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March 23: If California were a country

If California were its own country it would rank among the top 5 economies in the world.

Danny Sheridan
Mar 23, 2022
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Source: Blue Oak Capital
Published: December 2021

If California were a country

California is the largest and most productive state in the United States. It is home to Silicon Valley, Hollywood, agriculture, and tourism–if it were its own country it would rank among the top 5 economies in the world.

Rank: 1
Country: United States
GDP ($T USD): $20,893

Rank: 2
Country: China
GDP ($T USD): $14,722

Rank: 3
Country: Japan
GDP ($T USD): $5,057

Rank: 4
Country: Germany
GDP ($T USD): $3,846

Rank: 5
Country: California
GDP ($T USD): $3,353

Rank: 6
Country: United Kingdom
GDP ($T USD): $2,764

Rank: 7
Country: India
GDP ($T USD): $2,660

Rank: 8
Country: France
GDP ($T USD): $2,630

Rank: 9
Country: Italy
GDP ($T USD): $1,888

Rank: 10
Country: Canada
GDP ($T USD): $1,644

Note: GDP (gross domestic product) provides an economic snapshot of a country, used to estimate the size of an economy and growth rate.


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Kanchan
Mar 23, 2022Liked by Danny Sheridan

Thank you for this Fact! CA being such a huge economy by itself is astounding. One question I have is, is the GDP of the US in this table with or without CA included?

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Stephen Lenz
Mar 23, 2022

Sad that over half of the people in California can’t afford to live in most of the state at this point with the cost of living. Sacrifice I guess is a huge part of profit.

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