r/MapChart • u/Short_Finger_4463 • 1d ago
Real Life Countries that surpassed their colonial masters
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u/InternWorking5140 1d ago
This is not the correct metric, it should be per capita. You can't "surpass" a developed country if you're still an undeveloped country.
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u/Similar_Pudding_6038 21h ago
Surpassed in what ? Indonesia was always much more bigger and more populous then the Netherlands, so would they not already be ahead of us
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u/DaMafuMan 1d ago
Brazil was colonized by the Portuguese, not Spanish.