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The world’s biggest economies the decade you were born

The 10 richest countries from 1940 to 2000
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The 10 richest countries from 1940 to 2000

Want to know which countries ruled the roost the decade you arrived on the planet? Using GDP data in 1990 international Geary-Khamis dollars, compiled by economist Angus Maddison, and figures from Our World in Data, also in international dollars, we reveal the world's 10 biggest economies from 1940 to 2010.
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Daniel Coughlin

28 November 2018

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