Asia Moved From Demographic Scale in the 1990s to Global Economic and Trade Centrality in the 2020s
Asia’s share of global GDP and exports expanded sharply to 2025, bringing the region’s influence closer to its demographic scale.
China Leads the Long-Term Shift in Global Economic Scale Toward Asia
PPP-adjusted GDP trends show China surpassing the U.S. economy in 2014 and India expanding rapidly in economic scale.