SortStack #1979 — 2031-11-09

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of Venice's historic island center 50K

   Down from 175,000 in 1950 — on busy days, tourists outnumber Venetians.

2. Capacity of Michigan Stadium, the largest stadium in the US 107.6K

   Nicknamed The Big House — on game days it briefly becomes one of Michigan's largest cities.

3. Paris — the city proper, inside the ring road 2.1M

   Smaller than Houston; the greater metro area holds five times as many people.

4. The population of Istanbul 15.6M

   The only major city spanning two continents — you can commute between Europe and Asia by ferry.

5. The population of Spain 48M

   Hosts more bars per inhabitant than any other EU country.

6. Every human alive when Napoleon crowned himself emperor 1B

   It took all of human history to reach the first billion — and only 220 more years to add seven more.

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