SortStack #2133 — 2032-04-11

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. The population of Cape Verde 520K

   More Cape Verdeans live abroad than on the islands themselves.

2. The population of Norway 5.5M

   Its sovereign wealth fund owns about 1.5 percent of every listed company on Earth.

3. The population of Istanbul 15.6M

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

4. Natural redheads worldwide 140M

   Just one to two percent of humanity; the gene is recessive, so it can skip generations.

5. The European Union, all member states combined 449M

   Twenty-seven countries, twenty-four official languages, one market.

6. Every human alive today 8.1B

   All of us together would fit, standing, inside the city limits of Los Angeles.

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