bizarre map that maps various countries’ GDPs to usa states.
according to this, california would be the 8th largest country in the world – if it were a country. wow. didn’t realise that.
the article says australia has the 16th largest GDP ($645 billion) which is equal to ohio. even more bizarre, brazil is at 17 with $621 billion and equals NY. really? ohio is bigger than ny? i’m not the only one who’s surprised comment #26 on the article asks about the sources & suggests the numbers might not be right. comment #124 suggests australia is florida and russia is ny.
population wise, ohio is a little over 11 million, florida is approaching 18 million, ny is a little over 19 (all via factmonster) while australia is 20 million.
interesting map even if the numbers aren’t really right.
i think florida is more like 16 million. but i dont even remember where i got that number. could be 18.