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Year

The world in 1997

In 1997 the atlas holds 259 states standing across 6 regions. 18 things began that year - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Caliban and Sycorax among them - and 7 ended; 7 people were born and 56 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 1997

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

States 1

Wars and battles 4

Unrest and atrocity 3

Natural disasters 4

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 4

What ended in 1997

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

States 3

Wars and battles 4

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1997 7

Died in 1997 56

and 40 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1997

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: 61 statesEurope61Middle East and North Africa: 41 statesMiddle East and North Africa41Sub-Saharan Africa: 45 statesSub-Saharan Africa45South Asia: 27 statesSouth Asia27East and Southeast Asia: 33 statesEast and Southeast Asia33Americas and Oceania: 49 statesAmericas and Oceania49Location unknown: 3 statesLocation unknown3

Europe61 states

and 51 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa41 states

and 31 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa45 states

and 35 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia27 states

and 17 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 unknown3 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1972 – 2022: every state, war and life of 1997 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1997: 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.