SortStack #1706 — 2031-02-09

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. The population of Samoa 220K

   In 2011 it skipped December 30 entirely, jumping across the date line to trade with Australia.

2. The population of Bhutan 780K

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

3. The population of Cyprus 1.3M

   Its capital, Nicosia, is the world's last divided capital city, split by a UN buffer zone.

4. Mumbai — the city proper 12.5M

   Its dabbawalas deliver about 200,000 lunchboxes daily with near-perfect accuracy, no apps involved.

5. The population of Bangladesh 173M

   More people than Russia, in an area smaller than the US state of Iowa.

6. The population of India 1.4B

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

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