China vs South Sudan
Broad money supply, growth and observation dates, side by side.
Native-currency series are rescaled by each economy's own latest USD ratio: the shape of the line is exact, the level of older points is approximate. Use the country pages for the source figures. Crossings do not establish when one economy's money stock overtook the other at historical exchange rates.
CHINA's money stock is 1301725.5% larger than SOUTH SUDAN's — $42.64T against $3.28B. Average annual growth is 9.6% for China and 70.5% for South Sudan. These are nominal money stocks at each economy's stated observation date.
"So the bigger number is the richer country?" No. Broad money counts deposits and currency outstanding, not wealth, not output and not purchasing power. A country can have a large money stock and a poor population, and the reverse. It is also not comparable to GDP, and the two series here are measured on different dates by different agencies.