Year
The world in 2001
In 2001 the atlas holds 253 states standing across 6 regions. 60 things began that year - September 11 attacks, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and War on terror among them - and 5 ended; 2 people were born and 53 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 2000s page, and to its century on the 21st century.
What began in 2001
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 2
- Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan · state · 2001 – 2003
- Lyari Town · state · 2001 – 2011
Wars and battles 17
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) · war · 2001 – 2021
- War on terror · war · 2001
- Operation Enduring Freedom · battle · 2001 – 2014
- Battle of Tora Bora · battle · 2001
- United States invasion of Afghanistan · war · 2001
- Operation Active Endeavour · battle · 2001 – 2016
- Fall of Kabul · battle · 2001
- Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif · battle · 2001
- Battle of Qala-i-Jangi · battle · 2001
- Operation Eagle Assist · battle · 2001 – 2002
and 7 more in the atlas.
Regime change 1
- Second EDSA Revolution · adverse regime change · 2001
Unrest and atrocity 14
- September 11 attacks · atrocity · 2001
- Nepalese royal massacre · atrocity · 2001
- 2001 insurgency in Macedonia · unrest · 2001
- Taliban insurgency · unrest · 2001 – 2021
- 2001 uprising in Herat · unrest · 2001
- Dasht-i-Leili massacre · atrocity · 2001
- December 2001 riots in Argentina · unrest · 2001
- Black Spring · unrest · 2001
- Protests against the G8 in Genoa · unrest · 2001
- Zug massacre · atrocity · 2001
and 4 more in the atlas.
Natural disasters 5
- 2001 Gujarat earthquake · disaster · 2001
- 2001 Kunlun earthquake · disaster · 2001
- January 2001 El Salvador earthquake · disaster · 2001
- 2001 southern Peru earthquake · disaster · 2001
- 2001 Nisqually earthquake · disaster · 2001
Treaties 5
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants · treaty · 2001
- Ohrid Agreement · treaty · 2001
- 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship · treaty · 2001
- Cape Town Treaty · treaty · 2001
- Inter-American Democratic Charter · treaty · 2001
What ended in 2001
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 1
- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan · state · 1996 – 2001
Wars and battles 3
- Yugoslav Wars · war · 1991 – 2001
- Afghan Civil War · war · 1996 – 2001
- Insurgency in the Preševo Valley · war · 1999 – 2001
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Ukraine without Kuchma · unrest · 2000 – 2001
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 2001 2
- Plestia Alaqad · writer · born 2001
- Hossam Shabat · writer · 2001 – 2025
Died in 2001 53
- Douglas Adams · writer · 1952 – 2001
- Léopold Sédar Senghor · philosopher · 1906 – 2001
- Tove Jansson · painter · 1914 – 2001
- Jorge Amado · politician · 1912 – 2001
- Ahmad Shah Massoud · military leader · 1953 – 2001
- Laurent-Désiré Kabila · politician · 1939 – 2001
- Giovanni Leone · politician · 1908 – 2001
- Nguyễn Văn Thiệu · politician · 1923 – 2001
- Birendra of Nepal · monarch · 1945 – 2001
- Edward Gierek · politician · 1913 – 2001
- Alberto Korda · artist · 1928 – 2001
- Dipendra of Nepal · ruler · 1971 – 2001
- Víctor Paz Estenssoro · politician · 1907 – 2001
- Indro Montanelli · writer · 1909 – 2001
- Tamara Smirnova · astronomer · 1935 – 2001
- Dương Văn Minh · politician · 1916 – 2001
and 37 more in the atlas.
Standing in 2001
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.
