SortStack #3057 — 2034-10-22

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of Tristan da Cunha 240

   The most remote inhabited island on Earth — 2,400 km of ocean to the nearest neighbor.

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 Djibouti 1.1M

   Hosts military bases for the US, China, France, Japan, and Italy simultaneously — a geopolitical crossroads.

4. The population of Portugal 10.4M

   Once ran a global empire from a country smaller than the US state of Indiana.

5. The population of Germany 84M

   The EU's most populous country — yet its capital is only its third-densest city.

6. The population of Bangladesh 173M

   More people than Russia, in an area smaller than the US state of Iowa.

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