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| 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by BlackViper(op): 8:59am On Feb 14 |
Top 40 Most Powerful Countries in the World 1. 🇺🇸 USASource: U.S. News & World Report. Source 4 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by VawulentMan: 9:04am On Feb 14*. Modified: 9:43am On Feb 14 |
Them shortlist am to 40, The list no reach 41 nah why. On a more serious note, Nigeria is dominating the list of the top 10 contributors to global GDP 17 Likes 3 Shares
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| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by Kemetian: 9:13am On Feb 14 |
THERE IS PAPER POWER AND THERE IS REAL POWER Here is the full Global Firepower Index 2026 ranking of all 145 militaries worldwide (from strongest to weakest based on conventional military power according to the latest GlobalFirepower data (145 countries evaluated) 1. United States 2. Russia 3. China 4. India 5. South Korea 6. France 7. Japan 8. United Kingdom 9. Turkiye 10. Italy 11. Brazil 12. Germany 13. Indonesia 14. Pakistan 15. Israel 16. Iran 17. Australia 18. Spain 19. Egypt 20. Ukraine 21. Poland 22. Taiwan 23. Vietnam 24. Thailand 25. Saudi Arabia 26. Sweden 27. Algeria 28. Canada 29. Singapore 30. Greece 31. North Korea 32. Argentina 33. NIGERIA 34. Netherlands 35. Myanmar 36. Mexico 37. Bangladesh 38. Portugal 39. Norway 40. SOUTH AFRICA 41. Philippines 42. Malaysia 43. Colombia 44. Iraq 45. Denmark 46. Switzerland 47. Ethiopia 48. Finland 49. Chile 50. Peru 51. Venezuela 52. Romania 53. Uzbekistan 54. United Arab Emirates 55. Czechia 56. Morocco 57. Hungary 58. Kazakhstan 59. Angola 60. Azerbaijan 61. Belgium 62. Bulgaria 63. Serbia 64. Democratic Republic of the Congo 65. Cuba 66. Sudan 67. Austria 68. Sri Lanka 69. Slovakia 70. Belarus 71. Qatar 72. Ecuador 73. Croatia 74. Jordan 75. Bahrain 76. Kuwait 77. Albania 78. Turkmenistan 79. Tunisia 80. Libya 81. Paraguay 82. Bolivia 83. Cambodia 84. Kenya 85. Chad 86. Oman 87. Syria 88. Lithuania 89. Tanzania 90. New Zealand 91. Slovenia 92. Mozambique 93. Mongolia 94. Ireland 95. Georgia 96. Guatemala 97. Uruguay 98. Yemen 99. Cameroon 100. Tajikistan 101. Armenia 102. Latvia 103. Honduras 104. Mali 105. Zimbabwe 106. Estonia 107. Uganda 108. Ivory Coast 109. Kyrgyzstan 110. Luxembourg 111. Zambia 112. Ghana 113. South Sudan 114. North Macedonia 115. Dominican Republic 116. Nicaragua 117. Republic of the Congo 118. Lebanon 119. Eritrea 120. Niger 121. Afghanistan 122. Namibia 123. Mauritania 124. Nepal 125. Laos 126. Senegal 127. Burkina Faso 128. Montenegro 129. El Salvador 130. Botswana 131. Madagascar 132. Gabon 133. Bosnia and Herzegovina 134. Iceland 135. Panama 136. Moldova 137. Somalia 138. Benin 139. Kosovo 140. Sierra Leone 141. Liberia 142. Suriname 143. Central African Republic 144. Belize 145. Bhutan ([Global Firepower][1] https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.php 27 Likes 4 Shares |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by IkeOnyia: 9:15am On Feb 14 |
Remove the whites from South Africa and they will be in the same category as Congo. 48 Likes 4 Shares |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by franchasofficia: 9:22am On Feb 14 |
IkeOnyia:abi Somali  36 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by Kemetian: 9:29am On Feb 14 |
IkeOnyia:That's a very IGNORANT way of looking at history and Africa. Congo is underdeveloped because it was INVADED BY THIEVING COLONISERS who used FIREARMS to destroy what was a GLORIOUS precolonial African civilisation. Do you know that MATHEMATICS was invented in Congo? Look up the Lebombo Bone and Ishango Bone. World's oldest mathematical objects dated over 25,000 years, and showing evidence of the knowledge of Prime Numbers. Mbanza Kongo was the precolonial capital. According to a report ''Founded before the arrival of Europeans, Mbanza Kongo became the royal seat of the Kingdom of Kongo in the 14th century. By the time the Portuguese arrived in 1483, it was already a large, organized urban center — with structured neighborhoods, noble compounds, and