List of world expositions

List of world expositions is an annotated list of every world exposition sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), including those recognised retrospectively as they took place (long) before BIE came into existence.

See also: List of world's fairs

The designation "World Exposition" or "Expo" refers to a class of the largest, general scope exhibitions of 3 to 6 months' duration.

This list does not include BIE recognized International Horticultural Exhibitions. For other major international exhibitions, in addition to those endorsed by the BIE, see the comprehensive list of world's fairs.

Category
World Expo BIE-International Registered exhibitions that take place every 5 years and last up to 6 months. All exhibitions in this category, which took place before 1928, were subsequently recognized by the BIE.
Specialised Expo BIE-International Recognised exhibitions that take place between 2 World Expos and last up to 3 months.

List by date
Dates Name of Exposition Country[1] City[1] Category Theme[2] Notables Visitors
in millions[3]		 Cost
in millions
(USD unless specified)		 Area
(ha)		 Attending
countries
04/1851 – 10/1851 The Great Exhibition  United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandLondon World Expo Industry of all Nations The Crystal Palace 6.00 1.65 10 25
05/1855 – 11/1855 Exposition Universelle / Paris International  FranceParis World Expo Agriculture, Industry and Arts Palais d'Industrie
Bordeaux Wine classification		 5.00 2 15 25
05/1862 – 11/1862 International Exhibition  United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandLondon World Expo Industry and Arts 6.00 2 15 39
04/1867 – 11/1867 Exposition Universelle / Paris International  FranceParis World Expo Agriculture, Industry and Arts Champ de Mars 15.00 4.5 69 42
05/1873 – 10/1873 Weltausstellung 1873 Wien / Austrian International Exposition  Austria-HungaryVienna World Expo Culture and Education Rotunde 7.25 9.5 233 35
05/1876 – 11/1876 Centennial Exposition  United StatesPhiladelphia World Expo Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine Centennial Arboretum
Telephone
Heinz Ketchup		 10.00 8 115 35
05/1878 – 11/1878 Exposition Universelle / Paris International Exposition  FranceParis World Expo New Technologies Statue of Liberty
Telephone
Braille		 16.00 11 75 36
10/1880 – 04/1881 Melbourne International Exhibition  VictoriaMelbourne World Expo Arts, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Industrial Products of all Nations Royal Exhibition Buildings & Carlton Gardens 1.30 1.6 25 33
04/1888 – 12/1888 Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)  SpainBarcelona World Expo Fine and Industrial Arts Arc de Triomf
Columbus Monument		 2.30 1.7 47 30
05/1889 – 10/1889 Exposition Universelle / Paris International Exposition  FranceParis World Expo French Revolution Eiffel Tower
Annie Oakley		 32.00 0.3 96 35
05/1893 – 10/1893 World's Columbian Exposition  United StatesChicago World Expo Discovery of America Midway Plaisance
Fine Arts Building
Fluorescent lamp
Ferris wheel		 27.50 27 279 19
05/1897 – 11/1897 Brussels International Exposition  BelgiumBrussels World Expo Modern Life 7.80 132 27
04/1900 – 11/1900 Paris International  FranceParis World Expo 19th Century: an overview Motion Pictures
Escalator
Summer Olympics		 50.80 18.75 120 58
04/1904 – 12/1904 Louisiana Purchase  United StatesSt. Louis World Expo Louisiana Purchase Forest Park
Palace of Fine Art
Vulcan statue
In conjunction with Summer Olympics		 19.69 31.5 515 63
04/1905 – 11/1905 Liège International (1905)  BelgiumLiège World Expo Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of independence 7.00 2.9 70 31
04/1906 – 11/1906 Milan International  ItalyMilan World Expo Transport Electric Tramways 10.00 2.6 100 25
04/1910 – 11/1910 Brussels International Exhibition  BelgiumBrussels World Expo Works of Art and Science, Agricultural and Industrial Products of All Nations 13.00 3.5 90 26
04/1913 – 11/1913 Exposition universelle et international / Ghent International Exposition  BelgiumGhent World Expo Peace, Industry and Arts Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station 9.50 3.3 130 24
02/1915 – 12/1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition  United StatesSan Francisco World Expo Inauguration of the Panama Canal Tower of Jewels
Palace of Fine Arts		 19.00 25.8 254 32
05/1929 – 01/1930 Barcelona International Exposition  SpainBarcelona World Expo Arts, Industry and Sport Barcelona Pavilion
Palau Nacional
Montjuïc Stadium		 5.8 25 118 29
05/1933 – 10/1934 Century of Progress  United StatesChicago World Expo The interdependence among Industry and scientific research Sky Ride
Graf Zeppelin
Homes of Tomorrow		 38.80[4] 42.9 170 19
04/1935 – 11/1935 Brussels International Exposition  BelgiumBrussels World Expo Transports 20.00 197 BEF 152 30
05/1936 – 06/1936 ILIS 1936  SwedenStockholm Specialised Expo Aviation Stockholm Bromma Airport 0.5 8
05/1937 – 11/1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne / Paris International Exposition  FranceParis World Expo Arts and Technology in modern life Arc de Triomphe 31.00 1,400 FRF 105 44
05/1938 – 05/1938 Second International Aeronautic Exhibition  FinlandHelsinki Specialised Expo Aerospace Malmi Airterminal 0.08 25
02/1939 – 09/1940 Golden Gate International Exposition  United StatesSan Francisco World Expo Pageant of the Pacific 160
04/1939 – 10/1940 New York World's Fair  United StatesNew York City World Expo Building The World of Tomorrow Flushing Park
Bell Labs' Voder
Magna Carta

