SortStack #1034 — 2029-04-08

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. People who have ever stood on the summit of Mount Everest 6.9K

   Kami Rita Sherpa has been up more than 30 times — roughly one in every 230 summits is his.

3. Athletes who competed at the Paris 2024 Olympics 10.5K

   The first Games with full gender parity: exactly half the quota places went to women.

4. Paris — the city proper, inside the ring road 2.1M

   Smaller than Houston; the greater metro area holds five times as many people.

5. The population of Jamaica 2.8M

   Has won more Olympic sprint medals per capita than any nation in history.

6. The population of Canada 40M

   The world's second-largest country by area has fewer people than Greater Tokyo.

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