This is a list of world's fairs, a comprehensive chronological list of world's fairs (with notable permanent buildings built). For an annotated list of all world's fairs sanctioned by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE), see List of world expositions.
The oldest North American expo calling itself a World's Fair is the World's Fair of Tunbridge, Vermont, which is held yearly. It assumed the title of "world's fair" in 1867, but is not a "world's fair" in the same expansive sense as the following entries.
1791 - Prague, Bohemia (at the time part of the Habsburg Monarchy, now the capital of the Czech Republic) - first industrial exhibition on the occasion of the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia, took place in Clementinum, considerable sophistication of manufacturing methods.
1798 - Paris, France - L'Exposition publique des produits de l'industrie française, Paris, 1798. This was the first public industrial exposition in France although earlier in 1798 the Marquis d'Avèze had held a private exposition of handicrafts and manufactured goods at the Maison d'Orsay in the Rue de Varenne and it was this that suggested the idea of a public exposition to François de Neufchâteau, Minister of the Interior for the French Republic.
1801 - Paris, France - Second Exposition (1801). After the success of the exposition of 1798 a series of expositions for French manufacturing followed (1801, 1802, 1806, 1819, 1823, 1827, 1834, 1844 and 1849) until the first properly international (or universal) exposition in France in 1855.
1802 - Paris, France - Third Exposition (1802)
1806 - Paris, France - Fourth Exposition (1806)
1819 - Paris, France - Fifth Exposition (1819)
1823 - Paris, France - Sixth Exposition (1823)
1827 - Paris, France - Seventh Exposition (1827)
1829 - New York City, United States - American Institute Fair
1829 - Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia - Prima Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno 1829. In Turin, a second 'triennale' followed in 1832 before other national agricultural, industrial, commercial, and applied arts expositions there in 1838, 1844, 1850 and 1858.
1832 - Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia - Seconda Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno 1832.
1833 - Calcutta, India - Calcutta International Exhibition
1834 - Paris, France - Eighth Exposition (1834)
1838 - Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia - Pubblica esposizione dell'anno 1838.
1839 - Paris, France - Ninth Exposition (1839)
1844 - Paris, France - French Industrial (Tenth) Exposition of 1844
1844 - Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia - Quarta Esposizione d'Industria et di Belle Arti.
1846 - Genoa, Piedmont-Sardinia - Esposizione dei Prodotti e delle Manufatture nazionali
1849 - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Exhibition of Industrial Arts and Manufacturers
1849 - United Kingdom - First Exhibition of British Manufacturers (1849)
1849 - Paris, France - Eleventh Exposition (1849)
1850 - Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia - Quinta Esposizione di Industria e di Belle Arti.
1851 - London, United Kingdom - The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations -- The Crystal Palace (typically listed as the "first world's fair")
1852 - Cork, United Kingdom (Cork now in the Republic of Ireland) - Irish Industrial Exhibition
1853 - Naples, Two Sicilies - Solenne Pubblica Esposizione di Arti e Manifatture
1853-1854 - New York, United States - Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853)
1853 - Dublin, United Kingdom - (Dublin now part of the Republic of Ireland) Great Industrial Exhibition (1853)
1854 - Genoa, Piedmont-Sardinia - Esposizione Industriale
1854 - Munich, Bavaria - Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung (1854)
1854 - Melbourne, Victoria - Melbourne Exhibition (1854) (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855))
1855 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1855)
1857 - Manchester, United Kingdom - Art Treasures Exhibition (1857) at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Stretford
1858 - Turin, Piedmont-Sardinia - Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'Industria.
