SortStack #3624 — 2036-05-11

By population · Order from fewest to most people.

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

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

2. The population of Latvia 1.9M

   Roughly a third of the country's people live in the capital, Riga.

3. London — the city proper 8.9M

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

4. The population of the United Kingdom 68M

   More than a third of everyone in England lives in just the Southeast corner around London.

5. The population of Mexico 128M

   The world's largest Spanish-speaking country — twice the size of Spain by people.

6. The population of Brazil 216M

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

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