SortStack #2868 — 2034-04-16

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Members of the Pope's Swiss Guard 135

   Recruits must be unmarried Swiss Catholic men who completed Swiss military training.

2. Voting members of the US House of Representatives 435

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

3. People who stay in Antarctica through the winter 1.1K

   Once the last plane leaves in March, even medical evacuation can be impossible until spring.

4. Residents of Tokelau, in the South Pacific 1.5K

   The first nation to run on 100 percent solar power, and it has no airport at all.

5. Greater Cairo, Egypt's capital region 22M

   Africa's largest metro area sits beside pyramids that were already ancient to Cleopatra.

6. The population of Japan 124M

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

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