SortStack #2259 — 2032-08-15

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Sumo wrestlers in Japan's top makuuchi division 42

   Exactly forty-two slots exist; wrestlers are promoted or demoted after every single tournament.

2. Residents of the Falkland Islands 3.7K

   Sheep outnumber people there by roughly 130 to one.

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

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

4. The population of Iceland 390K

   So small that a dating app warns Icelanders if a match is actually their cousin.

5. The population of Singapore 5.9M

   A city-state smaller than New York City, yet one of the world's busiest ports.

6. The population of Nigeria 223M

   Projected to pass the United States and become the world's third most populous country by 2050.

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