SortStack #999 — 2029-03-04

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of Tokelau, in the South Pacific 1.5K

   The first nation to run on 100 percent solar power, and it has no airport at all.

2. The population of Nauru 12.5K

   The world's smallest island nation was once, briefly, the richest country per capita on Earth.

3. The population of Qatar 2.7M

   Citizens are outnumbered roughly eight to one by foreign workers and expats.

4. The population of New Zealand 5.2M

   Outnumbered five to one by sheep — and that's actually the lowest the ratio has been in a century.

5. The population of the Netherlands 18M

   The world's second-largest food exporter by value, from a country the size of Maryland.

6. The European Union, all member states combined 449M

   Twenty-seven countries, twenty-four official languages, one market.

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