毕竟，自从中国在2,000多年前成为统一国家以来，一直是世界上人口最多的国家，因此其成为世界最大经济体理所应当。
After all, China has been the world’s most populous country since it became a unified state more than 2,000 years ago, so it makes sense that it would also be the world’s largest economy.