SortStack #3078 — 2034-11-12

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. The population of the Netherlands 18M

   The world's second-largest food exporter by value, from a country the size of Maryland.

3. The population of South Korea 52M

   Has the world's lowest birth rate — and the fastest average internet to compensate.

4. The population of Brazil 216M

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

5. Every human alive at the height of the Roman Empire 300M

   Fewer people than live in the United States today — across the entire planet.

6. Everyone living on the African continent 1.5B

   The youngest continent: the median African is around 19 years old.

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