Since the start of the 21st century, two of the most populous Asian countries, India and China, have challenged the dominance of Western economies, witnessing the fastest growth that is likely to continue in the next five decades. During the 1990s, China and India were the 11th and 12th largest world economies, respectively, with similar GDPs. Today, China is an upper-middle-income country, while India is a lower-middle-income group economy.