SortStack #229 — 2027-01-24

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. Capacity of Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã stadium 78.8K

   For the 1950 World Cup final it crammed in roughly 200,000 — still the record football crowd.

3. The population of Djibouti 1.1M

   Hosts military bases for the US, China, France, Japan, and Italy simultaneously — a geopolitical crossroads.

4. Paris — the city proper, inside the ring road 2.1M

   Smaller than Houston; the greater metro area holds five times as many people.

5. Berlin — the city proper 3.7M

   Has more bridges than Venice and more museums than rainy days per year.

6. The population of Canada 40M

   The world's second-largest country by area has fewer people than Greater Tokyo.

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