Columnist Jonathan Lansner's calculations put California's 2026 GDP at $4.53 trillion, up 5% from 2025, which keeps the state narrowly fourth in the world behind the U.S. ($33 trillion), China ($22 trillion) and Germany ($5.5 trillion). The spot is tenuous: Japan's $4.34 trillion economy, which shrank 2%, is only slightly behind, while the U.K. ($4.27 trillion) and India ($4.06 trillion) follow. The article notes that 2026 is not over, the full picture will come with the IMF's April 2027 update, and a roughly 3% rise in the dollar has boosted dollar-denominated GDP totals. Revisions to historical data had ranked California fifth from 2019 through 2025 rather than fourth from 2024 as previously reported, so 2026 would be its first time in the No. 4 spot if the latest numbers hold.
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