SortStack #2861 — 2034-04-09

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. The population of Nauru 12.5K

   The world's smallest island nation was once, briefly, the richest country per capita on Earth.

2. The population of Greenland 56K

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

3. The population of Kuwait 4.3M

   Roughly 70 percent of everyone living there is a foreign national.

4. Mumbai — the city proper 12.5M

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

5. Greater Shanghai 29M

   Its metro system, opened only in 1993, is already the longest in the world.

6. The population of Brazil 216M

   Home to more Catholics — and more Japanese people outside Japan — than any other country.

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