1861 - Metz, France - Exposition Universelle (1861)
1862 - London, United Kingdom - 1862 International Exhibition
1865 - Dublin, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures
1865 - Porto, Portugal - Exposição Internacional do Porto
1867 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1867)
1870 - Sydney, New South Wales - Intercolonial Exhibition (1870)
1871 - London, United Kingdom - First Annual International Exhibition (1871)
1872 - London, United Kingdom - Second Annual International Exhibition (1872)
1872 - Lima, Peru - Exposicion Internacional de 1872
1872 - Lyon, France - Exposition Universelle et Internationale (1872)
1872 - Kyoto, Japan - Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1872)
1873 - London, United Kingdom - Third Annual International Exhibition (1873)
1873 - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
1873 - Sydney, New South Wales - Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873)
1874 - London, United Kingdom - Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874)
1874 - Dublin, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1874)
1874 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione internazionale (1874) (never held)
1875 - Melbourne, Victoria - Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
1875 - Nizhni Novgorod, Russia - Nizhni Novgorod Fair (1875)
1875 - Sydney, New South Wales - Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
1875 - Santiago, Chile - Exposición Internacional de Chile
1876 - Philadelphia, United States - Centennial Exposition
1876 - Brisbane, Queensland - Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)
1877 - Cape Town, Cape Colony - South African International Exhibition (1877)
1877 - Tokyo, Japan - First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) (Ueno Park)
1878 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1878)
1878 - Ballarat, Victoria - Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878)
1879 - Sydney, New South Wales - Sydney International Exhibition
1879 - Melbourne, Victoria - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879)
1880-1881 - Melbourne, Victoria - Melbourne International Exhibition (1880)
1881 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Milwaukee Industrial Exposition
1881 - Paris, France - International Exposition of Electricity, Paris
1881 - Atlanta, United States - International Cotton Exposition
1881 - Budapest, Austria-Hungary - Országos Nőipari Kiállitás
1882 - Bordeaux, France - Exposition internationale des vins
1882 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Exposición Continental Sud-Americana
1883 - Boston, United States - The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations
1883 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - International Colonial and Export Exhibition
1883 - Calcutta, India - Calcutta International Exhibition
1883 - South Kensington, United Kingdom - International Fisheries Exhibition
1883 - Parramatta, New South Wales - Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition
1883 - Louisville, United States - Southern Exposition
1883 - New York City, United States - World's Fair (1883) (never held)
1884 - New Orleans, United States - World Cotton Centennial (New Orleans Universal Exposition and World's Fair), (World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition), (New Orleans Centennial)
1884 - Melbourne, Victoria - Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed
1884 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - First International Forestry Exhibition
1884 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione Generale Italiana
1885 - Melbourne, Victoria - Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (1885) (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition)
1885 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885)
1885 - Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Industrial Exhibition
1885 - London, United Kingdom - International Inventions Exhibition
1886 - London, United Kingdom - Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)
1886 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art
1886 - Liverpool, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)
1887-1888 - Adelaide, South Australia - Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)
1887 - Atlanta, Piedmont Exposition
1887 - Geelong, Victoria - Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1887)
1887 - London, United Kingdom - American Exhibition
1887 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione mondiale (1887)
1888-1889 - Melbourne, Victoria - Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1888)
1888 - Glasgow, United Kingdom - International Exhibition (1888)
1888 - Brussels, Belgium - Grand Concours International des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1888)
1888 - Barcelona, Spain - Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)
1888 - Lisbon, Portugal - Exposição Industrial Portugueza (1888)
1888 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 (Nordiske Industri-Landbrugs og Kunstudstilling)
1889 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1889) - Eiffel Tower
1889 - Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889)
1889 - Buffalo, United States - International Industrial Fair (1889)
1890 - Bremen, Germany - Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung
1891 - Moscow, Russia - Exposition française
1891 - Frankfurt, Germany - International Electro-Technical Exhibition – 1891
1891 - Kingston, Jamaica - International Exhibition (1891)
1891 - Prague, Austria-Hungary - General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) at the Prague Exhibition Grounds [1]
1891-1892 - Launceston, Tasmania - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891)
1892 - Genoa, Italy - Esposizione Italo-Americana (1892)
1892 - Madrid, Spain - Exposición Histórico-Americana (1892)
1892 - Washington, DC, United States - Exposition of the Three Americas (1892) (never held)
1893 - Chicago, United States - World's Columbian Exposition - Palace of Fine Arts and the World's Congress Auxiliary Building
1893 - Kimberley, Cape Colony - South Africa and International Exhibition (1893)
1893 - New York City, United States - World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893)
1894 - San Francisco, United States - California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894
1894 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894)
