China was the most populous country on earth for a very long time, that is common knowledge among educated people. It makes a difference in the story if they're struggling in an economy five times wealthier than India's.
That's why I looked it up. That's why some other people will look it up.
This is the population difference we're talking about:
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Really? Isn’t it common knowledge among educated people? Like the biggest country.
I think OP wrote their country like this as a figure of speech and to state that they are one of many.
China was the most populous country on earth for a very long time, that is common knowledge among educated people. It makes a difference in the story if they're struggling in an economy five times wealthier than India's.
That's why I looked it up. That's why some other people will look it up.
This is the population difference we're talking about:
1. India, 1,463,865,525
2, China, 1,416,096,094