SortStack #236 — 2027-01-31

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. The population of Liechtenstein 39.6K

   You can rent the entire country for corporate events — Snoop Dogg once tried.

2. The population of Greenland 56K

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

3. Greater Cairo, Egypt's capital region 22M

   Africa's largest metro area sits beside pyramids that were already ancient to Cleopatra.

4. The population of North Korea 26.2M

   Almost exactly the same as Australia's — packed into an area smaller than Mississippi.

5. Greater Tokyo, the world's largest metro area 37M

   More people than all of Canada, in an area you can cross by train in two hours.

6. The population of Argentina 46M

   Nearly two-thirds of Argentines have Italian ancestry — hence the accent in their Spanish.

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