SortStack #1846 — 2031-06-29

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Voting members of the US House of Representatives 435

   Frozen by law since 1929, even though the US population has nearly tripled since.

2. Residents of Saint Helena, Napoleon's island of exile 4.4K

   Until its airport opened in 2017, the only way in was a five-day boat trip from Cape Town.

3. The New York metropolitan area 19.5M

   Its economy alone would rank among the ten largest countries in the world.

4. Greater Shanghai 29M

   Its metro system, opened only in 1993, is already the longest in the world.

5. The population of Canada 40M

   The world's second-largest country by area has fewer people than Greater Tokyo.

6. The population of Argentina 46M

   Nearly two-thirds of Argentines have Italian ancestry — hence the accent in their Spanish.

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