The period between 1975 and 1999 was a period in which the world population grew for around 2 billion people. Even thought that is the same rise as in the period between 1930 and 1975, still this period is shorter, and is just 24 years the world population grew from approximately 4 billion people to approximately 6 billion people.
It was the "Meiji Restoration" that launched a period of rapid industrialization and Westernization in Japan during the 19th century, since this brought back traditional Japanese rule and led to modernization.
The government of Canada, which is comprised of these provinces that share power with the central government, is referred to as a federal confederation.
