Egypt has 104 million people. It has one of the longest histories of any country, tracing back to the 6000 to 4000 BCE. Ancient Egypt saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanisation, organised religion and central or parliamentary government. Egypt was an early...
Vietnam has 98 million people. Hanoi is its capital, and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) is its largest city. For 1,000 years until 939 CE, China ruled Vietnam. From that time, Vietnam had its own kingdoms. In the late 1800s, Indochina including Vietnam became colonised...
Brazil has 214 million people. Covering an area of 8,515,767 square kilometres, it is the largest country in South America and Latin America. Brazil is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas (the other South...
Spain has 46 million people. It encompasses an area of 505,990 km2. Spain is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe with some territory in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore in the Atlantic Ocean and across the Strait of Gibraltar. From 16th to early 19th century,...
New Zealand has 5 million people. It is an island nation consisting of two main land masses of North Island and South Island, and more than 700 smaller islands, covering 268,021 square kilometres. New Zealand was the last significant land mass on earth to be...
Portugal has 10.2 million people. It is the westernmost nation in mainland Europe, with Spain on its border. Portugal is one of the oldest nations in Europe. In 1400s and 1500s, Portugal established the first global maritime and commercial empire; and became one of the...
France has 65 million people. During World War One (1914 to 1918), the ‘Triple Entente’ powers of ‘France, Russia and the United Kingdom’ were opposed to the Central powers of ‘Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman (Turkey) empire and Bulgaria’. Due to Germany’s aggression in the war,...
Singapore has 5.8 million people. Its politicians receive the highest remuneration in the world – so that first, the best people would serve in running the country; and second, there would be little or no corruption in government. The crime rate in Singapore is extremely...
Germany has 84 million people. It is the 2nd most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. In general, Germany has a highly skilled labour force, a low level of corruption, a low crime rate and a...
Philippines has 110 million people. The country is spread over more than 7,000 islands covering an area of 300,000 km2. Spain and then USA colonised the Philippines. Spanish colonialism in the Philippines began in 1521 with the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, who claimed all the islands...
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