SortStack #5 — 2026-06-14
By population · Order from fewest to most people.
- Voting members of the US House of Representatives 435
Frozen by law since 1929, even though the US population has nearly tripled since.
- Residents of the island nation of Niue 1.9K
One of the world's largest coral islands, and the first country fully covered by free Wi-Fi.
- The population of the Netherlands 18M
The world's second-largest food exporter by value, from a country the size of Maryland.
- The population of North Korea 26.2M
Almost exactly the same as Australia's — packed into an area smaller than Mississippi.
- The population of the United Kingdom 68M
More than a third of everyone in England lives in just the Southeast corner around London.
- Natural redheads worldwide 140M
Just one to two percent of humanity; the gene is recessive, so it can skip generations.