Comparative Map

[Lemur]

This is kinda neat, from the Strange Maps blog (http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/), a comparative map of the U.S., where the names have been replaced by nations with equivalent G.D.P.

I hope this isn't terminally geeky.


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/comparative_map.jpg

I note that we in the land of cheddar have a G.D.P. similar to South Africa. And we don't even have gold or diamond mines! Take that, Johannesburg!

[Banquo's Ghost]

Nevada = Ireland.

Makes sense, since both our economies are largely dependent on gambling. :beam:

[Lemur]

The big weird one for me is Tennessee = Saudi Arabia. That doesn't seem ... possible. Then again, from what I've heard, getting realistic numbers from Saudi is almost impossible, so maybe their G.D.P. is underreported? I mean, nothing against TN, but they aren't generating the same kind of wealth as the biggest oil source in the world. I don't think.

Anybody have some insight to shed on this?

[JR-]

hmm, might as well substitute France for the UK. same as California hey......

[Odin]

Massachusetts = Belgium

Wonderful

[Kralizec]

Hmm, Penssylvania?

This seems to be a really old map, early 90'ties I'd say. At the moment Russia's economy is substantially larger than that of New Jersey :inquisitive:

[drone]

California = France, too funny. ~D

West Va = Algeria, also seems about right. :banjo:

Don't forget, this is Gross Domestic Product, not Gross National Product. For Saudi Arabia, oil/gas extracted/refined by foreign companies wouldn't count (except for taxes/rights payments).

[HoreTore]

According to wikipedia, Tennessee's GDP was $226,502 billion, and according to the CIA world factbook, the GDP of Saudi Arabia is $366.2 billion (2006 est.).

[Strike For The South]

Texas=Canada. Awesome the two greatest places on the earth united into on economic MACHINE!@@@@@@@@@@@@

[Marshal Murat]

So why aren't Illinois residents illegally migrating to other states?

Alabama=Iran

I see similarities.

[Louis VI the Fat]

The big weird one for me is Tennessee = Saudi Arabia. The numbers behind your map can be found here (http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/131-us-states-renamed-for-countries-with-similar-gdps/).

They put Saudi Arabia at GDP $286 billion. Wiki (IMF and World Bank) puts it a bit higher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29), but a quick comparison showed they do so for most countries. GDP is useful, but has it's problems. I really don't know the ins-and-outs of the Saudi economy though.

Wiki does have lower numbers for individual (US) states. Gross State Products (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_(nominal)). Your map overestimates US numbers and underestimates the numbers for the rest of the world. For example, $1.7 million for Cali, versus $2.2 for France (or $2.3 for the UK). But that really shouldn't detract from the fun. The differences are not that great (20/25%).

It's a great map that really conveys America's economic preponderance well. ~:eek:

I'm terminally geeky enough to be utterly fascinated by this sort of map. Let me share another one, size = GDP:


https://img359.imageshack.us/img359/8932/pnbmondialab8.jpg

[Cataphract_Of_The_City]

The map is totally wrong. "Portugal" is more than 5 times larger than "Greece" but in reality Greece has a $24000 GDP/capita and Portugal has a $18000GDP/capita with practically equal populations. Also, Russia has 12 times the GDP (PPP) of Singapoore.

Edit...nevermind...i thought it was GDP-to-size match.

Edit 2...the map in the post above is a bit old. Chinese GDP has reached $3trillion (and 10tril PPP :O)

[Husar]

I feel underrepresented, or are we just too rich?:inquisitive:

[doc_bean]

Massachusetts = Belgium

Wonderful

Hey I'm not too happy about it either !

[drone]

I feel underrepresented, or are we just too rich?:inquisitive:
Too rich, I would guess. California is the state with the biggest economy (5th in the world, I keep hearing), and it got France, and Germany's GDP is higher than France's.

[Gregoshi]

Pennsylvania = Netherlands

That make so much sense. We do have the Pennsylvania Dutch afterall. :laugh4:

[Ronin]

Kentucky = Portugal



errr.....does this make me a redneck of sorts? :laugh4:

[HoreTore]

I feel underrepresented, or are we just too rich?:inquisitive:

GDP has little to do with wealth... That's GDP per capita...

Anyway, I'm pleased to see that Norway's twin borders Canada. :laugh4:

[Husar]

GDP has little to do with wealth... That's GDP per capita...
Psht! Don't spoil it...

[Ice]

Well apparently I have lived in Argentina, Austria, and the Netherlands. :laugh4:

[Blodrast]

Well apparently I have lived in Argentina, Austria, and the Netherlands. :laugh4:

How did you like it ? ~D

[Kagemusha]

So Finland is Colorado? Not bad at all. In the middle of Nowhere,just like its supposed to be.:2thumbsup:

[Ironside]

North Carolina? :inquisitive:
Must be something wrong here, as we all know that Sweden is Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania together. :laugh4:

[Whacker]

North Carolina? :inquisitive:
Must be something wrong here, as we all know that Sweden is Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania together. :laugh4:

Greetings, GDP brother.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

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[English assassin]

Louis map is interesting, although have they done the converting linear differences to area overrepresentation thing ? (It looks like it from the legend)

GDP per capita would be even more interesting.

[Odin]

Hey I'm not too happy about it either !

