SortStack #19 — 2026-06-28

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of the Pitcairn Islands 47

   Nearly all are descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers who hid there in 1790.

2. The population of Latvia 1.9M

   Roughly a third of the country's people live in the capital, Riga.

3. London — the city proper 8.9M

   Technically the City of London has only about 8,000 residents; the rest is Greater London.

4. The population of Italy 59M

   Home to the most UNESCO World Heritage sites of any country.

5. The population of Russia 144M

   The world's largest country by land has fewer people than Bangladesh.

6. Everyone living on the African continent 1.5B

   The youngest continent: the median African is around 19 years old.

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