peter236

Just 2 more years of Chinese growth make a big difference. Compare with BiscottiGelato's 2009 figures, the US GDP has increased very little by %. But for China it has increased $1 trillion for each year which is a large % increase.

For year 2011.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis ... y_GDP_%28nominal%29
GDP(nomimal)
US       $15.1 trillion
China  $7.3 trillion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29
GDP adjusted for PPP
US      $15.1 trillion
China $11.3 trillion

BiscottiGelato

Even using BiscottiGelato's old 2009 figures. US adjusted for PPP GDP $45,755, China adjusted for PP ...
peter236 發表於 2012-8-24 20:08

My bad, looked at the wrong figure. You are right. It's *only* about 6x GDP per capita per your 2011 figures, PPP adjusted.