SortStack #3204 — 2035-03-18

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Sitting United States senators 100

   Two per state since 1789 — the chamber only grows when a new state joins the union.

2. 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.

3. Residents of Venice's historic island center 50K

   Down from 175,000 in 1950 — on busy days, tourists outnumber Venetians.

4. Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, when the Spanish arrived 200K

   Built on a lake and bigger than almost every European city of its day.

5. The population of Malta 540K

   The EU's smallest member squeezes onto islands smaller than Philadelphia.

6. Greater Shanghai 29M

   Its metro system, opened only in 1993, is already the longest in the world.

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