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Below I have compiled results showing the GDP (PPP) of the territory of a selection of world nations. These statistics are from Wikipedia, and I have omitted figures for collective groupings such as 'Eastern Europe', 'Former USSR', 'West Asia' and similar.
The aim of it is to show the rise and decline of different economies through history, however don't be misled - as is the case with the UK in the 1800s, rapid rise of a few countries can make it appear as if other countries are declining, but to see the results in detail I refer you to the source of the data.
Displayed are the top ten countries in terms of total GDP (PPP), if you want the results for the other countries then you can click the spoiler bars below each of the top ten results and you will see the results continuing in order from the last country on the top ten of the list.
Highlighted are European countries and the USA.
1AD:
- India
China
Italy (not far behind the total for Africa as a whole!)
France
Spain
Germany
Japan
Mexico
UK
USA
Spoiler!
My personal comments:
India at this time was an advanced civilisation with strong nations as too was China. Italy was influential and economically powerful as the hub of the Roman Empire.
Whilst America was under the rule of native tribes, it did have some more advanced tribes in the South West and this figure is for the territory the size of much of Europe.
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