Japan has 126 million people. The Yamato Japanese ethnic group comprises 98.5 percent of the population; the other 1.5 percent includes Koreans (0.5 percent), Chinese (0.4 percent), and the indigenous Ainu (50,000 people). The Japanese archipelago includes more than 3,000 islands, covering a total area...
In 1900, India had 240 million people and was part of the British Empire. Between 1757 and 1858, India was effectively ruled by the British East India Company. In 1857, a mutiny of four and a half months arose against the British by Indian soldiers,...
Indonesia has 275 million people. It has the largest Muslim population in the world (87.0% of the country’s population; 239 million). Indonesia’s population is made up of over 600 ethnic types, with Javanese being the largest (40.0%; 110 million), followed by Sudanese (15.1%; 41 million)....
England’s current population of 67 million comprises 84% of the whole population of the United Kingdom (consisting of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Although a small population by world comparison and located in two isolated islands in the north west – for around two centuries,...
Malaysia is a multicultural country of 32 million people. The ethnic population consists of three main groups: Malay (55%; about 17 million), Chinese (24%; about 7 million) and Indian (7%; about 2 million). There is not much intermarrying between these races. Islam, Buddhism, Christianity and...
United States of America has 332 million people. It is today’s sole superpower and has the largest economy in the world. In 1776, USA voted to sever its political ties to Britain and declared Independence, asserting a set of principles that suggest a fairer society...
China has 1.44 billion people and occupies a large part of Asia. Its civilisation – the world’s longest continuing civilisation – has been recorded over the last 5,000 years. It was the centre of the world for many centuries, like the USA is now. The...
Australia, in the Southern Hemisphere, is the biggest island nation in the world (blessed with minerals and agricultural land) and has 25 million people. Without new migrants, its population would be decreasing. First world nations have this tendency – reducing population. 90% of its population...
The civil war in China in the 1800s was 25 times more deadly than the civil war in the United States of America in the 1800s. In the former 25,000,000 people died, whereas in the latter 1,000,000 lost their lives. China’s last dynasty, the Manchu...
One hundred years ago, the world suffered a serious pandemic called the Spanish Flu. It came about near the end of World War I – 1918. For around two years (February 1918 to April 1920) it was deadly, and around 75 million people died after...
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