SortStack #2273 — 2032-08-29

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of the island nation of Niue 1.9K

   One of the world's largest coral islands, and the first country fully covered by free Wi-Fi.

2. People who have ever stood on the summit of Mount Everest 6.9K

   Kami Rita Sherpa has been up more than 30 times — roughly one in every 230 summits is his.

3. Mumbai — the city proper 12.5M

   Its dabbawalas deliver about 200,000 lunchboxes daily with near-perfect accuracy, no apps involved.

4. The population of Italy 59M

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

5. Every human alive when Napoleon crowned himself emperor 1B

   It took all of human history to reach the first billion — and only 220 more years to add seven more.

6. The population of India 1.4B

   Now the world's most populous country — one in six humans is Indian.

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