SortStack #2840 — 2034-03-19

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. Residents of Venice's historic island center 50K

   Down from 175,000 in 1950 — on busy days, tourists outnumber Venetians.

3. The population of Iceland 390K

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

4. Ancient Rome at the height of the empire 1M

   No European city reached a million residents again until London, around 1800.

5. The population of Argentina 46M

   Nearly two-thirds of Argentines have Italian ancestry — hence the accent in their Spanish.

6. The population of Russia 144M

   The world's largest country by land has fewer people than Bangladesh.

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