Singapore 2004
Singapore’s flowerpot state at the tip of the Malacca Peninsula is one of the smallest in the world but at the same time one of […]
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Sierra Leone 2004
Yearbook 2004 Sierra Leone. During the year, Sierra Leone continued to try to put the 1990s civil war behind it. In February, the disarmament of […]
Seychelles 2004
Yearbook 2004 Seychelles. The total population in Seychelles is 98,358 people in 2020. 69-year-old France Albert René resigned as president in April but remained chairman […]
Serbia 2004
1990 Serbian nationalism explodes The total population in Serbia is 8,737,382 people in 2020. The federal government blamed nationalist and extremist separatist forces for being […]
Senegal 2004
Yearbook 2004 Senegal. In April, President Abdoulaye Wade dismissed Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, who was replaced by former Interior Minister Macky Sall. This sparked speculation […]
Saudi Arabia 2004
Yearbook 2004 Saudi Arabia. During the year, militant Islamists stepped up their attacks on Western companies and their employees, as well as against Saudi Arabian […]
Sao Tome and Principe 2004
Yearbook 2004 São Tomé and Príncipe. The total population in Sao Tome and Principe is 219,170 people in 2020. Prime Minister Maria Das Neves Ceita […]
San Marino 2004
Yearbook 2004 San Marino. The total population in San Marino is 33,942 people in 2020. Growth in San Marino’s economy was found in a report […]
Samoa 2004
Yearbook 2004 Samoa. The total population in Samoa is 198,425 people in 2020. Hundreds of Samoans demonstrated in March outside New Zealand’s parliament demanding that […]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2004
The total population in Saint Vincent and Grenadines is 110,951 people in 2020. In 1983, the Cato government decided to support the United States invasion […]
Saint Lucia 2004
The total population in Saint Lucia is 183,638 people in 2020. Even before Columbus invaded the island in 1502 and named it Santa Lucía, it […]
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2004
Yearbook 2004 Saint Christopher and Nevis. The total population in Saint Kitts & Nevis is 53,210 people in 2020. The ruling Social Democratic Labor Party […]
Rwanda 2004
Yearbook 2004 Rwanda. In a series of ceremonies, in April Rwanda observed the ten-year commemoration of the 1994 genocide, when at least 800,000 people were […]
Russia 2004
Russia is the largest country in the world, covering nearly twice the total land area of the United States. It spans 11 time zones and […]
Romania 2004
Yearbook 2004 Romania. The total population in Romania is 19,237,702 people in 2020. Romania reached one of its most important foreign policy goals when it […]
Republic of the Congo 2004
Yearbook 2004 Congo. The total population in Republic of the Congo is 5,518,098 people in 2020. Republic of the Congo was excluded in July from […]
Qatar 2004
Qatar is a small, oil-rich nation in the Middle East located on the Persian Gulf. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Bahrain […]
Portugal 2004
Yearbook 2004 Portugal. The total population in Portugal is 10,196,720 people in 2020. Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Barroso resigned in July after being elected […]
Poland 2004
Poland is a country located in Central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus […]
Philippines 2004
Yearbook 2004 Philippines. At least 15 people were killed in a bomb attack on January 4 against a sports hall in the town of Parang […]
Paraguay 2004
Yearbook 2004 Paraguay. On June 29, the former Army Chief and General Lino Oviedo voluntarily returned from his five-year exile in Argentina and Brazil. He […]
Papua New Guinea 2004
Yearbook 2004 Papua New Guinea. The total population in Papua New Guinea is 8,947,035 people in 2020. Prime Minister Michael Somare visited China at the […]
Panama 2004
Yearbook 2004 Panama. The total population in Panama is 4,314,778 people in 2020. Martín Torrijos of Partido Revolucionario Democratica (PRD) won the May 2 presidential […]
Palau 2004
Yearbook 2004 Palau. In the November 2 presidential election, President Tommy Remengesau was re-elected with approximately 64% of the vote. His main opponent, Polycarp Basilius, […]
Pakistan 2004
Yearbook 2004 Pakistan. One of Pakistan’s national heroes, “the father of the Pakistani nuclear bomb,” Abdul Qadir Khan, was fired in January from his post […]
Norway 2004
Norway is a Scandinavian country located in Northern Europe, bordered by Sweden, Finland, and Russia. It is known for its breathtaking fjords, mountains, and glaciers. […]
Northern Macedonia 2004
Yearbook 2004 Northern Macedonia (until 2019 Macedonia). The total population in North Macedonia is 2,083,385 people in 2020. President Boris Trajkovski was killed in a […]
North Korea 2004
Yearbook 2004 North Korea. International developments regarding North Korea’s possible nuclear weapons program continued in January with American experts being allowed to visit one of […]
Nigeria 2004
Yearbook 2004 Nigeria. For Nigeria 2004 was another troubled year. In May, the Christian militia attacked the Muslim-dominated town of Yelwa in the state of […]
Niger 2004
Yearbook 2004 Niger. The total population in Niger is 24,206,655 people in 2020. President Mamadou Tandja was re-elected in December for a new four-year term, […]
Nicaragua 2004
Yearbook 2004 Nicaragua. The deep rift within the Liberal Party PLC (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista) between supporters of President Enrique Bolaños and supporters of former President […]
New Zealand 2004
Yearbook 2004 New Zealand. The total population in New Zealand is 4,822,244 people in 2020. The issue of Maori rights was the subject of intense […]
Netherlands 2004
Yearbook 2004 Netherlands. Immigration and integration were the dominant elements of the domestic policy debate during the year. At the beginning of the year, the […]
Nepal 2004
Yearbook 2004 Nepal. After a seven-month ceasefire was interrupted by the Maoist guerrillas in August 2003, it was yet another troubled year in Nepal. The […]
Nauru 2004
Yearbook 2004 Nauru. In early January, the hunger strike interrupted by about 30 asylum seekers was canceled in December 2003. The refugees – most Afghans […]
Namibia 2004
Yearbook 2004 Namibia. The total population in Namibia is 2,540,916 people in 2020. The government indicated that it wanted to speed up land reform and […]
Myanmar 2004
Yearbook 2004 Burma. The total population in Myanmar is 54,409,811 people in 2020. 77-year-old Tin Oo, vice-chairman of the opposition party National Democracy Association (NLD), […]
Mozambique 2004
Yearbook 2004 Mozambique. In September, Sweden demanded just over SEK 3.5 million. of Mozambique’s Ministry of Education, after an audit of aid paid showed that […]