G4 countries

The **G4 countries are** Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan. They want each other to get Permanent Seats in the United Nations Security Council. Their economic and political influence has increased in the past 10 years similar to the current Permanent members. But the G4 is not liked by the Uniting for Consensus group who are against the G4 countries getting a UN permanent seat.

## Comparison

|colspan="14"|Comparison of G4 and P5 nations||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|** G4 nation _or_ P5 nation**|<span style="color:red">**G4**</span>|<span style="color:blue">**P5**</span>|<span style="color:blue">**P5**</span>|<span style="color:red">**G4**</span>|<span style="color:red">**G4**</span>|<span style="color:red">**G4**</span>|<span style="color:blue">**P5**</span>|<span style="color:blue">**P5**</span>|<span style="color:blue">**P5**</span>|
|align="left"|Place|**Latin America and Caribbean**|**Asia-Pacific**|**Western Europe**|**Western Europe**|**Asia-Pacific**|**Asia-Pacific**|**Eastern Europe**|**Western Europe**|**North America**|
|align="left"|**Population**|2.7% **7th**|17.9% **2nd**|0.9% **20th**|1.1% **19th**|17.9% **1st**|1.6% **11th**|1.9% **9th**|0.9% **21st**|4.2% **3rd**|
|align="left"|**Territory**|8 515 767 km2 **5th**|9 596 961 km2 **4th**|640 679 km2 **42nd**|357 114 km2 **62nd**|3 287 263 km2 **7th**|377 973 km2 **61st**|17 098 246 km2 **1st**|242 495 km2 **78th**|9 833 517 km2 **3rd**|
|align="left"|**GDP (nominal) (US$trillion)**|$2.08 **10th**|$19.37 **2nd**|$2.92 **7th**|$4.30 **4th**|$3.73 **5th**|$4.40 **3rd**|$2.06 **11th**|$3.15 **6th**|$26.85 **1st**|
|align="left"|**GDP (PPP) (US$trillion)**|$4.02 **8th**|$33.01 **1st**|$3.87 **9th**|$5.54 **5th**|$13.03 **3rd**|$6.45 **4th**|$4.98 **6th**|$3.84 **10th**|$26.85 **2nd**|
|align="left"|**UN funding**<sup>1</sup>|2.95% **8th**|12.01% **2nd**|4.43% **6th**|6.09% **4th**|0.83% **21st**|8.56% **3rd**|2.41% **10th**|4.57% **5th**|22.00% **1st**|
|align="left"|**UN peacekeeping funding**<sup>2</sup>|0.59% **19th**|15.22% **2nd**|5.61% **6th**|6.09% **4th**|0.17% **38th**|8.56% **3rd**|3.04% **8th**|5.79% **5th**|27.89% **1st**|
|align="left"|**UN peacekeepers**|282 **47th**|2,531 **9th**|706 **30th**|504 **37th**|5,353 **5th**|6 **105th**|70 **70th**|279 **48th**|33 **78th**|
|align="left"|**Defence budget (US$billion)**|$20.0 **17th**|$292.0 **2nd**|$53.0 **8th**|$55.8 **7th**|$81.4 **4th**|$46.0 **10th**|$86.4 **3rd**|$68.5 **6th**|$887.0 **1st**|
|align="left"|**Military (active)**|366,500 **13th**|2,185,000 **1st**|203,250 **22nd**|183,500 **27th**|1,455,550 **2nd**|247,150 **18th**|1,014,000 **5th**|148,500 **34th**|1,388,100 **3rd**|
|align="left"|**Military (reserve)**|1,340,000 **4th**|510,000 **9th**|36,300 **50th**|28,250 **53rd**|1,155,000 **5th**|56,000 **41st**|2,000,000 **2nd**|80,000 **35th**|844,950 **7th**|
|align="left"|**Active space program**||||||||||
|align="left"|**Helicopter carriers projects**||||||||||
|align="left"|**Aircraft carriers projects**||||||||||
|align="left"|**Nuclear submarines projects**||||||||||
|align="left"|**Active nuclear arsenal**||350 **3rd**|290 **4th**|<sup>3</sup>|160 **7th**||5,977 **1st**|225 **5th**|5,428 **2nd**|

### Support

The United Kingdom and France have supported the G4 wish for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. Japan has got support from the United States and the United Kingdom.

### Against

China is against Japan, and North Korea, Russia and South Korea think that Japan has to make very serious changes and apologise for war crimes they had done during World War II.