Joe Biden has just been elected President of the United States, replacing Donald Trump, after a bitter and strong political battle that has held the whole world in suspense. Born in November 1942, the new president will be 78 in a few days and will be the 46th US president. His appointment is scheduled for January 20, 2021. His…
China has just launched its 2020 census. A vast operation carried out every ten years, with the help of 7 million census agents. In 2010, the country had counted 1,339,724,852 inhabitants, an increase of 73 million compared to 2000. Current estimates still place China as the most populous country in the world, with over 1.4…
After the coup orchestrated by the army and the one who became interim president Jeanine Áñez in November 2019 and overthrew the newly re-elected former president Evo Morales, elections were finally reorganized in October 2020. These saw the return to power of Camp Morales through Luis Arce, who therefore became the new president of Bolivia.…
Azerbaijan has just crossed the 10 million inhabitants. Even if its demographics remain positive, its dynamic has fallen sharply in recent years, going from + 0.7% to + 0.3% annual growth in a short time. The population is aging and many young people are emigrating in the face of strained geopolitical prospects. Azerbaijan country profile
With 37,980,511 inhabitants as of March 20 and annual growth that increases to +1.56% in 2019 (compared to +1.42% in 2018), Canada sees its population grow faster and faster, and will soon pass the mark of 38 million. A very relative figure given the vastness of the country, of which only the southern regions are…
The COVID-19 coronavirus flu is infecting the world more and more. There are Friday, March 6, more than 100,000 people infected, and 3,411 dead in 91 countries and territories around the world. All the continents are affected, in particular Asia, obviously, the first center from which the epidemic started. Europe is then the second most…
Egypt has just joined the very limited club of countries with more than 100 million inhabitants. 13th most populous country in the world, it joins the Philippines and is just ahead of Ethiopia, Vietnam and the Democratic Republic of Congo. These three countries should not be long in crossing this symbolic mark. Egypt continues to…
On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom left the European Union. The famous Brexit, which has occupied everyone’s mind in the country but also in Europe for more than three years, ended up intervening, after 47 sometimes stormy years spent within the Union. A historical setback. In doing so, the country loses its privileged access…
The COP25, the 2019 Madrid Climate Change Conference begins on Monday, December 2nd and runs until December 13th. It takes place in Madrid, capital of Spain, after being displaced following the withdrawal of Brazil first after the election of its new president Jair Bolsonaro, notorious climateosceptic, then at the last minute of Chile, because of…
Mozambique has just exceeded 30 million inhabitants in 2019. Its population growth remains very high, at 2.61% per year, even if it tends to slow down in recent years. The capital Maputo now has about 2.6 million inhabitants and will quickly reach 3 million people. The infrastructure is not up to such a population, the…
