The point is that the continental United States is roughly the size of Australia. The state of Queensland, where we live, is about the size of the Northeastern U.S. and Midwest...put together. However, the population is much, much smaller. As of this morning, according to the official government population clock, the resident population of Australia is 21,143,490. This would make Australia the third most populated state in the U.S., right below Texas (23,507,783) and just above New York (19,306,183). Queensland itself has a population just over 4 million.Perhaps more interesting is to consider the size of the Australian economy. Here's an interesting map (full of inaccuracies, mind you) from a great blog about maps. It shows each U.S. state renamed with a country that has about the same size GDP as that state (click to make bigger).
As you can see, Australia has a GDP around the same size of Ohio (pop. 11,478,000). But I think the beaches are nicer here.
2 comments:
That's a very interesting economic comparison!
As a side note, every once in awhile I see an ad where the product is described as "bigger than Texas", and I'm thinking, wait a minute... Australia has 2 states and 1 territory that are bigger than Texas already. They should change it to "bigger than WA" or something.
Hmmmm, Ohio... I've been there once to the USAF Museum and I think I'll stick with Australia. Is there a US state with a population of 4 million or so? That would be an interesting comparison.
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