SortStack #698 — 2028-05-07

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, when the Spanish arrived 200K

   Built on a lake and bigger than almost every European city of its day.

2. Amsterdam — the city proper 920K

   Home to more bicycles than people, and roughly 12,000 bikes are fished out of canals yearly.

3. The population of Djibouti 1.1M

   Hosts military bases for the US, China, France, Japan, and Italy simultaneously — a geopolitical crossroads.

4. The population of Latvia 1.9M

   Roughly a third of the country's people live in the capital, Riga.

5. The population of Germany 84M

   The EU's most populous country — yet its capital is only its third-densest city.

6. Natural redheads worldwide 140M

   Just one to two percent of humanity; the gene is recessive, so it can skip generations.

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