SortStack #2413 — 2033-01-16

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Sitting United States senators 100

   Two per state since 1789 — the chamber only grows when a new state joins the union.

2. The population of Greenland 56K

   The world's largest island has fewer residents than a mid-size football stadium has seats.

3. Capacity of Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã stadium 78.8K

   For the 1950 World Cup final it crammed in roughly 200,000 — still the record football crowd.

4. The population of Latvia 1.9M

   Roughly a third of the country's people live in the capital, Riga.

5. The population of Qatar 2.7M

   Citizens are outnumbered roughly eight to one by foreign workers and expats.

6. Mumbai — the city proper 12.5M

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

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