SortStack #2245 — 2032-08-01

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. The population of Barbados 280K

   Became the world's newest republic in 2021, replacing the British monarch — Rihanna was declared a national hero the same day.

2. San Francisco — the city proper 810K

   Smaller in population than Indianapolis, despite its outsized cultural footprint.

3. Rio de Janeiro — the city proper 6.7M

   Christ the Redeemer was struck by lightning so often it carries its own lightning rods.

4. The population of Canada 40M

   The world's second-largest country by area has fewer people than Greater Tokyo.

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

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

6. Muslims worldwide 1.9B

   The largest Muslim population lives not in the Middle East but in Indonesia.

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