UPDATED JANUARY 2025: If you ask how many countries in the world are there in 2024. Well, the answer is that technically speaking there are 197 countries in the world. From a travel perspective, you could argue there are 215 countries. I’ve visited them all! Although it’s pretty compli...
The six non-UN states with partial recognition areTaiwan,Kosovo,South Ossetia, Abkhazia,Northern Cyprus, and Western Sahara'sSahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. All of these are claimed by other countries that don't actually control them - or at least not completely. The number of UN members who...
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False. Approximately 31 percent of the world's population professes belief in Christianity. Read More: How Many Religions Are There? Which Are the Most Influential? 5. Which famous stone is known as the "Great Star of Africa." Cullinan I Hope Diamond Koh-i-Noor Tiffany Yellow Diamond The ...
On the one hand, I like that it’s still relatively off the radar because that means fewer crowds. You’ll never see too many people traveling around Taiwan. It’s, to use the cliche, a hidden gem you have (mostly) to yourself. There are no hordes of people trying to take selfies...
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A record-breaking number of people voted across the globe in 2024 with consequences not just for their own countries, but for the rest of the world too. The first vote of the year: • Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina won the country’s general election for the fourth time in a row - but ...
In one indication of the nervousness, a top US air force general recently predicted America and China arelikely to go to warover Taiwan in 2025. “Two years ago, due to Trump’s trade war, customers told us they wanted ‘out of China’ production options, so we decided to enlarge manufa...
Supporters of the Taiwan People’s Party, many of whom are young, had shared the videos widely on TikTok, which were then shared on Facebook. Before the election results, many thought there was a chance of a Ko upset in the race given that the candidate had drawn a lo...
More than 60% of the world’s population lives in Asia, home to 4.2 billion people and some of the world’sdensest cities. But has this always been the case? This map visualizes the relative population change in each Asian country between 1990 and 2023. Data for this graphic is sourced...