SortStack #1839 — 2031-06-22

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of the Pitcairn Islands 47

   Nearly all are descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers who hid there in 1790.

2. People who stay in Antarctica through the winter 1.1K

   Once the last plane leaves in March, even medical evacuation can be impossible until spring.

3. Ancient Rome at the height of the empire 1M

   No European city reached a million residents again until London, around 1800.

4. London — the city proper 8.9M

   Technically the City of London has only about 8,000 residents; the rest is Greater London.

5. The population of Mexico 128M

   The world's largest Spanish-speaking country — twice the size of Spain by people.

6. The population of Indonesia 277M

   The world's largest archipelago nation and largest Muslim-majority population.

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