The first country to celebrate the New Year is Kiribati, specifically the island of Millennium Island (Caroline Island), which is located just west of the International Date Line. As the clock strikes midnight there, it marks the beginning of the new year for the world. Following Kiribati, other countries and territories in the Pacific also celebrate New Year shortly after.
Australia celebrates the New Year first.
Columbus celebrates new years first.
New Zealand celebrates the New Year ahead of Australia.
Approximately 60% of the world's population celebrates New Year on January 1st, following the Gregorian calendar.
New Zealand
In China in the year 1991
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Australia celebrates the New Year first.
France
No. But on different days of the year
The country inhabited who celebrate the new year 1st is Kiribati, which has GMT+12.
Athens Greece is where the world held there first olympics in 1896. They also held the olympics for the second time in the year 2004.