a royal court system. The king, known as the Manikongo, ruled from here over a vast territory that included parts of present-day Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Gabon. Early Portuguese accounts describe it as: A planned city with wide streets A central royal compound Thousands of inhabitants A structured aristocracy and administrative system This challenges the outdated myth that Africa lacked organized urban civilization before European contact.'' ....So this nonsense of saying ''Oh because it's whites there'' is absolute RUBBISH. Africa INVENTED the very concept of cities. INVENTED ARCHITECTURE. Your next day neighbour minus Chad, Sudan, has over 250 PYRAMIDS, more than Kemet (or 'Egypt'), and older than any structures in Europe and America. IF WHITES HAD SAT IN THEIR OWN DAMN COUNTRY, AFRICA WOULD BE THE MOST DEVELOPED PLACE ON EARTH TODAY. 24 Likes 4 Shares |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by EyeCumInPeace: 9:34am On Feb 14*. Modified: 4:24pm On Feb 14 |
Kemetian:All these your Tales by Moonlight are in the past. 😁 Black man needs to wake up. No black man country is positively making great impact to the world. 28 Likes |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by BlackViper(op): 10:04am On Feb 14 |
The IMF made a projection based on figures for 2026 alone and it said Nigeria would contribute a mere 1.5% to global GDP. The Top 40 list covers a wider period and takes more economic indices into consideration than just GDP growth. VawulentMan: 3 Likes |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by helinues: 10:05am On Feb 14 |
All the best to them 42 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by Kemetian: 10:14am On Feb 14 |
EyeCumInPeace:Mr ''black man'', show us YOUR OWN contribution. I can show you ZILLIONS of great things blacks have done, including numerous inventions you attribute to 'oyinbo'. What have YOU done? GET OFF WESTERN/SOCIAL MEDIA AND READ FOR ONCE. Of the 25 fastest growing economies on Earth,10 are black countries. What more do you want? 🌍 Top Fastest-Growing Economies in the World (recent growth or strong projected growth) 1 Guyana – ~23% projected (major oil-led expansion) 2 South Sudan – ~18%–24% (post-contraction rebound) 3 West Bank & Gaza – ~17% (post-conflict rebound) 4 Guinea – ~7.9% (export-driven) 5 Ethiopia – ~7.3% (structural reforms) 6 Uganda – ~7.6% (resilient growth) 7 India – ~6.2%–6.4% (largest among big economies) 8 Libya – ~6.0%+ (oil output recovery) 9 Bangladesh – strong above-average growth (6%+ range) 10 Vietnam – ~6% range (manufacturing export growth) 11 Egypt – ~5.6% (major reforms) 12 Nepal – ~5.2% (expanding economy) 13 Kenya – above global average growth estimates 14 Cameroon – moderate 4%+ growth forecast 15 Cambodia – around ~4%+ growth forecast 16 Nigeria – steady growth above global average 17 Indonesia — resilient ~5% range 18 Philippines — ~4%+ growth vector 19 Saudi Arabia — ~4%+ growth expectations 20 Pakistan — solid demographic-led growth 21 Kazakhstan — 4%+ growth outlook 22 Morocco — above-average growth 23 Ukraine — strong rebound trends (variable year to year) 24 Bangladesh — repeated for clarity given size and pace 25 West Africa cluster (Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire) — rapid expanding markets - AI 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by BlackViper(op): 10:19am On Feb 14 |
Here is what your beloved ChatGPT has to say about the Nigerian and South African armed forces: Overall Verdict If the question is “Which country has more military hardware overall?” By total number of platforms (vehicles, aircraft, ships): 🇳🇬 Nigeria likely has more. By technological sophistication and advanced systems: 🇿🇦 South Africa has the edge. In other words, Nigerian is ranked higher because of quantity, while South Africa which is a smaller country than Nigeria is more technologically advanced and has military which possess more quality than the Nigerian Army. Kemetian:
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| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by yemmit90: 10:52am On Feb 14 |
