Consider this: Japanese GDP growth from 1990 to 2000 — Japan's so-called lost decade — was just 0.2 percent less than America's when you account for increases in the U. S. population.

考虑到日本1990年至2000年的GDP增长——日本人所谓“失去的十年”——如果算上美国人口的增长，不过比美国低了0.2%。