SortStack #1937 — 2031-09-28

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. 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.

2. The population of Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2M

   Its coastline is just 20 km long — one of the shortest of any coastal country.

3. The population of Portugal 10.4M

   Once ran a global empire from a country smaller than the US state of Indiana.

4. The population of Australia 26.6M

   Nine in ten Australians live within 50 km of the coast; the interior is nearly empty.

5. Greater Tokyo, the world's largest metro area 37M

   More people than all of Canada, in an area you can cross by train in two hours.

6. The population of South Korea 52M

   Has the world's lowest birth rate — and the fastest average internet to compensate.

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