SortStack #2203 — 2032-06-20
By population · Order from fewest to most people.
- Voting members of the US House of Representatives 435
Frozen by law since 1929, even though the US population has nearly tripled since.
- The population of Vatican City 760
Many of its citizens don't live inside the walls — they're diplomats posted abroad.
- Residents of Venice's historic island center 50K
Down from 175,000 in 1950 — on busy days, tourists outnumber Venetians.
- Paris — the city proper, inside the ring road 2.1M
Smaller than Houston; the greater metro area holds five times as many people.
- The population of New Zealand 5.2M
Outnumbered five to one by sheep — and that's actually the lowest the ratio has been in a century.
- The population of Cuba 11M
Has one of the highest doctor-to-patient ratios in the world and exports physicians globally.