Rwanda is a country located in Eastern Africa. With the capital city of Kigali, Rwanda has a population of 12,952,229 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After independence from colonial power Belgium in 1962, Rwanda was characterized for several decades by how the Tutsis and Hutu people fought for power. Country-driven Tutsis strived to… Read More »
St. Kitts and Nevis is a country located in North America. With the capital city of Basseterre, St.Kitts and Nevis has a population of 52,441 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The road to independence became long for the British colony of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Since the 1870s, the two islands, together with… Read More »
St. Lucia is a country located in North America. With the capital city of Castries, St. Lucia has a population of 181,889 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Saint Lucia became independent from the British colonial power in 1979. Since then, two political parties, the Conservative United Workers ‘Party (UWP) and the left-wing Liberal… Read More »
St. Vincent and The Grenadines is a country located in North America. With the capital city of Kingstown, St. Vincent and The Grenadines has a population of 110,951 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. A Social Democratic Party dominated politics in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from the 1960s and won the first election… Read More »
Sao Tome and Principe is a country located in Central Africa. With the capital city of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 219,170 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After independence in 1975, President Manuel Pinto da Costa and his party, the Freedom Movement for São Tomé and Príncipe (MLSTP),… Read More »
Saudi Arabia is a country located in Western Asia. With the capital city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has a population of 34,813,882 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Saudi Arabia’s first king Ibn Saud (1932–1953) ruled the country according to conservative Islamic laws while establishing close cooperation with the Western powers. Oil began to… Read More »
Senegal is a country located in Western Africa. With the capital city of Dakar, Senegal has a population of 16,743,938 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. In 1960, the Republic of Senegal achieved full independence from the colonial power of France. The country’s first president was Leopold Sédar Senghor. In the 1960s, Senegal was… Read More »
Serbia is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Belgrade, Serbia has a population of 8,737,382 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Socialist Yugoslavia was held together with strong hand by the winner of the war, Tito, and with the help of a growing economy. But when Tito died in… Read More »
Seychelles is a country located in Eastern Africa. With the capital city of Victoria, Seychelles has a population of 98,358 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The British colony of Seychelles peacefully became an independent nation in 1976. The following year, the first president was deposed in a bloody coup. New president became Albert… Read More »
Sierra Leone is a country located in Western Africa. With the capital city of Freetown, Sierra Leone has a population of 7,976,994 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After independence in 1961, Sierra Leone suffered a slow start, then rapidly accelerating decay. Authoritarian rule, poor economy and ever worse corruption caused a popular dissatisfaction… Read More »
Singapore is a country located in Southeastern Asia. With the capital city of Singapore, Singapore has a population of 5,850,353 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The People’s Action Party (PAP) has ruled Singapore throughout its modern history. Between 1959 and 1990, the then party leader Lee Kuan Yew was the country’s prime minister… Read More »
Slovakia is a country located in Eastern Europe. With the capital city of Bratislava, Slovakia has a population of 5,459,653 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Despite the re-establishment of Czechoslovakia as a state after World War II, Slovak nationalism and the dream of its own state lived throughout the Cold War. When Slovakia… Read More »
Slovenia is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Ljubljana, Slovenia has a population of 2,078,949 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The foundation of Slovenia’s independence was laid after World War II when a Slovenian sub-republic was formed in 1945, within the Republic of Yugoslavia. Slovenia’s ties to Italian… Read More »
Somalia is a country located in Eastern Africa. With the capital city of Mogadishu, Somalia has a population of 15,893,233 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Independent Somalia was characterized from the beginning by strong tensions between the north and the south. In the 1960s several elections were held, but in 1969 the military… Read More »
South Africa is a country located in Southern Africa. With the capital city of Bloemfontein; Pretoria; Cape Town, South Africa has a population of 59,308,701 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After the victory in the 1948 elections, the Nationalist Party began to implement apartheid. The basic idea was that the blacks would live… Read More »
