SortStack #327 — 2027-05-02

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. London — the city proper 8.9M

   Technically the City of London has only about 8,000 residents; the rest is Greater London.

2. The population of Thailand 72M

   The only Southeast Asian country never colonized by a European power.

3. The population of Vietnam 100M

   Roughly 40 percent of all Vietnamese share the surname Nguyen.

4. The population of Nigeria 223M

   Projected to pass the United States and become the world's third most populous country by 2050.

5. The population of China 1.4B

   Lost its crown as the world's most populous country in 2023 after centuries at the top.

6. People with an Instagram account 2B

   If it were a country, it would be the largest on Earth — by a wide margin.

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