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1.
Population
Poland: 38.4 million Texas: 27.7 million
2.
GDP
Florida: $1.06 trillion Belgium: $533 billion
3.
GDP per capita
Massachusetts: $65,545 Netherlands: $48,223
4.
Area
Montana: 147,000 sq. miles Finland: 131,700 sq. miles
5.
Population of capital city (metro area)
Madrid: 6.5 million Atlanta: 5.9 million
6.
Oil produced (barrels per day)
Norway: 1.65 million Alaska: 0.52 million
7.
Percent forest cover
Latvia: 60.0% Pennsylvania: 58.6%
8.
CO2 emissions (total/year)
Ohio: 200 million metric tons/year Romania: 80 million metric tons/year
9.
UNESCO World Heritage sites
Serbia: 5 New Mexico: 3
10.
Bordering countries/states
Missouri: 8 Hungary: 7
11.
Fortune 500 companies
France: 31 New York: 17
12.
Guns per capita
Virginia: 36.3 Switzerland: 27.6
13.
Universities
Rhode Island: 12 Iceland: 7
14.
Times hosting Summer Olympics (through 2018)
UK: 3 California: 2
15.
Coastline
Portugal: 2120 km Hawaii: 1450 km
https://fortune.com/global500/2019/
http://worldpopulationreview.com/states/guns-per-capita/
https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0511/top-6-oil-producing-states.aspx
https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/state/analysis/
http://www.globalcarbonatlas.org/en/CO2-emissions