SortStack #215 — 2027-01-10
By population · Order from fewest to most people.
- The population of Vatican City 760
Many of its citizens don't live inside the walls — they're diplomats posted abroad.
- The population of Cape Verde 520K
More Cape Verdeans live abroad than on the islands themselves.
- Los Angeles — the city proper 3.9M
Second-largest US city, yet so spread out it covers more land than 20 Manhattans.
- The population of Spain 48M
Hosts more bars per inhabitant than any other EU country.
- The population of Italy 59M
Home to the most UNESCO World Heritage sites of any country.
- The population of Brazil 216M
Home to more Catholics — and more Japanese people outside Japan — than any other country.