It is the 16th biggest economy in the world with phenomenal stable growth figures currently approximately at around 8 % per annum. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
The carbon intensity of other big economies has been falling as well, although absolute emissions remain higher than they were in 1990. (qz.com)
To what extremes are we willing to go, to fit more and more people and bigger and bigger economies on a finite planet? (growthbusters.org)