1st World Science Fiction Convention

 45.00 [5] 500 54
05/1939 – 09/1939 Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939)  BelgiumLiège Specialised Expo Art of Water Albert Canal 50 8
07/1947 – 08/1947 International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing  FranceParis Specialised Expo Urbanism and Housing Immeubles d’Etat 6.35 14
07/1949 – 08/1949 Universal Sport Exhibition (1949)  SwedenStockholm Specialised Expo Sport and physical culture Pehr Henrik Ling 37
09/1949 – 10/1949 The International Exhibition of Rural Habitat in Lyon  FranceLyon Specialised Expo Rural Habitat Foire de Lyon 110
12/1949 – 06/1950 Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince  HaitiPort-au-Prince World Expo The festival of Peace Gulf of Gonâve 24 15
04/1951 – 05/1951 The International Textile Exhibition  FranceLille Specialised Expo Textile Textile 1.5 15 22
07/1953 – 10/1953 EA 53  ItalyRome Specialised Expo Agriculture Esposizione Universale Roma
Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana		 1.7 12
09/1953 – 10/1953 Conquest of the Desert (exhibition)  IsraelJerusalem Specialised Expo Conquest of the Desert 4.6 13
05/1954 – 10/1954 The International Exhibition of Navigation (1954)  ItalyNaples Specialised Expo Navigation 100 25
05/1955 – 06/1955 The International Expo of Sport (1955)  ItalyTurin Specialised Expo Sport 11
06/1955 – 08/1955 Helsingborg exhibition 1955  SwedenHelsingborg Specialised Expo Modern Man in the Environment 10
05/1956 – 06/1956 Exhibition of citriculture  IsraelBeit Dagan Specialised Expo Citrus 55
07/1957 – 09/1957 Interbau  GermanyBerlin Specialised Expo Reconstruction of Hansa District Hansaviertel 1.00 53 13
07/1958 – 09/1958 Brussels World's Fair  BelgiumBrussels World Expo A World View: A New Humanism Heysel
Atomium		 41.00 2,500 BEF 200 42
05/1961 – 10/1961 Expo 61  ItalyTurin Specialised Expo Celebration of centennial of Italian unity Palazzo del Lavoro 5.00 50 19
04/1962 – 10/1962 Century 21 Exposition  United StatesSeattle World Expo Man in the Space Age Seattle Center
Space Needle
Seattle Monorail		 9.60[6] 47[6] 30 24
06/1965 – 10/1965 IVA 65  GermanyMunich Specialised Expo Transport E03 3.20 50.20 36
04/1967 – 10/1967 Expo '67  CanadaMontreal World Expo Man and His World Canadian Centennial
Montreal Metro
Habitat '67
Montreal Biosphère		 50.30[7] 431 CAD 365 62
04/1968 – 10/1968 HemisFair '68  United StatesSan Antonio Specialised Expo Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas Tower of the Americas
Institute of Texan Cultures
HemisFair Arena		 6.40[8] 156[8] 37.64[8] 23
03/1970 – 09/1970 Expo '70  JapanOsaka World Expo Progress and Harmony for Mankind Tower of the Sun
Moon rock
Electric Cars[9]		 64.2[10] 30
Profit[9]		 329.82[9] 75
08/1971 – 09/1971 Expo 71  HungaryBudapest Specialised Expo The Hunt through the World International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) 1.90 35.0 52
