Is there a si gel country that has honestly benefited from decolonization?
China, those fuckers got their shit in gear PRONTO
I present for your consideration and posterity,
China In The 21st Century: A Quick And Sobering Glance At China's Current Peacetime Production
So China as a "modern state" more or less officially starts in 1949 and is when its considered to be "decolonized" cause remember, the Japanese invaded china under the pretext of "hey if they are going to be colonized its better to be colonized by Asians, so the 1936 and onward war there was a war of colonization although its often forgot.
So 76 years removed THIS YEAR, not even 1 lifetime, bear that in mind as you read the following, feel free to fact check, but It was all revealed to me in a dream so good luck fighting that source.

So now they make 50% of the worlds ships

A third of ALL textiles, text closest country is at 6%

They make a third of all the WORLDS electronics

They make a third of the WORLDS cars

And make more than a third of the WORLDS telecommunications

50% of just Americas critical medical supplies

but 40% of the WORLDS APIs, not netcode, active pharmaceutical ingredients

42% of GLOBAL HVAC sales

over a quarter of the WORLDS heavy industrial farming equipment

over a third of the WORLDS plumbing supplies
So yea, you can say population numbers or whatever, but thats crazy impressive and kinda scary that we let that happen regardless.