SortStack #3141 — 2035-01-14

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Sumo wrestlers in Japan's top makuuchi division 42

   Exactly forty-two slots exist; wrestlers are promoted or demoted after every single tournament.

2. Residents of the Falkland Islands 3.7K

   Sheep outnumber people there by roughly 130 to one.

3. The population of Norway 5.5M

   Its sovereign wealth fund owns about 1.5 percent of every listed company on Earth.

4. The population of the United Kingdom 68M

   More than a third of everyone in England lives in just the Southeast corner around London.

5. The population of the Philippines 117M

   Spread across more than 7,600 islands — though most people live on just eleven of them.

6. People with an Instagram account 2B

   If it were a country, it would be the largest on Earth — by a wide margin.

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