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Year

The world in 1998

In 1998 the atlas holds 256 states standing across 6 regions. 27 things began that year - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Kosovo War and Rome Statute among them - and 4 ended; 1 person was born and 57 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 1998

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

Wars and battles 10

Unrest and atrocity 8

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1998

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

States 3

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1998 1

Died in 1998 57

and 41 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1998

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: 60 statesEurope60Middle East and North Africa: 41 statesMiddle East and North Africa41Sub-Saharan Africa: 44 statesSub-Saharan Africa44South Asia: 27 statesSouth Asia27East and Southeast Asia: 32 statesEast and Southeast Asia32Americas and Oceania: 49 statesAmericas and Oceania49Location unknown: 3 statesLocation unknown3

Europe60 states

and 50 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa41 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa44 states

and 34 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia27 states

and 17 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia32 states

and 22 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, 1973 – 2023: every state, war and life of 1998 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1998: 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.