SortStack #495 — 2027-10-17

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Capacity of the world's largest cricket stadium, in Ahmedabad 132K

   It overtook Melbourne Cricket Ground, which had held the title for over a century.

2. Ancient Rome at the height of the empire 1M

   No European city reached a million residents again until London, around 1800.

3. The population of Estonia 1.4M

   The first country to allow online voting in national elections, back in 2005.

4. The population of New Zealand 5.2M

   Outnumbered five to one by sheep — and that's actually the lowest the ratio has been in a century.

5. The population of Hong Kong 7.5M

   Has more skyscrapers than any other city on Earth — roughly double New York's count.

6. Greater Shanghai 29M

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

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