SortStack #3232 — 2035-04-15

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

1. Residents of the Faroe Islands 54K

   Home to more sheep than people and to Europe's most remote capital, Tórshavn.

2. The population of Bhutan 780K

   Measures national success in Gross National Happiness, and is carbon-negative.

3. The population of Djibouti 1.1M

   Hosts military bases for the US, China, France, Japan, and Italy simultaneously — a geopolitical crossroads.

4. The population of Argentina 46M

   Nearly two-thirds of Argentines have Italian ancestry — hence the accent in their Spanish.

5. The population of Bangladesh 173M

   More people than Russia, in an area smaller than the US state of Iowa.

6. The population of Brazil 216M

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

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