Previous World Expo List

Name of World Expo Dates VisitorsParticipants Theme
1Great Exhibition1 May – 11 October 18516,039,19525Industry of all Nations
2Exposition Universelle (1855)15 May – 15 November 18555,162,33028Agriculture, Industry and Fine Arts
31862 International Exhibition1 May – 1 November 18626,096,61739Industry and Art
4Exposition Universelle (1867)1 April – 3 November 186715,000,00042Agriculture, Industry and Fine Arts
5Weltausstellung 1873 Wien1 May – 31 October 18737,255,00035Culture and Education
6Centennial Exposition10 May – 10 November 187610,000,00035Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine
7Exposition Universelle (1878)20 May – 10 November 187816,156,62635New Technologies
8Melbourne International Exhibition (1880)1 October – 30 April 18811,330,00033Arts, Manufactures and Agricultural and Industrial Products of all Nations
9Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)8 April – 10 December 18882,300,00030Fine and Industrial Art
10Exposition Universelle (1889)5 May – 31 October 188932,250,29735Celebration of the centenary of the French revolution
11World’s Columbian Exposition1 May – 3 October 189327,500,00019Fourth centenary of the discovery of America
12Brussels International (1897)10 May – 8 November 18976,000,00027Modern Life
13Exposition Universelle (1900)15 April – 12 November 190050,860,8014019th century: an overview
14Louisiana Purchase Exposition30 April – 1 December 190419,694,85560Celebration of the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase
15Liège International (1905)27 April – 6 November 19057,000,00035Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of independence
16Milan International (1906)28 April – 11 November 19064,012,77640Transportation
17Brussels International 191023 April – 7 November 191013,000,00026Works of Art and Science, Agricultural and Industrial Products of All Nations
18Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)26 April – 3 November 19139,503,41924Peace, Industry and Art
19Panama–Pacific International Exposition20 February – 4 December 191518,876,43841Celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal
201929 Barcelona International Exposition20 May 1929 – 15 January 19305,800,00029Industry, Art and Sport
21Century of Progress27 May 1933 – 31 October 193438,872,00021The independence among Industry and scientific research.
22Brussels International Exposition (1935)27 April – 3 November 193520,000,00025Transport
23Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne25 May – 25 November 193731,040,95535Arts and technology in modern life
241939 New York World’s Fair30 April 1939 – 27 October 194045,000,00054Building the World of Tomorrow
25Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince8 December 1949 – 8 June 1950250,00018The festival of Peace
26Expo ’5817 April – 19 October 195841,454,41239A World View: A New Humanism
27Century 21 Exposition21 April – 21 October 19629,000,00049Man in the Space Age
28Expo 6728 April – 29 October 196750,306,64862Man and his World
29Expo ’7015 March – 13 November 197064,218,77067Progress and Harmony for Mankind
30Seville Expo ’9220 April – 12 October 199241,814,571108The Age of Discovery
31Expo 20001 June – 31 October 200018,100,000174Humankind – Nature – Technology
32Expo 200525 March – 25 September 200522,049,544121Nature’s Wisdom
33 World Expo 20101 May – 31 October 201073,085,000100Better City, Better Life
34Expo 20151 May – 31 October 201521,500,000139Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life
35Expo 20201 October 2021 – 31 March 202224,102,967200Connecting Minds, Creating the Future
Source: Wikipedia


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