SortStack #1713 — 2031-02-16

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. People who have ever won a Nobel Prize 975

   Four people won it twice; the Curie family alone collected five medals.

2. The population of Brunei 450K

   The Sultan's palace has 1,788 rooms and opens to the public for three days every year.

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. 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 Germany 84M

   The EU's most populous country — yet its capital is only its third-densest city.

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