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Year

The world in 1999

In 1999 the atlas holds 254 states standing across 6 regions. 52 things began that year - Venezuela, Flerovium and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban among them - and 9 ended; 4 people were born and 60 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 1999

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

States 1

Wars and battles 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

Regime change 4

Unrest and atrocity 16

and 6 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 6

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 10

What ended in 1999

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

States 3

Wars and battles 4

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1999 4

Died in 1999 60

and 44 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1999

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: 31 statesEast and Southeast Asia31Americas and Oceania: 50 statesAmericas and Oceania50Location unknown: 1 statesLocation unknown1

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 Asia31 states

and 21 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, 1974 – 2024: every state, war and life of 1999 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1999: 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.