Did you know that a few years ago the Chinese were much shorter than they are now? I know it sounds little credible, but everything is due to the gross domestic product per capita (GDP per person).

The first thing you should know to understand this phenomenon is that not always an increase in GDP translates into the enrichment of your population because it depends if you really take advantage of this increase in the production and sale of goods and services. In this case, if that was the case, China's long-term economic growth plan is now giving its rewards.

Basically because the GDP per person has increased considerably in the last 10 years and this translates into a better nutrition of the population, there are even records that the Chinese in recent years have grown an average of 6.4cm in height and in about Years could be the same size as an average American person.

On the World Bank page you can confirm this information. Currently the GDP of China is the second largest in the world with USD 11.2 billion exceeded only by the United States. Now we all know that the population of China is huge, however, the GDP per capita of China 15 years ago was 1000 USD but for 2016 it exceeded 8000 USD, a huge benefit that allowed to improve the quality of life of the people of this country.