Europe59 states
- France · 481 – present · Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic since 1995
- Russia · 1991 – present · Vladimir Putin, President of Russia since 2000
- Italy · 1946 – present · Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy since 1999
- Germany · 1990 – present · Johannes Rau, president of Germany since 1999
- Finland · 1917 – present · Tarja Halonen, President of Finland since 2000
- Spain · 1516 – present · Juan Carlos I, Monarch of Spain since 1975
- United Kingdom · 1927 – present · Elizabeth II, Monarch of the United Kingdom since 1952
- Norway · 1905 – present · Harald V, Monarch of Norway since 1991
- Poland · 1989 – present · Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of the Republic of Poland since 1995
- Ukraine · 1991 – present · Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine since 1994
and 49 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa42 states
- Turkey · 1923 – present · Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey since 2000
- Egypt · 1953 – present · Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt since 1981
- Israel · 1948 – present · Moshe Katsav, President of Israel since 2000
- Iran · 1979 – present · Mohammad Khatami, President of Iran since 1997
- Algeria · 1962 – present · Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria since 1999
- Azerbaijan · 1991 – present
- Armenia · 1991 – present · Robert Kocharyan, President of Armenia since 1998
- Iraq · 1932 – present · Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq since 1979
- Saudi Arabia · 1932 – present · Fahd of Saudi Arabia, King of Saudi Arabia since 1982
- Syria · 1920 – present · Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria since 2000
and 32 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa44 states
- South Africa · 1961 – present · Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa since 1999
- Nigeria · 1963 – present · Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria since 1999
- Ethiopia · 1995 – present · Negasso Gidada, President of Ethiopia since 1995 and Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of Ethiopia since 2001
- Kenya · 1964 – present · Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya since 1978
- Democratic Republic of the Congo · 1960 – present · Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1997 and Eddy Kapend, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2001
- Somalia · 1960 – present · Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, President of Somalia since 2000
- Ghana · 1960 – present · Jerry Rawlings, President of Ghana since 1981 and John Kufuor, President of Ghana since 2001
- Angola · 1992 – present · José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola since 1979
- Tanzania · 1964 – present · Benjamin Mkapa, President of Tanzania since 1995
- Zimbabwe · 1980 – present · Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe since 1987
and 34 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia27 states
- India · 1950 – present · K. R. Narayanan, President of India since 1997
- Pakistan · 1956 – present · Rafiq Tarar, President of Pakistan since 1998 and Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan since 2001
- Kazakhstan · 1991 – present · Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan since 1991
- Bangladesh · 1971 – present · Shahabuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh since 1996 and A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, President of Bangladesh since 2001
- Kyrgyzstan · 1991 – present · Askar Akayev, President of Kyrgyzstan since 2000
- Sri Lanka · 1972 – present · Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka since 1994
- Uzbekistan · 1991 – present · Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan since 1991
- Tajikistan · 1929 – present · Emomali Rahmon, president of Tajikistan since 1994
- Bhutan · 1949 – present · Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan since 1972
- Maldives · 1965 – present · Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of the Maldives since 1978
and 17 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia30 states
- Japan · 1947 – present · Akihito, Emperor of Japan since 1989
- People's Republic of China · 1949 – present · Jiang Zemin, Paramount leader since 1989
- Vietnam · 1976 – present · Le Kha Phieu, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 1997 and Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 2001
- Indonesia · 1945 – present · Abdurrahman Wahid, President of Indonesia since 1999 and Megawati Sukarnoputri, President of Indonesia since 2001
- South Korea · 1948 – present · Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea since 1998
- Thailand · 1932 – present · Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand since 1946
- Malaysia · 1963 – present · Salahuddin of Selangor, Yang di-Pertuan Agong since 1999 and Sirajuddin of Perlis, Yang di-Pertuan Agong since 2001
- Philippines · 1946 – present · Joseph Estrada, President of the Philippines since 1998 and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines since 2001
- Singapore · 1965 – present · S. R. Nathan, President of Singapore since 1999
- Cambodia · 1953 – present · Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia since 1993
and 20 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania50 states
- United States · 1776 – present · Bill Clinton, President of the United States since 1993 and George W. Bush, President of the United States since 2001
- Mexico · 1821 – present · Vicente Fox, President of Mexico since 2000
- Australia · 1901 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of Australia since 1952 and William Deane, monarch of Australia since 1996
- Canada · 1867 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of Canada since 1952
- Brazil · 1889 – present · Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil since 1999
- Chile · 1810 – present · Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile since 2000
- Argentina · 1861 – present · Fernando de la Rúa, President of Argentina since 1999 and Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, President of Argentina since 2001
- Colombia · 1810 – present · Andrés Pastrana Arango, President of Colombia since 1998
- New Zealand · 1841 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of New Zealand since 1952
- Venezuela · 1999 – present · Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela since 1999
and 40 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown1 state
- Democratic People's Republic of Angola · 1975 – 2002
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1976 – 2026: every state, war and life of 2001 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 2001: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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