Originally Posted by Cyrano

Fun facts provided by the CIA's World Factbook.

China:
GDP (purchasing power parity): $10 trillion (2006 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $2.512 trillion (2006 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 10.5% (official data) (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $7,600 (2006 est.)
Labor force: 798 million (2006 est.)

United States:
GDP (purchasing power parity): $12.98 trillion (2006 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $13.22 trillion (2006 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 3.4% (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $43,500 (2006 est.)
Labor force: 151.4 million (includes unemployed) (2006 est.)

Population Projections:
China: Current (1,313,973,713) Projected by 2050 (1,530,000,000)
USA: Current (301,476,236) Projected by 2050 (393,931,000)
India: Current (1,095,351,995) Projected by 2050 (1,628,000)