05/1974 – 11/1974 Expo '74  United StatesSpokane Specialised Expo Celebrating Tomorrow's Fresh New Environment IMAX[11] 5.60 78.4 41[11] 10
07/1975 – 01/1976 Expo '75  JapanOkinawa Specialised Expo The Sea We would like to See Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium 3.48 100.0 35
06/1981 – 07/1981 Expo 81  BulgariaPlovdiv Specialised Expo Hunting International Fair Plovdiv
05/1982 – 10/1982 1982 World's Fair  United StatesKnoxville Specialised Expo Energy Turns the World Sunsphere 11.00 42[12] 30[12] 16
05/1984 – 11/1984 1984 World's Fair  United StatesNew Orleans Specialised Expo The World of Rivers– Fresh Water as a source of life Convention Center 7.35 350 33.99[13] 15
03/1985 – 09/1985 Expo '85  JapanTsukuba Specialised Expo Dwellings and Surroundings – Science and Technology for Man at Home HSST
Jumbotron		 20.3 100[14] 48
11/1985 – 11/1985 Expo 85  BulgariaPlovdiv Specialised Expo Inventions International Fair Plovdiv 1.00 5.80 73
05/1986 – 10/1986 Expo '86  CanadaVancouver Specialised Expo Transportation and Communication: World in Motion - World in Touch Science World
Skytrain
BC Place
Canada Place		 22.11 311 CAD deficit 70 55
04/1988 – 10/1988 Expo '88  AustraliaBrisbane Specialised Expo Leisure in the Age of Technology Sunsails, Skyneedle 18.50 625 AUD 40 36
06/1991 – 07/1991 Expo 91  BulgariaPlovdiv Specialised Expo The activity of young people in the service of a World of Peace World Intellectual Property Organization 8
04/1992 – 10/1992 Expo '92  SpainSeville World Expo The Era of Discovery Puente del Alamillo 41.80[15] 215 108
05/1992 – 08/1992 Expo Colombo '92  ItalyGenoa Specialised Expo Christopher Columbus, The Ship and the Sea Aquarium of Genoa 1.7 6 54
08/1993 – 11/1993 Expo '93  South KoreaDaejeon Specialised Expo The Challenge of a New Road of Development Expo Science Park, Daejeon Museum of Art 14.50 90.10 141
05/1998 – 09/1998 Expo '98  PortugalLisbon Specialised Expo The Oceans: A Heritage for the Future Pavilhão Atlântico
Lisbon Oceanarium
Pavilion of Portugal		 10.10 50 143
06/2000 – 10/2000 Expo 2000  GermanyHanover World Expo Man, Nature, Technology Hannover Principles 18.10 3,400 DEM[16][17] 160 155
03/2005 – 09/2005 Expo 2005  JapanAichi World Expo Nature's Wisdom Satsuki and Mei's House
ASIMO
The Frozen Mammoth		 22.04 173 121
06/2008 – 09/2008 Expo 2008  SpainZaragoza Specialised Expo Water and Sustainable development Bridge Pavilion
Water Tower		 5.650 25 108
05/2010 – 10/2010 Expo 2010  ChinaShanghai World Expo Better City, Better Life Expo Axis
Oriental Crown (Currently China Art Museum, Shanghai)
 73.08 4,200 (5,800 including infrastructure)[18] 523 246
05/2012 – 08/2012 Expo 2012  South KoreaYeosu Specialised Expo The Living Ocean and Coast The Big-O[19]
The Sky Tower[20]		 8.20 176.9 25 103
05/2015 – 10/2015 Expo 2015  ItalyMilan World Expo Feeding the planet, Energy for life The Tree of Life 21.5 110 145
06/2017 – 09/2017 Expo 2017  KazakhstanAstana Specialised Expo Future Energy The Nur Alem Sphere 4.1 25 115

