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US State or European Country?

Choose whether the US state or European country listed is greater in each category.
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1. Population
Texas
Poland
Poland: 38.4 million Texas: 27.7 million
2. GDP
Florida
Belgium
Florida: $1.06 trillion Belgium: $533 billion
3. GDP per capita
Massachusetts
Netherlands
Massachusetts: $65,545 Netherlands: $48,223
4. Area
Montana
Finland
Montana: 147,000 sq. miles Finland: 131,700 sq. miles
5. Population of capital city (metro area)
Georgia (state)
Spain
Madrid: 6.5 million Atlanta: 5.9 million
6. Oil produced (barrels per day)
Alaska
Norway
Norway: 1.65 million Alaska: 0.52 million
7. Percent forest cover
Pennsylvania
Latvia
Latvia: 60.0% Pennsylvania: 58.6%
8. CO2 emissions (total/year)
Ohio
Romania
Ohio: 200 million metric tons/year Romania: 80 million metric tons/year
9. UNESCO World Heritage sites
New Mexico
Serbia
Serbia: 5 New Mexico: 3
10. Bordering countries/states
Missouri
Hungary
Missouri: 8 Hungary: 7
11. Fortune 500 companies
New York
France
France: 31 New York: 17
12. Guns per capita
Virginia
Switzerland
Virginia: 36.3 Switzerland: 27.6
13. Universities
Rhode Island
Iceland
Rhode Island: 12 Iceland: 7
14. Times hosting Summer Olympics (through 2018)
California
United Kingdom
UK: 3 California: 2
15. Coastline
Hawaii
Portugal
Portugal: 2120 km Hawaii: 1450 km
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All data is from Wikipedia or Jetpunk except

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