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World maps by year · AD 1990

World map in AD 1990

189 polities have borders on the map in AD 1990. Open AD 1990 on the interactive map →

Changes since AD 1980

New on the map (24): Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, Federal Military Government of Nigeria, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Guinea, Hungary, Israeli administration of Gaza, Kingdom of Romania, Lithuania, Micronesia, Myanmar, Namibia, Palau, Saint Helena and Dependencies, Saint Kitts and Nevis, SFR of Yugoslavia, Yemen

No longer on the map (20): Colony of Bermuda, Saint Helena Crown Colony, British Protectorate of Brunei, Soviet Union, People's Republic of Bulgaria, Burma, East Germany, Hungarian People's Republic, West Germany, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Upper Volta, Colony of Antigua and Barbuda, North Yemen, Socialist Republic of Romania, South Yemen, Dominion of Fiji, British Belize, People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, Second Nigerian Republic, Saint Christopher and Nevis

States and empires in AD 1990

Battles, AD 1990

Armed conflict, AD 1990

724 recorded conflict events with 90,327 deaths (best estimate), from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

Volcanic eruptions (VEI ≥ 4), AD 1990

Significant earthquakes, AD 1990

The 20 strongest of 51.

7 witnessed meteorite falls were recorded in AD 1990.

Sources

Borders: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0 1.0). Battles: Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Eruptions: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program. Earthquakes: NOAA NCEI. Conflict events: UCDP GED (CC BY 4.0). Meteorites: NASA/Meteoritical Society. Full citations.