what is the exact reason why they call them third world countries?

Question

thank you i never really knew the exact meaning or who coined it.i always knew they were the poor countries or the underdeveloped/developing countries which is now politically correct term for them.

Answer 1

Third World is a term originally used to distinguish those nations that neither aligned with the West nor with the East during the Cold War. These countries are also known as the Global South, developing countries, and least developed countries in academic circles. Development workers also call them the two-thirds world and The South. Some dislike the term developing countries as it implies that industrialisation is the only way forward, while they believe it is not necessarily the most beneficial.
Many "third world" countries are located in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. They are often nations that were colonized by another nation in the past. The populations of third world countries are generally very poor but with high birth rates. In general they are not as industrialized or technologically advanced as the first world. The majority of the countries in the world fit this classification.
The term "third world" was coined by economist Alfred Sauvy in an article in the French magazine L'Observateur of August 14, 1952. It was a deliberate reference to the "Third Estate" of the French Revolution. Tiers monde means third world in French. The term gained widespread popularity during the Cold War when many poorer nations adopted the category to describe themselves as neither being aligned with NATO or the USSR, but instead composing a non-aligned "third world" (in this context, the term "First World" was generally understood to mean the United States and its allies in the Cold War, which would have made the East bloc the "Second World" by default; however, the latter term was seldom actually used).

Answer 2

The economist and demographer Alfred Sauvy, in an article published in the French magazine L'Observateur, August 14, 1952, coined the term Third World in referring to countries currently called either "developing" or "under-developed", especially in Latin America, Africa, Oceania, and Asia, that were unaligned with either the Communist Soviet bloc or the Capitalist NATO bloc during the Cold War (1945–1989).[1] Today, Third World is synonymous with all countries in the developing world, regardless of their political status[citation needed].

Third World was a reference to the Tiers État, the (Third Estate), the commoners of France before and during the French Revolution — opposed to the priests and nobles who composed the First Estate and the Second Estate. Like the third estate, wrote Sauvy, the Third World has nothing, and "wants to be something", implying that the Third World is exploited (as was the third estate) and that its destiny is revolutionary. Moreover, it conveyed the second concept of political non-alignment with neither the industrialised Capitalist bloc nor the industrialised Communist bloc.

Answer 3

"The economically underdeveloped countries of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America, considered as an entity with common characteristics, such as poverty, high birthrates, and economic dependence on the advanced countries.

The French demographer Alfred Sauvy coined the expression ("tiers monde" in French) in 1952 by analogy with the "third estate," the commoners of France before and during the French Revolution-as opposed to priests and nobles, comprising the first and second estates respectively.

Like the third estate, wrote Sauvy, the third world is nothing, and it "wants to be something." The term therefore implies that the third world is exploited, much as the third estate was exploited, and that, like the third estate its destiny is a revolutionary one."

Answer 4

The economically underdeveloped countries of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America, considered as an entity with common characteristics, such as poverty, high birthrates, and economic dependence on the advanced countries. The French demographer Alfred Sauvy coined the expression ("tiers monde" in French) in 1952 by analogy with the "third estate," the commoners of France before and during the French Revolution-as opposed to priests and nobles, comprising the first and second estates respectively. Like the third estate, wrote Sauvy, the third world is nothing, and it "wants to be something." The term therefore implies that the third world is exploited, much as the third estate was exploited, and that, like the third estate its destiny is a revolutionary one. It conveys as well a second idea, also discussed by Sauvy, that of non-alignment, for the third world belongs neither to the industrialized capitalist world nor to the industrialized Communist bloc. The expression third world was used at the 1955 conference of Afro-Asian countries held in Bandung, Indonesia. In 1956 a group of social scientists associated with Sauvy's National Institute of Demographic Studies, in Paris, published a book called Le Tiers-Monde. Three years later, the French economist Francois Perroux launched a new journal, on problems of underdevelopment, with the same title. By the end of the 1950's the term was frequently employed in the French media to refer to the underdeveloped countries of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America.

Answer 5

It's an antiquated term. The First World were the Westernized nations (USA, Canada, Western Europe, Oceania and Japan), the Second World was the former Soviet Bloc nations and Third World the underdeveloped countries.

It's a Western term to try to portray the superiority of Western, democratic/capitalist nations.

Answer 6

Who's the them?
If you're looking for the definition to Third World Country it'd be:
1.The developing nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin American.
2.Minority groups as a whole within a larger prevailing culture.

It just overall means an undeveloped country

Answer 7

Third World is a term used to describe the poorest, most undeveloped nations. Nations are organized into tiers; rich, prominent countries or associations like the European Union or the United States are First World, while nations that are not entirely developed (but farther ahead than their lesser counterparts) are Second World nations.

Answer 8

On August 14, 1952, Alfred Sauvy published an article for the L'Observateur, a French magazine. In this article he defined the meaning of "Third World," mainly by referencing the traits of Russia, Latin America, China, and Africa.

Answer 9

So-called First World countries have industrialised economies based around industry, service industries, etc; rather than primarily agricultural or "unskilled" labour intensive industries such as mining. Middle ranking economically developed countries have a combination of both. So-called Third world have primarily agricultural/labour intensive economies. They are simplistic crude definitions that don't do justice to the true complexity of the issue.

Answer 10

This is sort of an old terminology for them, but third world means economically underdeveloped countries of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America, considered as an entity with common characteristics, such as poverty, high birthrates, and economic dependence on the advanced countries.