SortStack #901 — 2028-11-26

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of Venice's historic island center 50K

   Down from 175,000 in 1950 — on busy days, tourists outnumber Venetians.

2. The population of Samoa 220K

   In 2011 it skipped December 30 entirely, jumping across the date line to trade with Australia.

3. The New York metropolitan area 19.5M

   Its economy alone would rank among the ten largest countries in the world.

4. Greater Tokyo, the world's largest metro area 37M

   More people than all of Canada, in an area you can cross by train in two hours.

5. The population of Spain 48M

   Hosts more bars per inhabitant than any other EU country.

6. Muslims worldwide 1.9B

   The largest Muslim population lives not in the Middle East but in Indonesia.

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