,10055,251
134TanzaniaDodoma4,49,29,002Tanzanian shilling+255$1,38,300$46,190$3,000 9,45,2033,64,945
135ThailandBangkok6,83,87,000Baht+66$11,07,000$3,73,500$16,1005,13,1201,98,115
136Timor-Leste (East Timor)Dili12,45,000US Dollar+670$7,101$4,231$5,80015,4105,743
137TogoLomé71,54,237CFA franc+228$10,820$4,152$1,500 56,78521,925
138TongaNukuʻalofa1,06,146Tongan paʻanga+676$520.5$443 $5,100 747288
139Trinidad and TobagoPort of Spain13,57,000Trinidad and Tobago dollar+1 868$44,320$27,670$32,8005,1311,981
140TunisiaTunis1,01,02,000Tunisian dinar+216$1,27,200$44,270$11,600 1,63,61063,170
141TurkeyAnkara7,82,14,000Turkish lira+90$15,76,000$7,22,200$20,5007,83,5623,02,535
142TurkmenistanAshgabat49,02,000Turkmen new manat+993$90,290$44,360$15,6004,91,2101,88,456
143TuvaluFunafuti11,146Australian dollar, Tuvaluan dollar+688$36.58$34 $3,400 2610
144UgandaKampala2,76,16,000Ugandan shilling+256$79,750$24,940$2,100 2,36,04091,136
145UkraineKiev4,42,91,413Ukrainian hryvnia+380$3,34,200$90,140$8,000 6,03,5502,33,032
146United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi89,33,000UAE dirham+971$6,41,900$3,39,100$67,0008360032,278
147UruguayMontevideo34,04,189Uruguayan peso+598$72360$56800$21,800 1,76,21568,037
148UzbekistanTashkent3,12,83,000Uzbekistan som (O'zbekiston so'mi)+998$1,85,800$65,950$6,1004,48,9781,72,742
149VanuatuPort Vila2,56,155Vanuatu vatu+678$675.9$771 $2,600 12,1894,706
150VenezuelaCaracas3,06,20,404Bolívar fuerte+58$491600$131900$16,100 9,12,0503,52,144
151VietnamHanoi9,18,12,000đồng+84$5,51,300$1,98,800$6,1003,32,6981,28,565
152YemenSana'a2,67,45,000Yemeni rial+967$75,520$34,930$2,8005,28,0762,03,796
153ZambiaLusaka1,46,68,000Zambian kwacha+260$64,650$24,470$4,300 7,52,6142,90,586
154ZimbabweHarare1,30,10,000US dollar+263$27,920$13,910$2,100 3,90,7571,50,872

List of graduated developing economies

The following, including the Four Asian Tigers and new Eurozone countries, were considered developing countries until recently, and are now listed as advanced economies by the IMF.

S.N.Graduated Developing EconomiesCapitalPopulationCurremcyDialing CodeGDP (PPP) in MillionsGDP Nominal in MillionsGDP per capitaArea (km2)Area (sq mi))
1CyprusNicosia11,72,458Euro+357$27,910$19,380$31,0009,2513,572
2Czech RepublicPrague1,05,38,275Czech koruna+420$3,31,400$1,82,500$31,500 78,86730,451
3EstoniaTallinn12,57,921Euro+372$37,880$22,930$28,700 45,22817,463
4Hong KongHong Kong72,98,600Hong Kong dollar+852$4,14,500$3,07,800$57,000 1,104426
5IsraelJerusalem (proclaimed)83,72,000New Shekel+972$2,81,800$2,98,900$34,30020,7708,019 / 8,522
6LatviaRiga21,65,165Euro+371$49,890$27,820$24,500 64,58924,938
7LithuaniaVilnius29,43,472Euro+370$82,140$41,780$28,000 65,30025,212
8MaltaValletta4,12,655Euro+356$14,750$9,190$34,700 316122
9San MarinoSan Marino32,742Euro+378$1,952$1,543$62,100 6124
10SingaporeSingapore City55,41,000Singapore dollar+65$4,68,900$2,94,000$85,700719.1278
11SlovakiaBratislava54,43,583Euro+421$1,59,600$86,200$29,500 49,03518,933
12SloveniaLjubljana19,88,292Euro+386$63,600$42,740$30,900 20,2737,827
13South KoreaSeoul5,06,17,000South Korean won+82$18,49,000$13,93,000$36,7001,00,21038,691
14TaiwanTaipei2,30,71,779New Taiwan dollar+886$11,14,000$5,18,800$47,500 35,98013,892