PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1990

In 1990 the atlas holds 264 states standing across 6 regions. 55 things began that year - Germany, Bulgaria and Namibia among them - and 20 ended; 9 people were born and 58 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1990s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1990

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

States 9

Wars and battles 10

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 20

and 10 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 9

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1990

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

States 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 4

Unrest and atrocity 3

Treaties 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1990 9

Died in 1990 58

and 42 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1990

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: 65 statesEurope65Middle East and North Africa: 42 statesMiddle East and North Africa42Sub-Saharan Africa: 49 statesSub-Saharan Africa49South Asia: 24 statesSouth Asia24East and Southeast Asia: 33 statesEast and Southeast Asia33Americas and Oceania: 49 statesAmericas and Oceania49Location unknown: 2 statesLocation unknown2

Europe65 states

and 55 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa42 states

and 32 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa49 states

and 39 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 Oceania49 states

and 39 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown2 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1965 – 2015: every state, war and life of 1990 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1990: 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.