You're getting downvoted, but you're right. A "third-world country" was a country that wasn't aligned to either the Western countries (first world) or the Com

You're getting downvoted, but you're right. A "third-world country" was a country that wasn't aligned to either the Western countries (first world) or the Communist Bloc (second world). These terms have become outdated, and "developing" countries is more commonly used now by, e.g., the press.