PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1990 – 1999

The world in the 1990s

From 1990 to 1999 the atlas holds 314 states standing at some time. 473 things began - Russia, Germany and Ukraine among them - and 141 ended; 64 people were born and 566 died.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1990: 55 began — 10 wars and battles, 23 risings, regime changes and massacres, 22 other19901991: 87 began — 30 wars and battles, 26 risings, regime changes and massacres, 31 other19911992: 80 began — 27 wars and battles, 30 risings, regime changes and massacres, 23 other19921993: 42 began — 14 wars and battles, 16 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other19931994: 41 began — 14 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 19 other19941995: 38 began — 13 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other19951996: 33 began — 8 wars and battles, 13 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other19961997: 18 began — 4 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other19971998: 27 began — 10 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other19981999: 52 began — 12 wars and battles, 20 risings, regime changes and massacres, 20 other1999

What began in the 1990s

By kind, the best known first.

States 59

and 51 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 142

and 134 more in the atlas.

Regime change 26

and 18 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 133

and 125 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 24

and 16 more in the atlas.

Treaties 57

and 49 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 31

and 23 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1990s

States 63

and 55 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 64

and 56 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Treaties 3

Born and died

Born 64

and 48 more in the atlas.

Died 566

and 550 more in the atlas.

States of the 1990s

The states that stood at some time in the 1990s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1990.

Europe: 85 statesEurope85Middle East and North Africa: 51 statesMiddle East and North Africa51Sub-Saharan Africa: 57 statesSub-Saharan Africa57South Asia: 31 statesSouth Asia31East and Southeast Asia: 36 statesEast and Southeast Asia36Americas and Oceania: 50 statesAmericas and Oceania50Location unknown: 4 statesLocation unknown4

Europe85 states

and 77 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa51 states

and 43 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa57 states

and 49 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia31 states

and 23 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia36 states

and 28 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania50 states

and 42 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown4 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1970 – 2019: every state, war and life of the 1990s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1995: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.