SortStack #2175 — 2032-05-23

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of the Pitcairn Islands 47

   Nearly all are descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers who hid there in 1790.

2. Ancient Rome at the height of the empire 1M

   No European city reached a million residents again until London, around 1800.

3. The population of Israel 9.7M

   Despite its size, it has the world's highest number of museums per capita.

4. Greater Shanghai 29M

   Its metro system, opened only in 1993, is already the longest in the world.

5. The population of Italy 59M

   Home to the most UNESCO World Heritage sites of any country.

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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