SortStack #2532 — 2033-05-15

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of Saint Helena, Napoleon's island of exile 4.4K

   Until its airport opened in 2017, the only way in was a five-day boat trip from Cape Town.

2. The population of Greenland 56K

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

3. Los Angeles — the city proper 3.9M

   Second-largest US city, yet so spread out it covers more land than 20 Manhattans.

4. The population of Israel 9.7M

   Despite its size, it has the world's highest number of museums per capita.

5. The population of Japan 124M

   Sells more adult diapers than baby diapers — a snapshot of the world's oldest population.

6. People with an Instagram account 2B

   If it were a country, it would be the largest on Earth — by a wide margin.

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