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Century behind by what measure? Not from a GDP growth perspective: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_largest_historical_GDP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_largest_h... They’ve been climbing each year, ranked 4th right behind Japan They’ve also been climbing substantially in energy use: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=42295 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=42295 Historically a proxy for economic growth