SortStack #936 — 2028-12-31

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of the Pitcairn Islands 47

   Nearly all are descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers who hid there in 1790.

2. The population of Luxembourg 660K

   Nearly half its workforce commutes in daily from France, Belgium, and Germany.

3. New York City — the five boroughs 8.3M

   If each borough were its own city, four of them would still rank in the US top ten.

4. The population of Israel 9.7M

   Despite its size, it has the world's highest number of museums per capita.

5. Every human alive at the height of the Roman Empire 300M

   Fewer people than live in the United States today — across the entire planet.

6. Christians worldwide 2.4B

   The world's largest religion — nearly a third of humanity across every continent.

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