To be honest I don't know what PPP really is but I guess it GDP adjusted for cost of living of the country it is in. The other nominal is probably more valid I just went with the first one I saw. Either way there it is a big difference and there are countries like the Sudan that would be a closer fit.
$259 billion is still only four times $62 billion. :p
It certainly seems that there are a ton of ways a person could draw the comparisons, and I sure don't have any idea which would be most relevent or accurate. It's still pretty cool to see the general thrust of how much sheer GDP the US has.
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A map. Because maps rock. US states renamed to countries with similar GDPs.
15/09/2011 03:28:54 PM
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Mine's Belgium
15/09/2011 03:39:37 PM
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um... is Austria doing well? *NM*
15/09/2011 05:10:20 PM
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I'm back in Russia! This is really cool. Wouldn't have thought that Florida = = Australia.
15/09/2011 08:06:06 PM
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They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size?
15/09/2011 08:10:00 PM
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Re: They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size?
15/09/2011 11:33:56 PM
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Puts TX in pretty good shape though.
16/09/2011 03:47:19 PM
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Why does Sweden always have to be the place with a crumbling car industry?
*NM*
15/09/2011 09:02:45 PM
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Delaware = Bangladesh?!
15/09/2011 09:11:42 PM
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Aren't there about 150 times as many people in bangladesh as in delaware?
15/09/2011 09:19:01 PM
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my backyard is bigger than Delaware and has more people in when I have a barbecue
15/09/2011 09:47:20 PM
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Erm.
15/09/2011 09:55:08 PM
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Yeah, I don't see how those two figures are even similar tbh. *NM*
15/09/2011 10:00:30 PM
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Still a huge enough difference to make you wonder about that map, though...
15/09/2011 10:00:40 PM
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yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B
15/09/2011 10:08:24 PM
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Sudan would definitely be closer.
15/09/2011 10:21:00 PM
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Re: yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B
15/09/2011 10:22:27 PM
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There's a flip side to that, too, though.
16/09/2011 04:31:06 PM
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As Legolas says, that is essentially what PPP GDP is, and why I and others prefer it.
16/09/2011 03:59:41 PM
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Erm, nevermind.
15/09/2011 10:05:13 PM
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Hmm.
15/09/2011 10:10:55 PM
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Yeah, I started out by confusing Delaware with Rhode Island and it went from there.
15/09/2011 10:20:09 PM
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I have been known to call DE "the Black Hole of Calcutta for incorporation."
16/09/2011 03:40:39 PM
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Connecticut being the UAE seems pretty appropriate in my mind for some reason ...
16/09/2011 03:08:23 AM
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Florida?! But that's America's wang! *NM*
16/09/2011 01:42:41 PM
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They prefer "The Sunshine State."
16/09/2011 07:09:21 PM
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