SortStack #593 — 2028-01-23
By population · Order from fewest to most people.
- The population of Monaco 38.4K
About one in three residents is a millionaire — the densest concentration of wealth on Earth.
- 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.
- The population of Djibouti 1.1M
Hosts military bases for the US, China, France, Japan, and Italy simultaneously — a geopolitical crossroads.
- Greater Shanghai 29M
Its metro system, opened only in 1993, is already the longest in the world.
- The population of Argentina 46M
Nearly two-thirds of Argentines have Italian ancestry — hence the accent in their Spanish.
- The population of Indonesia 277M
The world's largest archipelago nation and largest Muslim-majority population.