SortStack #2700 — 2033-10-30

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Voting members of the US House of Representatives 435

   Frozen by law since 1929, even though the US population has nearly tripled since.

2. People who have ever won a Nobel Prize 975

   Four people won it twice; the Curie family alone collected five medals.

3. Capacity of the world's largest cricket stadium, in Ahmedabad 132K

   It overtook Melbourne Cricket Ground, which had held the title for over a century.

4. Rio de Janeiro — the city proper 6.7M

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

5. The population of Vietnam 100M

   Roughly 40 percent of all Vietnamese share the surname Nguyen.

6. The population of China 1.4B

   Lost its crown as the world's most populous country in 2023 after centuries at the top.

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