Comment Comment by 0xDEAFBEAD Isn't this "drop" because other countries grew and India did not? Wouldn't that cause Thailand to "drop" in a similar manner?See https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-maddison-project-data...Based on the Maddison Project data, it looks like India's economy never had a huge shrinking event. It was just outgrown by other economies.In 1700 India was by far the world's most populous country (using modern borders): https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?tab=map&time=1...High population probably explains India's high GDP share in 1700. parent 0xDEAFBEAD 24 days ago
See https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-maddison-project-data...
Based on the Maddison Project data, it looks like India's economy never had a huge shrinking event. It was just outgrown by other economies.
In 1700 India was by far the world's most populous country (using modern borders): https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?tab=map&time=1...
High population probably explains India's high GDP share in 1700.