how is India, equally populated country to China, is nowhere near the economy level China (EVERYTHING is made in here) has achieved with its manpower.

Question

how is India, equally populated country to China, is nowhere near the economy level China (EVERYTHING is made in here) has achieved with its manpower.

In: Economics

Answer 1

China’s birth rate has slowed over the last century

India’s has not

Between China’s now defunct 1 child rule and their industrialization, their population hasn’t been growing as much. Industrialization has always slowed the birth rate, and many Asian nations don’t even have their birth rate at the replacement level.

India is still able to feed this growing population and still has humans doing jobs that much of the world has automated, namely agriculture