SortStack #131 — 2026-10-18

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. People who have ever won a Nobel Prize 975

   Four people won it twice; the Curie family alone collected five medals.

2. The population of Greenland 56K

   The world's largest island has fewer residents than a mid-size football stadium has seats.

3. The population of Jamaica 2.8M

   Has won more Olympic sprint medals per capita than any nation in history.

4. The population of Uruguay 3.4M

   Won the first football World Cup in 1930 with fewer people than many single cities.

5. New York City — the five boroughs 8.3M

   If each borough were its own city, four of them would still rank in the US top ten.

6. The population of Bangladesh 173M

   More people than Russia, in an area smaller than the US state of Iowa.

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