SortStack #362 — 2027-06-06
By population · Order from fewest to most people.
- Residents of the Pitcairn Islands 47
Nearly all are descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers who hid there in 1790.
- The population of Barbados 280K
Became the world's newest republic in 2021, replacing the British monarch — Rihanna was declared a national hero the same day.
- The population of Portugal 10.4M
Once ran a global empire from a country smaller than the US state of Indiana.
- The population of Spain 48M
Hosts more bars per inhabitant than any other EU country.
- The population of Russia 144M
The world's largest country by land has fewer people than Bangladesh.
- The population of Bangladesh 173M
More people than Russia, in an area smaller than the US state of Iowa.