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Year

The world in 1987

In 1987 the atlas holds 255 states standing across 6 regions. 38 things began that year - Fiji, Daman and Diu and First Intifada among them - and 4 ended; 17 people were born and 50 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1980s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1987

By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.

States 3

Wars and battles 11

and 1 more in the atlas.

Regime change 5

Unrest and atrocity 13

and 3 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1987

States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.

States 1

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1987 17

and 1 more in the atlas.

Died in 1987 50

and 34 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1987

The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.

Europe: 59 statesEurope59Middle East and North Africa: 40 statesMiddle East and North Africa40Sub-Saharan Africa: 48 statesSub-Saharan Africa48South Asia: 24 statesSouth Asia24East and Southeast Asia: 33 statesEast and Southeast Asia33Americas and Oceania: 50 statesAmericas and Oceania50Location unknown: 1 statesLocation unknown1

Europe59 states

and 49 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa40 states

and 30 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa48 states

and 38 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia24 states

and 14 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia33 states

and 23 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania50 states

and 40 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown1 state

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1962 – 2012: every state, war and life of 1987 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1987: 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.