Richest Cities by Decade (1960-2050)

Name the top 10 cities by GDP each decade between 1960 and 2050 according to Imperial Statistics.
T stands for trillion(s), B stands for billion(s)
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Year
Rank
GDP
Answer
1960
1.
17.47B
New York
 
2.
17.38B
Moscow
 
3.
7.35B
Chicago
 
4.
6.83B
London
 
5.
6.18B
Paris
 
6.
5.43B
St. Petersburg
 
7.
5.05B
Los Angeles
 
8.
4.37B
Philadelphia
 
9.
3.93B
Tokyo
 
10.
3.5B
Detroit
1970
1.
116.83B
New York
 
2.
87.91B
Moscow
 
3.
50.46B
Chicago
 
4.
49.17B
Paris
 
5.
44.75B
Tokyo
 
6.
39.79B
London
 
7.
37.16B
Los Angeles
 
8.
31.82B
Philadelphia
 
9.
27.48B
St. Petersburg
 
10.
25.07B
Rhine-Ruhr
1980
1.
243.71B
New York
 
2.
227.53B
Paris
 
3.
170.38B
Tokyo
 
4.
167.34B
London
 
5.
118.51B
Moscow
 
6.
116.62B
Chicago
 
7.
110.65B
Rhine-Ruhr
 
8.
107.34B
Los Angeles
 
9.
97.62B
Osaka
 
10.
84.02B
Nagoya
1990
1.
1.14T
Tokyo
 
2.
521.04B
New York
 
3.
426.42B
Paris
 
4.
407.07B
Osaka
 
5.
345.74B
London
 
6.
260.97B
Los Angeles
 
7.
248.29B
Rhine-Ruhr
 
8.
241.65B
Nagoya
 
9.
226.94B
Chicago
 
10.
182.76B
San Francisco
2000
1.
2.4T
Tokyo
 
2.
879.28B
New York
 
3.
705.08B
Osaka
 
4.
526.96B
London
 
5.
466.81B
Paris
 
6.
450.16B
Los Angeles
 
7.
415.3B
San Francisco
 
8.
391.44B
Chicago
 
9.
369.64B
Nagoya
 
10.
294.7B
Seoul
2010
1.
2.73T
Tokyo
 
2.
1.27T
New York
 
3.
919.2B
Osaka
 
4.
895.33B
Paris
 
5.
776.34B
London
 
6.
651.06B
Los Angeles
 
7.
600.64B
San Francisco
 
8.
563.27B
Seoul
 
9.
536.42B
Chicago
 
10.
475.8B
Rhine-Ruhr
2020
1.
2.48T
Tokyo
 
2.
1.87T
New York
 
3.
1.11T
San Francisco
 
4.
1.03T
Los Angeles
 
5.
893.71B
Paris
 
6.
863.81B
Seoul
 
7.
860.46B
London
 
8.
832.61B
Osaka
 
9.
703.98B
Chicago
 
10.
562.41B
Washington, D.C.
2030
1.
2.73T
New York
 
2.
2.45T
Tokyo
 
3.
1.75T
San Francisco
 
4.
1.55T
Los Angeles
 
5.
1.48T
London
 
6.
1.25T
Paris
 
7.
1.22T
Dallas
 
8.
1.17T
Seoul
 
9.
1.13T
Houston
 
10.
1.05T
Chicago
2040
1.
3.49T
New York
 
2.
2.98T
Tokyo
 
3.
2.23T
San Francisco
 
4.
2.22T
Shanghai
 
5.
2.07T
Beijing
 
6.
1.98T
Los Angeles
 
7.
1.93T
Dallas
 
8.
1.77T
Houston
 
9.
1.71T
Paris
 
10.
1.7T
London
2050
1.
4.24T
New York
 
2.
3.44T
Shanghai
 
3.
3.4T
Tokyo
 
4.
3.2T
Beijing
 
5.
2.71T
San Francisco
 
6.
2.64T
Dallas
 
7.
2.42T
Houston
 
8.
2.41T
Los Angeles
 
9.
2.36T
Shenzhen
 
10.
2.22T
Guangzhou
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2 Comments
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Level 49
Sep 12, 2025
Why not make one of the top 100?
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Level 73
Sep 13, 2025
Each decade? That's over 1,000 answers, including greyed answers.