The x-axis plots the years from 1950 to 2015 in increments of 5 until 2000 and in increments of 1 till 2015. The y-axis on the left plots the GDP in billions from 0 to 18000 in increments of 1000. The y-axis on the right plots the GDP per capita from 5000 to 75000 in increments of 5000. The curve representing GDP, in billions, shows the following information:

  • 1950: 300 billion

  • 1960: 400 billion

  • 1965: 600 billion

  • 1970: 900 billion

  • 1975: 1500 billion

  • 1980: 2500 billion

  • 1985: 4200 billion

  • 1990: 5500 billion

  • 1995: 7200 billion

  • 2000: 9800 billion

  • 2001: 10000 billion

  • 2002: 10300 billion

  • 2003: 10800 billion

  • 2004: 11700 billion

  • 2005: 12000 billion

  • 2006: 13000 billion

  • 2007: 13500 billion

  • 2008: 14000 billion

  • 2009: 13400 billion

  • 2010; 14200 billion

  • 2011: ...

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