SortStack #1440 — 2030-05-19

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Sitting United States senators 100

   Two per state since 1789 — the chamber only grows when a new state joins the union.

2. Ancient Rome at the height of the empire 1M

   No European city reached a million residents again until London, around 1800.

3. The population of Canada 40M

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

4. The population of Egypt 112M

   About 95 percent of Egyptians live on just 5 percent of the land, hugging the Nile.

5. The population of Brazil 216M

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

6. The population of Indonesia 277M

   The world's largest archipelago nation and largest Muslim-majority population.

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