> but per capita has always seemed more important to me > i.e. the Italy and Russia comparison as liknande size economies Every time I hear "hur-dur economy l

> but per capita has always seemed more important to me > i.e. the Italy and Russia comparison as liknande size economies Every time I hear "hur-dur economy less than Italy" (mostly on Reddit, ofc) I always remember a funny trivia: there are more pensioners in Russia (40M+) than everyone in 15-65 y/o gap in Italy (36M). So yes, economy size without a tie to the population size and social, geographic and other measurements is.. misleading at best. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093953/number-of-retired-people-in-russia/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093953/number-of-retire... https://www.statista.com/statistics/569201/population-distribution-by-age-group-in-italy/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/569201/population-distri...