SortStack #3575 — 2036-03-23

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

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

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

2. The population of Luxembourg 660K

   Nearly half its workforce commutes in daily from France, Belgium, and Germany.

3. The population of Hong Kong 7.5M

   Has more skyscrapers than any other city on Earth — roughly double New York's count.

4. Greater Cairo, Egypt's capital region 22M

   Africa's largest metro area sits beside pyramids that were already ancient to Cleopatra.

5. Greater Delhi, India's capital region 33M

   Adds roughly the population of a mid-size European city every single year.

6. The population of Canada 40M

   The world's second-largest country by area has fewer people than Greater Tokyo.

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