Frivolous Post of the Day No. 3 - If the Midwest were its own Nation, This would be its Population

CONCEPT

THE UNITED STATES OF MIDWESTERN AMERICA
Capital: Chicago

State Population Rank
Chicago 2,869,121 11
Illinois 9,784,423 3
Indiana 6,195,643 4
Iowa 2,944,062 10
Kansas 2,723,507 12
Michigan 10,079,985 2
Minnesota 5,059,375 7
Missouri 5,704,484 5
Nebraska 1,739,291 13
North Dakota 633,837 15
Ohio 11,435,798 1
Oklahoma 3,511,532 8
South Dakota 764,309 14
Wisconsin 5,472,299 6
TOTAL UMWSA 68,967,666

WORLD RANKING

State Population Rank
China 1,306,313,812 1
India 1,080,264,388 2
Indonesia 241,973,879 3
United States 226,766,468 4
(minus UMWSA)
Brazil 186,112,794 5
Pakistan 162,419,946 6
Bangladesh 144,319,628 7
Russia 143,420,309 8
Nigeria 128,771,988 9
Japan 127,417,244 10
Mexico 106,202,903 11
Philippines 87,857,473 12
Vietnam 83,535,576 13
Germany 82,431,390 14
Egypt 77,505,756 15
Ethiopia 73,053,286 16
Turkey 69,660,559 17
UMWSA 68,967,666 18
Iran 68,017,860 19
Thailand 65,444,371 20

These states represent 23.3% of the population of the USA.