It's interesting to note that China and India were the global economic juggernauts until only very recently: (first google result to demonstrate the point) htt

It's interesting to note that China and India were the global economic juggernauts until only very recently: (first google result to demonstrate the point) https://infogr.am/Share-of-world-GDP-throughout-history https://infogr.am/Share-of-world-GDP-throughout-history