SortStack #278 — 2027-03-14

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. The population of Dominica 73K

   Its mountainous rainforest interior is so rugged that Columbus reportedly described it by crumpling paper.

2. The population of Samoa 220K

   In 2011 it skipped December 30 entirely, jumping across the date line to trade with Australia.

3. Greater Shanghai 29M

   Its metro system, opened only in 1993, is already the longest in the world.

4. The population of the United Kingdom 68M

   More than a third of everyone in England lives in just the Southeast corner around London.

5. Every human alive at the height of the Roman Empire 300M

   Fewer people than live in the United States today — across the entire planet.

6. Muslims worldwide 1.9B

   The largest Muslim population lives not in the Middle East but in Indonesia.

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