Mauritius is a country located in Eastern Africa. With the capital city of Port Louis, Mauritius has a population of 1,271,779 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. By the independence of the British in 1968, Mauritius already had a functioning multi-party system dominated by a couple of strong personalities that would affect the country… Read More »
Mexico is a country located in North America. With the capital city of Mexico City, Mexico has a population of 128,932,764 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Mexico was ruled by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during most of the 20th century. The country was modernized after the Second World War. An oil boom… Read More »
Micronesia is a country located in Micronesia. With the capital city of Palikir, Micronesia has a population of 112,640 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. During World War II, fierce fighting was fought in the archipelago of the Carolinians, which includes the Micronesian Federation, between the United States and Japan. When the United States… Read More »
Moldova is a country located in Eastern Europe. With the capital city of Chisinau, Moldova has a population of 4,033,974 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Moldova’s modern history is characterized by its geographical proximity to Romania and the Soviet Union / Russia. In 1940, the Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova was established. With… Read More »
Monaco is a country located in Western Europe. With the capital city of Monaco, Monaco has a population of 39,253 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Prince Rainier III took office in 1949 and put the Principality on the map internationally when in 1956 he married American movie star Grace Kelly. Monaco was given… Read More »
Mongolia is a country located in Eastern Asia. With the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia has a population of 3,278,301 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. President Chorloogijn Tjojbalsan – “Mongolia’s Stalin” – was the leader of the Communist country from 1939 to 1952, when he died. The political thaw in the Soviet Union… Read More »
Montenegro is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Podgorica, Montenegro has a population of 628,077 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After Tito’s death in 1980, the contradictions within Yugoslavia became clear. However, Montenegro remained loyal for a long time behind Serbia during the wars and crises in the… Read More »
Morocco is a country located in Northern Africa. With the capital city of Rabat, Morocco has a population of 36,910,571 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Independent Morocco is strongly influenced by King Hassan II’s long reign, 1961–1999. He ruled with a hard hand, but also skillfully played on the Moroccan nationalist sentiments, including… Read More »
Mozambique is a country located in Eastern Africa. With the capital city of Maputo, Mozambique has a population of 31,255,446 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The former guerrilla movement Frelimo became Mozambique’s ruling party after the country’s independence from the colonial power of Portugal in 1975. Two years later, Frelimo adopted Marxist-Leninist ideology… Read More »
Namibia is a country located in Southern Africa. With the capital city of Windhoek, Namibia has a population of 2,540,916 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. In March 1990, the independent nation of Namibia was proclaimed. The former liberation movement Swapo had already formed government and its leader Sam Nujoma had been elected president.… Read More »
Nauru is a country located in Micronesia. With the capital city of Yaren District, Nauru has a population of 10,835 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After World War II, Australia was given the UN mission to manage Nauru. When the phosphate was running out, the Naurs were offered to move to Australia, but… Read More »
Nepal is a country located in Southern Asia. With the capital city of Kathmandu, Nepal has a population of 29,136,819 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Nepal was governed from the 1960s through a system of indirectly elected councils. The king’s power was great. Demands for democracy grew and in 1991 elections were held… Read More »
Netherlands is a country located in Western Europe. With the capital city of Amsterdam, Netherlands has a population of 17,134,883 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After the Second World War, the Netherlands developed into a welfare society where various religious groups had a great influence. Most of the country’s colonies gained their independence… Read More »
New Zealand is a country located in Polynesia. With the capital city of Wellington, New Zealand has a population of 4,822,244 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. New Zealand gained full independence from the colonial power of Britain in 1947. The bourgeois Nationalist Party then had power with some interruptions for short-term Social Democratic… Read More »
Nicaragua is a country located in North America. With the capital city of Managua, Nicaragua has a population of 6,624,565 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The power dynasty of Somoza ruled Nicaragua from 1936 to 1979, when the dictator Anastasio Somoza was overthrown by the Sandlinist guerrilla FSLN. The guerrillas were then transformed… Read More »
Niger is a country located in Western Africa. With the capital city of Niamey, Niger has a population of 24,206,655 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The first years in Niger after independence from colonial power France 1960 were marked by political contradictions and unsuccessful attempts at reconciliation between the ruling circle of conservative… Read More »
Nigeria is a country located in Western Africa. With the capital city of Abuja, Nigeria has a population of 206,139,600 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Nigeria became independent from the United Kingdom in 1960. Ethnic and religious tensions contributed to the collapse of democracy in 1966. In a civil war that raged from… Read More »
North Korea is a country located in Eastern Asia. With the capital city of Pyongyang, North Korea has a population of 25,778,827 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Korea was entered by the Soviet Union and the United States at the end of the Second World War. In 1948, North Korea was proclaimed and… Read More »
Norway is a country located in Northern Europe. With the capital city of Oslo, Norway has a population of 5,421,252 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. During World War II, Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany. The difficult experiences of the war contributed to Norway joining NATO in 1949. The question of joining the… Read More »
Oman is a country located in Western Asia. With the capital city of Muscat, Oman has a population of 5,106,637 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Sultan Qabus took power in 1970 by deposing his own father, Said bin Taimur, who has been in power for 38 years. Under the new Sultan, Oman underwent… Read More »
Pakistan is a country located in Southern Asia. With the capital city of Islamabad, Pakistan has a population of 220,892,351 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Pakistan was already a fragile state formation at the time of its creation in 1947. Repeated military coups and wars against India have made it difficult for democracy… Read More »
Panama is a country located in North America. With the capital city of Panama City, Panama has a population of 4,314,778 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The channel and the US presence were a source of contradictions and concerns during the postwar period. In the 1970s, an agreement was signed which meant that… Read More »
Paraguay is a country located in South America. With the capital city of Asuncion, Paraguay has a population of 7,132,549 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Between 1954 and 1989, Paraguay was ruled by South America’s most resilient dictator, Alfredo Stroessner. The country gained a reputation for being a safe hiding place for old… Read More »
Peru is a country located in South America. With the capital city of Lima, Peru has a population of 32,971,865 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The military has played a significant role in politics and for long periods has ruled Peru. The last junta was in power from 1968 to 1980 and only… Read More »
Philippines is a country located in Southeastern Asia. With the capital city of Manila, Philippines has a population of 109,581,089 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. In July 1946, the independent republic of the Philippines was again proclaimed. But independence had its price. The US was allowed to establish military bases in the country… Read More »
Poland is a country located in Eastern Europe. With the capital city of Warsaw, Poland has a population of 37,846,622 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After World War II, Poland ended up in the Soviet sphere of interest in the divided Europe, the communist eastern bloc. The liberation from communism in the 1980s… Read More »
Portugal is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Lisbon, Portugal has a population of 10,196,720 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The fascist-inspired regime under the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar and his successor Marcello Caetano held power in Portugal from the late 1920s to 1974. It ruled with… Read More »
Qatar is a country located in Western Asia. With the capital city of Doha, Qatar has a population of 2,881,064 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Thanks to oil revenues, after World War II, Qatar was able to go from being one of the world’s poorest countries to becoming one of the richest. In… Read More »
Republic of the Congo is a country located in Central Africa. With the capital city of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo has a population of 5,240,011 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Congo became independent from France in 1960. Former Prime Minister Fulbert Youlou was elected President of the New Republic. YouTube’s French-friendly policies… Read More »
Romania is a country located in Eastern Europe. With the capital city of Bucharest, Romania has a population of 19,237,702 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After World War II, Romania became a Communist dictatorship, where Nicolae Ceauşescu took power in 1965. He controlled the community with the dreaded security service Securitate. But economic… Read More »