The urban population has grown at an extremely rapid rate. In 1947 only 33 percent of the population was urban; in 1975 only 25 percent of the population was rural, and the urban population had risen to 75 perc
In 2023, the highest number of immigrants arrived from Asian countries other than Israel, Japan, China, Mongolia, Syria or Vietnam to Hungary, their numbers totaling over 21.5 thousand. In the same year, another almost ten thousand people immigrated from Vietnam.Number...
note:data represent population by country of birth HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS190,000 (2019 est.)NA ReligionsChristian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, other 0.5-1.0%, none 23-28% (2015 est.) ...
Belize is a country located in Central America and it is bordered to the north by Mexico, to the south and west by Guatemala, and to the east by the Caribbean Sea. It is a diverse country with various cultures and languages. Belize also has the lowestpopulation densityin Central America w...
Most festivals are connected with religion and the yearly rice farming cycle. The timing of the festivals is calculated according to the Buddhist lunar calendar. January Vat Phou Festival in Champasak Province : This festival is held during the third full moon of the lunar calendar on the ...
Most of Afghanistan is in the Hindu Kush Mountains, with some lower-lying desert areas. The highest point is Noshak, at 24,580 feet (7,492 meters). The lowest is the Amu Darya River Basin, at 846 ft (258 m). An arid and mountainous country, Afghanistan has little cropland; a scant...
But the very success of Norway's social services is presenting the country with new problems. Good medical care for every citizen has raised life expectancy to one of the world's highest levels at 78.4 years, placing new demands on the health-care system as the population ages. State assista...
On February 2, China shut down another major city as it closed roads and restricted the movement of residents in Wenzhou, a city with a population of 9 million that is located 800 km away from Wuhan, in Hubei province. The Zhejiang province, where Wenzhou is located, has the highest numbe...
India is a vast country ranking fourth in the world in size, a sixth of Mankind on a fortieth of the earth's land. In population, a little over 1 billion, it stands second only to neighbouring China. Newcomers are always amazed by the variety of colour, physical stature, anthropological ...
world's third-largest country by size (after Russia and Canada) and by population (after China and India); Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent Area: total: 9,826,630 sq km land: 9,161,923 sq km water: 664,707 sq km ...