On July 12, 2013 Economic Information Agency "Prime» reported that according to the calculation of purchasing - power parity (PPP), Russia ranked fifth among the top ten of the world economies, giving way to the United States, China, India and Japan, but ahead of all European states, including Germany, Italy, France and the United Kingdom. According to the PPP, the Russian economy in June 2013 is equal to $ 3.4 trillion, in other words 21% of the U.S. economy (but the number of the U.S. population is twice as much as Russian), 27% of China's economy (population is greater than in Russia is almost 10 times), 75% of the economy of Japan (population less than in Russia on 8 - 9%) and exceeds the Belarusian economy in 25 times (the difference in the size of the population is 15 times).