tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555522.post723480613180985885..comments2008-08-11T15:30:18.486-07:00bwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07541279438184352860noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555522.post-24892487445773301032008-08-11T15:30:00.000-07:002008-08-11T15:30:00.000-07:00Population estimate 1.33 billion in 2007 (0.6% increase) Add in Hong Kong and Macau 8 million.<BR/>Total population in 2008 1.35 billion.<BR/><BR/>The overall GDP is 3.6 trillion and heading to 4 trillion this year with growth and exchange rate increases.<BR/><BR/>The bottom one billion would approximate the economy of India but would be richer by 200% [US$2 trillion, or kind of like India plus Mexico with a bit fewer people] and the then the top 350 million (including Hong Kong) would be like Brazil but richer and more populated by 60%.<BR/><BR/>The top 4 provinces in China in terms of GDP plus Shanghai and Hong Kong. <BR/><BR/>Guangdong 3.2 trillion yuan<BR/> [US$470 billion, $5k/per cap]<BR/>Shandong 2.7 trillion<BR/> [US$390 billion, $4k/per cap]<BR/>Jiangsu 2.6 T yuan<BR/> [US$380 billion]<BR/>Zhejiang 1.9 T yuan<BR/> [US$280 billion]<BR/>Shanghai US$165B(U$9000 per cap)<BR/>Hong Kong US$218B in 2008<BR/><BR/>330 million people<BR/>US$1.9 trillion GDP.<BR/><BR/>http://www.starmass.com/en/china_gdp_by_province.htm<BR/><BR/>The provincial GDP has jumped from 1350.2 billion RMB in 2002, to 3060.6 billion RMB in 2007, with an average annual growth of 14.5%. About US$500 billion. Its ratio in proportion to the national GDP increased from 1/9 to 1/8. Guangdong’s GDP, after overtaking those of Singapore and Hong Kong, has surpassed that of Taiwan. Guangdong’s GDP per capita has reached 4000 US dollars. Guangdong population at the end of 2007 is 94.49 million<BR/><BR/>http://www.newsgd.com/exclusivenews/content/2008-03/11/content_4361075.htm<BR/><BR/>In 2007, the nominal GDP for Shandong was 2.59 trillion yuan (US$340 billion), ranking second in the country (behind Guangdong and ahead of Jiangsu). It's GDP per capita was 27,723 yuan (US$3,646), ranking seventh.<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shandong<BR/><BR/>Shanghai 18.5 million<BR/>US$157.8 billion (7th)<BR/>Per cap US$8,949 (13th)<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangsu<BR/>Population (2006)<BR/> 75,495,000 (5th)<BR/>(4th)<BR/>GDP (2007)<BR/>CNY 2.56 trillion (3rd)<BR/>CNY 33,689 (5th) per cap GDP<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_China_administrative_divisions_by_GDP<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhejiang<BR/><BR/>Population (2004)<BR/>47,200,000 (11th)<BR/><BR/>GDP (2007)<BR/>CNY 1.86 trillion (4th)<BR/>CNY 37,128 (4th) per capitabwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07541279438184352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555522.post-47750075028509097042008-08-11T14:09:00.000-07:002008-08-11T14:09:00.000-07:00I wonder how China's GDP would look, if one treated it as if it were the two separate countries it sort of resembles - a modern, hyper-dynamic urban country, and a relatively impoverished rural country.Tom Craverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13570100578983177926noreply@blogger.com