South Korea is a country located in Eastern Asia. With the capital city of Seoul, South Korea has a population of 51,269,196 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Korea’s history after World War II began with the cleavage of the country and the utterly devastating civil war of 1950-1953. Politically, South Korea has evolved… Read More »
South Sudan is a country located in Eastern Africa. With the capital city of Juba, South Sudan has a population of 11,193,736 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. South Sudan’s modern history is closely related to its northern neighbor Sudan. Decades of war between these areas, from the 1950s onwards, have resulted in up… Read More »
Spain is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Madrid, Spain has a population of 46,754,789 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After the death of General Francisco Franco in 1975, Spain quickly developed into a democracy. Since a social government came to power in 1982, a number of social… Read More »
Sri Lanka is a country located in Southern Asia. With the capital city of Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka has a population of 21,413,260 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The British colony of Ceylon became an independent state in 1948. During the first decade as a free nation, the contradictions between the… Read More »
Sudan is a country located in Northern Africa. With the capital city of Khartoum, Sudan has a population of 43,849,271 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Since Sudan gained independence from British colonial power in 1956, the country was governed mainly by a Muslim, Arab central government in the north. Tensions between the regime… Read More »
Suriname is a country located in South America. With the capital city of Paramaribo, Suriname has a population of 586,643 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Suriname became an independent state in 1975. Five years later, Colonel Desi Bouterse conducted a military coup. In practice, he ruled the country until 1987, when a people-elected… Read More »
Swaziland is a country located in Southern Africa. With the capital city of Mbabane, Swaziland has a population of 1,163,491 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Ever since Swaziland gained independence from colonial power Britain in 1968, the country’s history has been characterized by fierce contradictions between royalist traditionalists and groups that want to… Read More »
Sweden is a country located in Northern Europe. With the capital city of Stockholm, Sweden has a population of 10,099,276 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Thanks to its undamaged industry, Sweden, after the Second World War, had a head start over almost all other European countries. Growth was very strong and the welfare… Read More »
Switzerland is a country located in Western Europe. With the capital city of Bern, Switzerland has a population of 8,654,633 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After the Second World War, a period of increased prosperity and political consensus followed. From 1959, the four largest parties shared power; Switzerland was ruled for nearly half… Read More »
Syria is a country located in Western Asia. With the capital city of Damascus, Syria has a population of 17,500,669 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The time after World War II became unstable and the unrest in the region had major repercussions on Syrian domestic policy. When the state of Israel was proclaimed… Read More »
Taiwan is a region located in Eastern Asia. With the capital city of Taipei, Taiwan has a population of 23,816,786 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After Japan’s defeat in World War II, Taiwan was returned to China in 1945. The Republic of China was then represented by General Chiang Kai-shek (with Pinyin Jiang… Read More »
Tajikistan is a country located in Central Asia. With the capital city of Dushanbe, Tajikistan has a population of 9,537,656 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. When the Soviet Union disbanded in 1991, Tajikistan became its own nation for the first time. The contradictions within the country were great, partly between different regions and… Read More »
Tanzania is a country located in Eastern Africa. With the capital city of DDodoma, Tanzania has a population of 59,734,229 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Tanzania was formed in 1964 as a union between Tanganyika on the mainland and the Zanzibar archipelago. A year later, the country became a one-party state, with “socialism… Read More »
Thailand is a country located in Southeastern Asia. With the capital city of Bangkok, Thailand has a population of 69,799,989 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Thailand’s modern history is characterized by coups, military rule and short periods of unstable democracy. Military dictator Phibun Songkhram came to power in a coup in 1947. Thereafter,… Read More »
Togo is a country located in Western Africa. With the capital city of Lome, Togo has a population of 8,278,735 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Togo’s modern history has been characterized by Etienne (Gnassingbé) Eyadéma. With the support of the military, he ruled the country dictatorially from 1967 (in practice 1963) until his… Read More »