Planned expositions
Date[1] Name of Exposition Country [1] City [1] Category [1] Theme[2] or symbol
2021 Expo 2020  United Arab EmiratesDubai[21] World Expo Connecting Minds, Creating the Future
2023 Expo 2023  ArgentinaBuenos Aires[22] Specialized Expo Creative Industries in Digital Convergence
2025 Expo 2025  JapanOsaka[23] World Expo Designing Future Society for Our Lives

Proposed expositions
  • 2027/2028: Malaga[24]

List by country
Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, in 1851.
The statue of the Republic overlooks the Court of Honor and Grand Basin of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
Poster for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair by Glen C. Sheffer.
World Expo 88 Sunsails Logo
ASIMO at Expo 2005 in Japan.
Expo 2010 in Shanghai, 2010. The largest expo in history.
Country City Name of Exposition Attending
Countries		 Year
Argentina Buenos Aires Expo 2023
TBD
2023
Australia Melbourne
Brisbane		 Melbourne International
World Expo 88
33
36
1880
1988
Austria-Hungary Vienna Austrian International
35
1873
Belgium Brussels



Ghent
Liège		 Brussels International
Brussels International
Brussels International
Brussels World's Fair
Ghent International
Liège International
27
26
30
42
26
31
1897
1910
1935
1958
1913
1905
Canada Montreal
Vancouver		 Expo 67
Expo 86
62
54
1967
1986
China Shanghai Expo 2010
192
2010
France Paris Paris International
Paris International
Paris International
Paris International
Paris International
Paris International
25
42
36
35
58
44
1855
1867
1878
1889
1900
1937
Germany Hanover Expo 2000
155
2000
Haiti Port-au-Prince Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince
15
 1949−1950
Italy Genoa
Milan

 Expo Colombo '92
Milan International
Expo 2015
54
25
145
1992
1906
2015
Japan Aichi
Tsukuba
Okinawa
Osaka
 		 Expo 2005
Expo '85
Expo '75
Expo '70
Expo 2025
121
111
40
75
TBD
2005
1985
1975
1970
2025
Kazakhstan Astana Expo 2017
115
2017
Portugal Lisbon Expo '98
146
1998
South Korea Daejeon
Yeosu		 Expo '93
Expo 2012
108
103
1993
2012
Spain Barcelona
 
 
Seville
Zaragoza		 Exposición Universal de
Barcelona (1888)
Barcelona International
Seville Expo '92
Expo Zaragoza 2008
30

20
108
104
1888

1929
1992
2008
United Arab Emirates Dubai[21] Expo 2020
TBD
2020
United Kingdom London

 The Great Exhibition
International
25
39
1851
1862
United States Chicago
 
Knoxville
New Orleans
New York City
Philadelphia
San Antonio
San Francisco
Seattle
Spokane
St. Louis		 World's Columbian
Century of Progress
1982 World's Fair
1984 World's fair
New York World's Fair
Centennial Exposition
HemisFair '68
Panama-Pacific
Century 21 Exposition
Expo '74
Louisiana Purchase
19
21
21
26
60
35
23
32
24
11[26]
63
1893
1933
1982
1984
1939
1876
1968
1915
1962
1974
1904

See also

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