Year
The world in 2002
In 2002 the atlas holds 255 states standing across 6 regions. 32 things began that year - Afghanistan, Bahrain and Oganesson among them - and 10 ended; 0 people were born and 68 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 2002
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 3
- Afghanistan · state · 2002 – present
- Bahrain · state · 2002 – present
- Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan · state · 2002 – 2004
Wars and battles 11
- First Ivorian Civil War · war · 2002 – 2007
- Operation Anaconda · battle · 2002
- Insurgency in the Maghreb · war · 2002
- Operation Defensive Shield · battle · 2002
- Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa · battle · 2002
- Battle of Jenin · battle · 2002
- Battle of Yeonpyeong · battle · 2002
- Perejil Island crisis · war · 2002
- Siege of the Church of the Nativity · battle · 2002
- Karine A affair · battle · 2002
and 1 more in the atlas.
Unrest and atrocity 6
- 2002 Gujarat violence · unrest · 2002
- 2002 Venezuelan coup attempt · unrest · 2002
- D.C. sniper attacks · atrocity · 2002
- 2002 Ivorian coup attempt · unrest · 2002
- 2002 Central African Republic coup attempt · unrest · 2002
- 2002 Afghan coup plot · unrest · 2002
Famine and plague 1
- 2002–2004 SARS outbreak · plague · 2002 – 2004
Natural disasters 1
- 2002 European floods · disaster · 2002
Treaties 3
- Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty · treaty · 2002 – 2011
- Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture · treaty · 2002
- Pretoria Accord · treaty · 2002
What ended in 2002
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 4
- Islamic State of Afghanistan · state · 1992 – 2002
- Southern Tagalog · state · 1965 – 2002
- Democratic People's Republic of Angola · state · 1975 – 2002
- State of Bahrain · state · 1971 – 2002
Wars and battles 5
- Angolan Civil War · war · 1975 – 2002
- Sierra Leone Civil War · war · 1991 – 2002
- Algerian Civil War · war · 1992 – 2002
- Internal conflict in Peru · war · 1980 – 2002
- Operation Eagle Assist · battle · 2001 – 2002
Treaties 1
- Treaty of Paris · treaty · 1951 – 2002
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Died in 2002 68
- Astrid Lindgren · writer · 1907 – 2002
- Camilo José Cela · politician · 1916 – 2002
- Thor Heyerdahl · explorer · 1914 – 2002
- Pierre Bourdieu · philosopher · 1930 – 2002
- Edsger W. Dijkstra · engineer · 1930 – 2002
- John Rawls · philosopher · 1921 – 2002
- Billy Wilder · writer · 1906 – 2002
- Jonas Savimbi · politician · 1934 – 2002
- Agatha Barbara · politician · 1923 – 2002
- Ne Win · military leader · 1911 – 2002
- Alexander Lebed · statesperson · 1950 – 2002
- Abba Eban · politician · 1915 – 2002
- Fernando Belaúnde · architect · 1912 – 2002
- B. D. Jatti · politician · 1912 – 2002
- Cyrus Vance · politician · 1917 – 2002
- Hugo Banzer · politician · 1926 – 2002
and 52 more in the atlas.
Standing in 2002
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 Africa43 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 33 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 · Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of Ethiopia since 2001
- Kenya · 1964 – present · Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya since 1978 and Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya since 2002
- Democratic Republic of the Congo · 1960 – present · Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2001
- Somalia · 1960 – present · Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, President of Somalia since 2000
- Ghana · 1960 – present · 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 Asia28 states
- India · 1950 – present · K. R. Narayanan, President of India since 1997 and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, President of India since 2002
- Afghanistan · 2002 – present
- Pakistan · 1956 – present · Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan since 2001
- Kazakhstan · 1991 – present · Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan since 1991
- Bangladesh · 1971 – present · A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, President of Bangladesh since 2001 and Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh since 2002
- 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
and 18 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 and Hu Jintao, Paramount leader since 2002
- Vietnam · 1976 – present · Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 2001
- Indonesia · 1945 – present · 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 · Sirajuddin of Perlis, Yang di-Pertuan Agong since 2001
- Philippines · 1946 – present · 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 · 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 Peter Hollingworth, monarch of Australia since 2001
- 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 · Eduardo Camaño, President of Argentina since 2001 and Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina since 2002
- Colombia · 1810 – present · Andrés Pastrana Arango, President of Colombia since 1998 and Álvaro Uribe, President of Colombia since 2002
- New Zealand · 1841 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of New Zealand since 1952
- Venezuela · 1999 – present · Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela since 1999 and Diosdado Cabello, President of Venezuela since 2002
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, 1977 – 2027: every state, war and life of 2002 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 2002: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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