[Salon] Which economy was bigger in ancient times? China or India?

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Which economy was bigger in ancient times? China or India?

Richard Baldwin

Up to 1500, India had the bigger economy, but it lost the crown by 1600, only to regain it by 1700 and lose it definitely by 1820. In 1820, China’s economy was about twice the size of India’s.

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