SortStack #3162 — 2035-02-04

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. People who have ever won a Nobel Prize 975

   Four people won it twice; the Curie family alone collected five medals.

3. The population of Reykjavík 140K

   The world's northernmost capital heats its streets and pavements with volcanic geothermal water.

4. Ancient Rome at the height of the empire 1M

   No European city reached a million residents again until London, around 1800.

5. The population of Egypt 112M

   About 95 percent of Egyptians live on just 5 percent of the land, hugging the Nile.

6. The population of the United States 335M

   If American pets formed a country, its population would rival the human one.

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