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Year

The world in 1988

In 1988 the atlas holds 256 states standing across 6 regions. 30 things began that year - Myanmar, Palestine and The Alchemist among them - and 6 ended; 13 people were born and 49 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 1988

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

States 2

Wars and battles 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 7

Natural disasters 3

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1988

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

States 2

Wars and battles 4

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1988 13

Died in 1988 49

and 33 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1988

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: 41 statesMiddle East and North Africa41Sub-Saharan Africa: 48 statesSub-Saharan Africa48South Asia: 24 statesSouth Asia24East and Southeast Asia: 34 statesEast and Southeast Asia34Americas and Oceania: 49 statesAmericas and Oceania49Location unknown: 1 statesLocation unknown1

Europe59 states

and 49 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa41 states

and 31 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 Asia34 states

and 24 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania49 states

and 39 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown1 state

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1963 – 2013: every state, war and life of 1988 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1988: 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.