European and American GDP?

Question

Something i dont understand is why American states have an enormous GDP per capita,but the Gross national product is lower than European countries of a similar size.

What is the relationship between GDP and GDP per capita?

Answer 1

GDP per capita is GDP divided by the population. So when some countries like Sweden have a tiny population and high standard of living, their per capita GDP automatically increases.

So that way Singapore at Rank 5 is higher than US which is 6 and the number one country is Qatar!

Have a look:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cou...