Interesting Tidbit

Russia (population 140,000,000) has roughly the same GDP as the US state of Texas (population 25,000,000). Imagine that, a country that was formerly regarded as the worlds number two power has the same GDP as our second most populous state. It's amazing how quick things can change.

Along those same lines, Shanghai in 1990 and 2010 (you can guess which is which):



And Afghanistan from 2010 and. . . 2010