<<Now how do you reconcile around 3 billion people with a $1200 to $3000 GDP per capita with $32,000??>>
I am wondering where does your statistics come from? My source is from the following link:
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Per Capita GDP for some of these Southeast and East Asian countries/Regions:
GDP (PPP) GDP (Norminal)
(PPP --Purchasing-power Parity)
$28,235 $31,900 (Singapore)
$24,550 $26,400 (Hong Kong)
$16,610 $13,303 (Taiwan)
$11,520 $4,287 (Malaysia)
$13,660 $9,511 (South Korea)
$6,795 $2,450 (Tailand)
$3,650 $738 (China)
$3,520 $1,203 (Phillipines)
$3,750 $981 (Indonesia)
$23,105 $33,800 (Japan)
vs.
$30,025 $29,950 (United States)
Note for these figures (From AsiaWeek):
These figures are the latest available from national and multilateral sources (telephone data from Intl. Telecom Union). These statistics will appear only occasionally: GDP (PPP), savings, foreign debt, literacy rate, urban pop., people per doctor, infant mortality, people per TV and calorie intake. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the value of all goods and services produced in one year. Purchasing-power Parity (PPP, based on World Bank ratios) takes into account price differences between countries, for a more accurate measure of national wealth. Gross National Product (GNP) is GDP plus payments from abroad from investments and labor, minus similar payments to foreigners. Literacy rates refer to the population over 15.
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