SortStack #1622 — 2030-11-17

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. The population of Greenland 56K

   The world's largest island has fewer residents than a mid-size football stadium has seats.

3. The population of Jamaica 2.8M

   Has won more Olympic sprint medals per capita than any nation in history.

4. Los Angeles — the city proper 3.9M

   Second-largest US city, yet so spread out it covers more land than 20 Manhattans.

5. Greater Shanghai 29M

   Its metro system, opened only in 1993, is already the longest in the world.

6. Every human alive when Napoleon crowned himself emperor 1B

   It took all of human history to reach the first billion — and only 220 more years to add seven more.

← All puzzles · Play today’s SortStack