SortStack #1566 — 2030-09-22

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. People who have ever stood on the summit of Mount Everest 6.9K

   Kami Rita Sherpa has been up more than 30 times — roughly one in every 230 summits is his.

2. The population of Nauru 12.5K

   The world's smallest island nation was once, briefly, the richest country per capita on Earth.

3. The population of Qatar 2.7M

   Citizens are outnumbered roughly eight to one by foreign workers and expats.

4. 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.

5. The population of Istanbul 15.6M

   The only major city spanning two continents — you can commute between Europe and Asia by ferry.

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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