today at work i had a heated argument cause a American used 3rd world country to refer nepal and India. so what is 1st 2nd and 3rd world country? according to my knowledge it was started by Brits who claimed all white countries are 1st coloured (brown and yellow) are second and black as 3rd. so as time went japan proved it's more developed than all Whites together so after that it went according to the income. have your say