1. Diverging pathsChina and Chad

   China and Chad: similar GDP per person in 1990, 10.1 times apart in 2025

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   Output per person a year, in 2021 dollars adjusted for price differences: $1,700 in China and $1,700 in Chad in 1990; $25,100 and $2,500 in 2025. China grew 15-fold; Chad rose 45%.

   Source: World Bank (WDI, ITU and UNESCO data); UN WPP 2024Open on the chart →

More findings

• China: an older population than the US
• China: lower fertility than Japan
• Chad: more babies born than in the UK
• China: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more births
• China: stock prices have risen 25% since December 2022
• China: more people now die than are born

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