SortStack #1188 — 2029-09-09
By population · Order from fewest to most people.
- San Francisco — the city proper 810K
Smaller in population than Indianapolis, despite its outsized cultural footprint.
- The population of Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2M
Its coastline is just 20 km long — one of the shortest of any coastal country.
- 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.
- The population of Italy 59M
Home to the most UNESCO World Heritage sites of any country.
- The population of the United States 335M
If American pets formed a country, its population would rival the human one.
- Everyone living on the African continent 1.5B
The youngest continent: the median African is around 19 years old.