SortStack #1776 — 2031-04-20

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 Tuvalu 11K

   Its highest point is about 4.6 meters above sea level — rising oceans threaten the whole country.

3. Rio de Janeiro — the city proper 6.7M

   Christ the Redeemer was struck by lightning so often it carries its own lightning rods.

4. New York City — the five boroughs 8.3M

   If each borough were its own city, four of them would still rank in the US top ten.

5. The population of Thailand 72M

   The only Southeast Asian country never colonized by a European power.

6. The population of the United States 335M

   If American pets formed a country, its population would rival the human one.

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