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India has not gained "1k" development in the patch. It was increased by about 20% - 25%.
According to most estimates (though we should note population estimation is no exact science) Chinese population has been about the same (most of the time slightly smaller) compared to India's throughout the centuries.
GDP estimates (which are obviously even more speculative) also usually place both regions on par.

Now it is true we do artificially reduce both regions development for gameplay purposes. If we had not they should both individually have bigger economies than all of Europe combined, however that is not the case after Dharma, just as it was not the case before it :)
 
Did not mean to imply that China is perfect :) (and would not want to promise anything for the EU4 team)
Just wanted to point out that adding 2 000 development to it like the OP asks for (which is more than the sum total of India still post Dharma) is not really called for. ;)
 
I would not claim to be an expert on demographics but usually the Indian subcontinent is estimated slightly above chinas population. This is even true today (remember the subcontinent and the in game region includes modern Bangladesh, Nepal and most of Pakistan).

Regardless, what I really came to say was to repeat above where I say the Indian total is still below 2000 (no I don’t remember the exact number, but I do know the OP must have come up with it himself) so your guess of 2200 (which I’m not sure what you based on?) is quite wrong.
I also think you’ll find vanilla will always apply balance considerations on top of any such estimates. The way this game works it would not work as a game if Ming alone had more development than all of Europe combined, even if it would mirror reality as far as we know.

I am however sure that a map of provinces to consider and why they are important is something that would be useful if the eu4 team revisits China. The same goes for arguing Chinese development in relation to nearby regions rather than in relation to France :)
 
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