SortStack #1615 — 2030-11-10

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, when the Spanish arrived 200K

   Built on a lake and bigger than almost every European city of its day.

2. The population of Barbados 280K

   Became the world's newest republic in 2021, replacing the British monarch — Rihanna was declared a national hero the same day.

3. The population of Cape Verde 520K

   More Cape Verdeans live abroad than on the islands themselves.

4. The population of Bhutan 780K

   Measures national success in Gross National Happiness, and is carbon-negative.

5. The population of Portugal 10.4M

   Once ran a global empire from a country smaller than the US state of Indiana.

6. The population of India 1.4B

   Now the world's most populous country — one in six humans is Indian.

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