Your in belgium?

Well that makes it a little easier to swallow Doc.

:medievalcheers:

[Louis VI the Fat]

the converting linear differences to area overrepresentation thing ? Wots that mean? ~:confused:

The legend of the map reads 'Every country is represented by an area proportional to the importance of his GNP'. But looking at the squares again, they look not proportional. Which is probably what you mean. Map:

https://img359.imageshack.us/img359/8932/pnbmondialab8.jpg



Wiki has a brief article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states_and_countries_nominal_GDP) devoted to our topic. Plus another source:
Here are more accurate comparisons than the map [nominal GDP, world rank in ()]:

California Italy (7)
Texas Brazil (10)
New York Russia (11)
Florida Australia (15)
Illinois Netherlands (16)
Pennsylvania Belgium (17)
Ohio Belgium (17)
New Jersey Belgium (17)
Michigan Sweden (19)
Georgia Switzerland (20)
North Carolina Switzerland (20)
Virginia Indonesia (21)
Massachusetts Poland (24)
Washington Greece (27)
Maryland South Africa (29)
Indiana South Africa (29)
Minnesota South Africa (29)
Tennessee Ireland (30)
Arizona Ireland (30)
Colorado Ireland (30)
Wisconsin Ireland (30)
Missouri Ireland (30)
Connecticut Thailand (34)
Louisiana Portugal (35)
Alabama United Arab Emirates (38)
Oregon Malaysia (39)
South Carolina Malaysia (39)
Kentucky Czech Republic (41)
Oklahoma Colombia (43)
Iowa Romania (46)
Nevada Philippines (47)
Kansas Hungary (50)
Utah Kuwait (54)
Arkansas Peru (55)
District of Columbia Peru (55)
Mississippi Kazakhstan (56)
New Mexico Kazakhstan (56)
Nebraska Kazakhstan (56)
Delaware Vietnam (58)
Hawaii Morocco (59)
New Hampshire Morocco (59)
West Virginia Slovakia (60)
Idaho Libya (62)
Maine Angola (63)
Rhode Island Angola (63)
Alaska Luxembourg (65)
South Dakota Dominican Republic (72)
Montana Serbia (73)
Wyoming Lithuania (77)
North Dakota Sri Lanka (78)
Vermont Kenya (79)

Comment by Neema — June 13, 2007 @

Here are the comparisons for GDP (PPP):

California Italy (7)
Texas Canada (13)
New York South Korea (14)
Florida Indonesia (15)
Illinois South Africa (19)
Pennsylvania Poland (24)
Ohio Phillippines (25)
New Jersey Phillippines (25)
Michigan Pakistan (26)
Georgia Pakistan (26)
North Carolina Saudi Arabia (27)
Virginia Saudi Arabia (27)
Massachusetts Belgium (29)
Washington Sweden (33)
Maryland Switzerland (37)
Indiana Vietnam (38)
Minnesota Algeria (39)
Tennessee Algeria (39)
Arizona Portugal (40)
Colorado Portugal (40)
Wisconsin Portugal (40)
Missouri Portugal (40)
Connecticut Romania (42)
Louisiana Norway (45)
Alabama Nigeria (52)
Oregon Morocco (53)
South Carolina Morocco (53)
Kentucky Morocco (53)
Oklahoma Singapore (54)
Iowa United Arab Emirates (55)
Nevada Kazakhstan (56)
Kansas Myanmar (57)
Utah New Zealand (58)
Arkansas Sri Lanka (59)
District of Columbia Slovakia (60)
Mississippi Tunisia (62)
New Mexico Belarus (63)
Nebraska Syria (64)
Delaware Ecuador (69)
Hawaii Croatia (70)
New Hampshire Guatemala (71)
West Virginia Kuwait (72)
Idaho Lithuania (75)
Maine Serbia (76)
Rhode Island Angola (79)
Alaska Cambodia (85)
South Dakota Afghanistan (92)
Montana Latvia (93)
Wyoming Paraguay (96)
North Dakota Bolivia (101)
Vermont Botswana (104)

[English assassin]

Sorry, what I meant was if you look at the squares that they use to give the scale of the map, in the bottom RH corner, they have made the sides of the square proportionate to GDP. So, if you look at the square corresponding to $500B, and the square corresponding to £1000B, the $1000B square is in fact four times the area of the $500B square, not twice its area.

I think it might be an error in the scale, not the map, though, because by eye the US does look to be about nine times bigger than, say, france, which is what the numbers also suggest.

[Shaka_Khan]

The map is totally wrong. "Portugal" is more than 5 times larger than "Greece" but in reality Greece has a $24000 GDP/capita and Portugal has a $18000GDP/capita with practically equal populations. Also, Russia has 12 times the GDP (PPP) of Singapoore.

Edit...nevermind...i thought it was GDP-to-size match.

Edit 2...the map in the post above is a bit old. Chinese GDP has reached $3trillion (and 10tril PPP :O)
I think it's an old map too. In this map, Japan and Germany each have a GDP that's larger than China and Russia put together.

[Slyspy]

Got to be pleased with a GDP equivalent of Uzbekistan or the Dominican Republic!

[Don Corleone]

Great. So the slushie machines and the 7-11s aren't just my imagination.

[CountArach]

Hehe, Australia = Ohio.