SortStack #3218 — 2035-04-01

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. People who have ever flown in space 680

   More people summit Everest in a single busy season than have ever left Earth's atmosphere.

2. The population of Brunei 450K

   The Sultan's palace has 1,788 rooms and opens to the public for three days every year.

3. The population of Kuwait 4.3M

   Roughly 70 percent of everyone living there is a foreign national.

4. London — the city proper 8.9M

   Technically the City of London has only about 8,000 residents; the rest is Greater London.

5. The New York metropolitan area 19.5M

   Its economy alone would rank among the ten largest countries in the world.

6. Left-handed people worldwide 800M

   About one in ten humans — a share that has stayed stable for at least 10,000 years of art.

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