So Egypt is in Europe abi? or you are blind to see Egypt there as well. 13 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by festacman(m): 10:56am On Feb 14 |
Nigeria ought to be there but our leaders even till this day have been selfish and without vision. So suddenly a wealthy powerful country became poor, weak and now at the mercy of US and China. 1 Like |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by oluwaseyi0: 3:22pm On Feb 14 |
What about Africa giants |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by Winterhaven(m): 3:23pm On Feb 14 |
USA under Trump misusing their power for selfish interests |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by Alfred200825(m): 3:24pm On Feb 14 |
Egypt is in Australia right? 14 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by Funkyswagzz(m): 3:24pm On Feb 14 |
Egypt is there too how did you skip it 8 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by femi4: 3:25pm On Feb 14 |
Some Countries our only powerful on paper Abegistanians 1 Like |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by donleo92(m): 3:26pm On Feb 14 |
Na lie Egypt dey powerful pass south Africa. Which war south Africa don fight na? 1 Like |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by Klington: 3:27pm On Feb 14 |
Nigeria has been left far far behind in all fronts since tinubu and his fellow apc members grab power at all cost. God bless SA. 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by Holdup247: 3:27pm On Feb 14 |
How is it only south Africa OP you no dey see EGYPT for there? |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by shadrach77: 3:28pm On Feb 14 |
Where is the rat 🐀 of Africa? (Nigeria)  4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by judewrites: 3:29pm On Feb 14 |
No morrocco?? The way some of them were threatening to leave Africa and join Europe because of the AFCON final, one would feel or suppose they are a powerful country. 1 Like |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by tunjijones(m): 3:30pm On Feb 14 |
Abeg which continent Egypt dey? 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by zinaunreal(m): 3:30pm On Feb 14 |
Obviously a white washed rating |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by Emeskhalifa(m): 3:30pm On Feb 14 |
Databoys will have to do a lot of convincing to make Nigerians understand why we aren't on the list 2 Likes |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by MrSly(m): 3:32pm On Feb 14 |
Kemetian:I also have a website. I can update my own index. APshit propaganda. Nigeria is no where near military power currently. Which money do want to use for it? Is it the one you used for lobbying or the one you siphoned in the name of building coastal high way or the one you gave out to seeing to procure 100 2026 Toyota hiase for election or the one spent on buying over governors or the one used to buy off the Senate and judiciary. Forget your propaganda. According to the above agbado, nigeria is more powerful than Mexico they replaced at no 33 4 Likes |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by Nword22: 3:33pm On Feb 14 |
I'm BlackViper:Go to school you said no...I hope Egypt is not Africa. |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by deebrain(m): 3:33pm On Feb 14 |
Hmmm ... If Nigeria can deal with her leadership irresponsibility, and have light , Nigeria will sky rocket to one of the top 20. Any nation wey no get light cannot prosper. Ps. Can somebody help me to beg Ikeja Electric to give Igbogbo Bayeikun (and many communities in ikorodu) light for God's sake? It has been gross darkness since July last year till date. Thank you. 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by anonimi: 3:34pm On Feb 14 |
zinaunreal:Is this because they didn’t list a country headed by hand dey shake, leg dey shake Humpty Dumpty, whose cluelessness shows that even his 🧠 is shaking  4 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: 40 Most Powerful Nations In The World by lordm(m): 3:36pm On Feb 14 |
What is Belarus doing there |
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