diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/stackplot_demo.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/stackplot_demo.py
index 142b3d2a0ce0..9cb499e15176 100644
--- a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/stackplot_demo.py
+++ b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/stackplot_demo.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 ax.stackplot(year, population_by_continent.values(),
              labels=population_by_continent.keys(), alpha=0.8)
-ax.legend(loc='upper left')
+ax.legend(loc='upper left', reverse=True)
 ax.set_title('World population')
 ax.set_xlabel('Year')
 ax.set_ylabel('Number of people (millions)')