SortStack #1797 — 2031-05-11

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 Luxembourg 660K

   Nearly half its workforce commutes in daily from France, Belgium, and Germany.

3. Amsterdam — the city proper 920K

   Home to more bicycles than people, and roughly 12,000 bikes are fished out of canals yearly.

4. The population of Cyprus 1.3M

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

5. The population of Qatar 2.7M

   Citizens are outnumbered roughly eight to one by foreign workers and expats.

6. Every human alive today 8.1B

   All of us together would fit, standing, inside the city limits of Los Angeles.

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