SortStack #1293 — 2029-12-23

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Members of the Pope's Swiss Guard 135

   Recruits must be unmarried Swiss Catholic men who completed Swiss military training.

2. The population of San Marino 34K

   Claims to be the world's oldest republic, founded — by tradition — in the year 301.

3. Residents of the Faroe Islands 54K

   Home to more sheep than people and to Europe's most remote capital, Tórshavn.

4. The population of Japan 124M

   Sells more adult diapers than baby diapers — a snapshot of the world's oldest population.

5. The population of Brazil 216M

   Home to more Catholics — and more Japanese people outside Japan — than any other country.

6. Everyone living on the African continent 1.5B

   The youngest continent: the median African is around 19 years old.

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