FIGURE 24.2 Global Comparison: National Populations and Economies, c. 1938 Throughout the Great Depression, the United States remained more productive than any other nation in the world. By 1938 the United States produced more than twice as much as its closest competitors, Germany and the USSR. If Germany had gained control of the other European nations listed here, it would have become the biggest economy in the world. What do these data suggest about the relationship between population and product?