Britain's economy is forecast to overtake not just that of Germany but also of Japan by 2040 to become the world's 5th-largest economy.
In the coming years Britain is predicted to pull well ahead of her neighbours France and Italy.
By 2040 Britain will have the world's fifth largest economy and Europe's largest, ahead of Japan and Germany.
Britain being ahead of Germany by that point won't be much of a surprise considering that Germany's population is rapidly shrinking and Britain's is rapidly growing and set to overtake Germany as Europe's second-largest country by population, but the fact that Britain will have a larger economy than Japan which will still have a much larger population despite it also rapidly shrinking is astonishing.
The world's five biggest economies in 2040 will be the USA, China, India, Indonesia and Britain.
The days of the empire are over but Great Britain somehow manages to remain one of the world's foremost powers.
UK set to become the world’s fifth-largest economy – overtaking Japan
The UK's total GDP is expected to rise to $6.8trillion in the next decade
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