SortStack #2077 — 2032-02-15

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. People who have ever flown in space 680

   More people summit Everest in a single busy season than have ever left Earth's atmosphere.

2. The population of Nauru 12.5K

   The world's smallest island nation was once, briefly, the richest country per capita on Earth.

3. The population of Greenland 56K

   The world's largest island has fewer residents than a mid-size football stadium has seats.

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

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

5. The population of Portugal 10.4M

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

6. The population of the United Kingdom 68M

   More than a third of everyone in England lives in just the Southeast corner around London.

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