The percentile rank of China's GDP per capita was 13.7 among listed countries in 1950. [0] As of recently it's 44.5. [1] You have to standardize the information to make a meaningful comparison, since there are more countries nowadays.

0: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/GDP-...

1: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/GDP/...