{"id":297965,"date":"2025-07-07T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=297965"},"modified":"2025-07-05T08:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T07:32:16","slug":"brics-expands-to-56-of-world-population-44-of-global-gdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/07\/brics-expands-to-56-of-world-population-44-of-global-gdp\/","title":{"rendered":"BRICS Expands to 56% of World Population, 44% of Global GDP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4 Jul 2025\u00a0<\/em>–\u00a0The Global South-led organization BRICS continues to expand.<\/p>\n

While the United States and Israel were busy waging war on Iran<\/a> in June, BRICS quietly announced that Vietnam<\/a> had accepted the group\u2019s invitation to join as a partner country.<\/p>\n

With the addition of Vietnam, the extended BRICS+ has 20 members and partners, as of July 2025.<\/p>\n

The 10 BRICS members are\u00a0Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

The 10 BRICS partners are Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Together, the BRICS 20 make up 43.93% of the global economy, when their combined GDP is measured at purchasing power parity (PPP), according to IMF data.<\/p>\n