What’s the difference between first, second, and third countries?

Question

I’ve read about it but don’t really understand the concept.

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Answer 1

When the term was first coined it was used to describe America and its allies (first world) the Soviet Union and its allies (second) and everyone else (3rd). Now a days it’s mainly just used to describe how developed a country is. A first would be America, second could be middle of the road countries like India, Albania, South Africa. Third would countries generally have low degrees of development like Somalia or South Sudan