[ggm]

If India gets its shit together it'll push the USA into 3rd place. Japan punching way above its weight.

[oefrha]

Japan has a population of 123mm, 1.5x that of Germany next to it. It’s not a small country.

[ggm]

Apologies: germany and Japan pulling above their weights

[knallfrosch]

That's a big "if"

[ggm]

Education and market forces.

[082349872349872]

If significantly more of India starts using english, maybe en-in will eventually do to en-us what en-us did to en-gb?

[ggm]

Based on my personal experience with delayed replies to Indian business letters, the inflation from hyper polite to enraged in one exchange is going to be hilarious if it gets out more widely.