California is officially bigger than France
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The Bureau of Economic Analysis's latest data on state growth showed that the west coast state's economic output for 2015 came in at $2.46 trillion.
That number pushes California's economic output above that of France, which pumped out an estimated $2.422 trillion last year.
Somewhat notably, while France's population comes in around 66.48 million, California's is only about 39.14 million - which means that the US state produces slightly more than France with about 40% fewer people.
The only countries with higher GDP output than California now are the US as a whole, China, Japan, Germany, and the UK.
And as a side note, the BEA also estimated that California's economy grew by 5.7% in 2015 - the second highest growth rate in the US, just behind Oregon's 5.9%.
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