SortStack #2126 — 2032-04-04

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. The population of San Marino 34K

   Claims to be the world's oldest republic, founded — by tradition — in the year 301.

2. Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, when the Spanish arrived 200K

   Built on a lake and bigger than almost every European city of its day.

3. The population of Estonia 1.4M

   The first country to allow online voting in national elections, back in 2005.

4. Mumbai — the city proper 12.5M

   Its dabbawalas deliver about 200,000 lunchboxes daily with near-perfect accuracy, no apps involved.

5. The population of Australia 26.6M

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

6. Every human alive at the height of the Roman Empire 300M

   Fewer people than live in the United States today — across the entire planet.

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