India’s rise is that of a self-organising system whose chaos is giving birth to generations of adaptive and resilient people with the history, hope and DNA to create a better world for themselves and their next generation. The challenge is how to influence and participate smartly and safely in this rise

	INDIA

3rd largest economy in the world by 2029.  Goldman Sachs BRICs report

The per capita GDP in India is expected to quadruple between 2007 and 2020.  Goldman Sachs BRICs report

India’s middle class is expected to increase 26x in the next three decades.  OECD

At a GDP growth rate of 8%, its market capitalisation would grow 5 times its current rate by 2031.  Goldman Sachs BRICs report

India’s car population is expected to increase 3x in the next decade to become the largest auto market in the world.  Goldman Sachs

India’s current growth path will result in income levels tripling by 2025, creating the world’s 5th largest consumer market, and increasing total private final consumption by US$937bn, more than S.Korea’s current total GDP.  (1)

India’s middle class is expected to increase to 583 million within 15 years - larger than the entire expected Eurozone population.  (2)

Bear in mind that ...

Given the expected growth in India’s urban centres an investment of US$184bn will be needed between 2012 and 2022 to improve the country’s urban infrastructure.  Goldman Sachs

India will overtake China to become the largest country by population by 2050, with 1.8bn inhabitants.  Census

Urban water demand is expected to double in India by 2025.  nationmaster

India intends to increase its share of international trade from currently 1.5% to over 5% by 2020, indicating exports of up to US$157bn to China by the end of the decade.  Goldman Sachs

And ...

India has 10 of the 30 fastest growing cities in the world and with rapid urbanization close to 700 million people will have moved from rural to urban areas by 2050 i.e. more than twice the current population of the US.  (3)

Calculations based on data from:
1. Earth Trends
2. McKinsey Global Institute
3. Nationmaster.com