SortStack #929 — 2028-12-24

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of Saint Helena, Napoleon's island of exile 4.4K

   Until its airport opened in 2017, the only way in was a five-day boat trip from Cape Town.

2. The population of Greenland 56K

   The world's largest island has fewer residents than a mid-size football stadium has seats.

3. Los Angeles — the city proper 3.9M

   Second-largest US city, yet so spread out it covers more land than 20 Manhattans.

4. London — the city proper 8.9M

   Technically the City of London has only about 8,000 residents; the rest is Greater London.

5. The population of North Korea 26.2M

   Almost exactly the same as Australia's — packed into an area smaller than Mississippi.

6. The population of Indonesia 277M

   The world's largest archipelago nation and largest Muslim-majority population.

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