On the 4th of December, 2000 the UNGA decided that, from 2001, the 20th of June would be World Refugee Day.
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Different agencies give different rankings. Here is the United Nations ranking: United States, China, Japan, Germany, France, Brazil, United Kingdom, Italy, India, Russia. Please see the link.
The United States Census Bureau estimated that the world's population exceeded 7 billion people on March 12, 2012. However, the United Nations Population Fund estimated that pop statistics reached the 7 billion milestone on October 31, 2011.
As of 2021, there are 195 recognized sovereign nations in the world.
Europe (especially France) was devastated after the First World War. Harvests were not gathered extensively for a long time afterwards, as the war had destroyed not only the current crops, but also the land and facilities. As such, European nations were forced to purchase excess food from the United States, allowing the US to grow while they themselves continued to fall.
There were basically two "sides" in WW2. For most of the period covered by the period of the war these consisted ofOn the one side, the Allied nations: principallythe United Kingdom (1939-45)the Soviet Union (1940-45)the United States (1941-45)On the other, the Axis powers: principallyGermany (1939-45)Italy (1940-43/45)Japan (1941-45)However, as far as other countries are concerned this is a simplified picture. In September 1944, for example, Bulgaria was simultaneously at war with Germany, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States!