SortStack #1321 — 2030-01-20

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. Residents of the island nation of Niue 1.9K

   One of the world's largest coral islands, and the first country fully covered by free Wi-Fi.

3. The New York metropolitan area 19.5M

   Its economy alone would rank among the ten largest countries in the world.

4. The population of Mexico 128M

   The world's largest Spanish-speaking country — twice the size of Spain by people.

5. People with an Instagram account 2B

   If it were a country, it would be the largest on Earth — by a wide margin.

6. Every human alive today 8.1B

   All of us together would fit, standing, inside the city limits of Los Angeles.

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