This Will Be The World's Richest Country In 2050

Goldman has a new report out on The BRICs countries after 10 years, and how global markets will continue to evolve.

Remember, the BRICs are Brazil, Russia, India, and China -- the four countries identified 10 years ago by Goldman's Jim O'Neill as being the global growth-drivers of the next generation.

This new report discusses various themes, including the emergence of non-BRIC emerging markets, as well as a general flattening of income equality over the next several years.

Goldman also makes its prediction for what the richest economies will be in the year 2050.

The good news for the U.S.: The U.S. will remain top dog on a per-capita-GDP basis (this list does exclude some tiny countries, like the Mideast petro-kingdoms, which might actually be higher).

According to the report, China will be far and away the world's biggest economy, but on a per-capita-GDP basis, it still won't even be as rich as Mexico.