PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2008

In 2008 the atlas holds 250 states standing across 6 regions. 49 things began that year - Nepal, Kosovo and Russo-Georgian War among them - and 8 ended; 0 people were born and 72 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 2008

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

States 3

Wars and battles 20

and 10 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 10

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 10

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 2008

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

States 4

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2008 72

and 56 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2008

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: 57 statesEurope57Middle East and North Africa: 43 statesMiddle East and North Africa43Sub-Saharan Africa: 44 statesSub-Saharan Africa44South Asia: 27 statesSouth Asia27East and Southeast Asia: 28 statesEast and Southeast Asia28Americas and Oceania: 51 statesAmericas and Oceania51

Europe57 states

and 47 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa43 states

and 33 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 Asia28 states

and 18 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania51 states

and 41 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1983 – 2033: every state, war and life of 2008 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2008: 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.