SortStack #1314 — 2030-01-13
By population · Order from fewest to most people.
- The population of Nauru 12.5K
The world's smallest island nation was once, briefly, the richest country per capita on Earth.
- Capacity of Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã stadium 78.8K
For the 1950 World Cup final it crammed in roughly 200,000 — still the record football crowd.
- Berlin — the city proper 3.7M
Has more bridges than Venice and more museums than rainy days per year.
- The population of Portugal 10.4M
Once ran a global empire from a country smaller than the US state of Indiana.
- The population of Australia 26.6M
Nine in ten Australians live within 50 km of the coast; the interior is nearly empty.
- The population of Italy 59M
Home to the most UNESCO World Heritage sites of any country.