1894 - Lyons, France - Exposition internationale et coloniale
1894 - Oporto, Portugal - Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894)
1895 - Hobart, Tasmania - Tasmanian International Exhibition (1895)
1895 - Ballarat, Victoria - Australian Industrial Exhibition (1895)
1895 - Atlanta, United States - Cotton States and International Exposition (1895) (Atlanta Exposition)
1896 - Berlin, Germany - Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896)
1896 - Mexico City, Mexico - International Exposition (1896) (never held)
1897 - Brussels, Belgium - Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897)
1897 - Guatemala City, Guatemala - Exposición Centro-Americana (1897)
1897 - Brisbane, Queensland - Queensland International Exhibition
1897 - Chicago, United States - Irish Fair (1897)
1897 - Nashville, United States - Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
1897 - Stockholm, Sweden - Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen (1897)
1898 - Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire - Universal Scientific and Philanthropic Exposition (1898)
1898 - Dunedin, New Zealand - Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (1898)
1898 - Omaha, United States - Trans-Mississippi Exposition
1898 - Bergen, Norway - International Fisheries Exposition (1898)
1898 - Munich, Germany - Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung (1898)
1898 - San Francisco, United States - California's Golden Jubilee (1898)
1898 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione Generale Italiana
1898 - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - Jubiläums-Ausstellung
1899 - Coolgardie, Western Australia - Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition
1899 - Omaha, Nebraska, United States - Greater America Exposition (1899)
1899 - Philadelphia, United States - National Export Exposition
1899 - London, United Kingdom - Greater Britain Exhibition (1899)
1900 - Paris, France - Exposition Universelle (1900) - Le Grand Palais
1900 - Adelaide, South Australia - Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries (1900)
1901 - Buffalo, United States - Pan-American Exposition
1901 - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)
1901 - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901)
1901 - Charleston, United States - South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition
1902 - Turin, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna
1902 - Hanoi, French Indochina - Hanoi exhibition (Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale)
1902 - Cork, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Cork International Exhibition
1902 - New York City, United States - United States, Colonial and International Exposition (1902) (never held)
1902 - Toledo, Ohio, United States - Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition (1902) - (never held)
1903 - Osaka, Japan - National Industrial Exposition (1903)
1904 - St. Louis, United States - Louisiana Purchase Exposition (also called Louisiana Purchase International Exposition and Olympic Games ): 1904 Summer Olympics
1905 - Portland, United States - Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition
1905 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition universelle et internationale de Liège(1905)
1905 - London, United Kingdom - Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition
1905 - New York City, United States - Irish Industrial Exposition (1905)
1906 - Milan, Italy - Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione
1906 - London, United Kingdom - Imperial Austrian Exhibition
1906 - Marseille, France - Exposition coloniale (1906)
1906-1907 - Christchurch, New Zealand - International Exhibition (1906)
1907 - Dublin, United Kingdom - Irish International Exhibition
1907 - Hampton Roads, United States - Jamestown Exposition
1907 - Chicago, United States - World's Pure Food Exposition (1907)
1907 - Mannheim, Germany - Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung (1907)
1908 - Zaragoza, Spain - Hispano-French Exposition of 1908
1908 - London, United Kingdom - Franco-British Exhibition (1908)
1908 - New York City, United States - International Mining Exposition (1908)
1908 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Exposição Nacional (1908)
1908 - Marseille, France - Exposition International de l'Electricite
1909 - London, United Kingdom - Imperial International Exhibition
1909 - Nancy, France - Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France
1909 - Seattle, United States - Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
1909 - New York City, United States - Hudson-Fulton Celebration
1909 - San Francisco, United States - Portolá Festival (1909)
1909 - Quito, Ecuador - Exposición Nacional (1909)
1910 - Bogotá, Colombia - Exposición del Centenario de la independencia (1910)
1910 - Nanking, China - Nanyang Industrial Exposition
1910 - Brussels, Belgium - Brussels International 1910
1910 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Exposición Internacional del Centenario (1910)
1910 - London, United Kingdom - Japan–British Exhibition
1910 - San Francisco, United States - Admission Day Festival (1910)
1910 - Vienna, Austria-Hungary - Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung (1910)
1911 - Dresden, Germany - International Hygiene Exhibition
1911 - London, United Kingdom - Coronation Exhibition (1911)
1911 - London, United Kingdom - Festival of Empire
1911 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione internazionale d'arte (1911)
1911 - Turin, Italy - Turin International
1911 - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry
1911 - New York City, United States - International Mercantile Exposition (1911)
1912 - Manila, Philippines - Philippine Exposition (1912)
1912 - London, United Kingdom - Latin-British Exhibition
1912,1917 - Tokyo, Japan - Grand Exhibition of Japan (planned for 1912, postponed to 1917 and then never held)
1913 - Auckland, New Zealand - Auckland Exhibition
1913 - Ghent, Belgium - Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)
1913 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813-1913
1913 - Knoxville, United States - National Conservation Exposition
1914 - London - Anglo-American Exhibition
1914 - Malmö, Sweden - Baltic Exhibition
1914 - Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries (1914)
1914 - Lyon, France - Exposition Internationale (1914)
1914 - Cologne, Germany - Werkbund Exhibition (1914)
1914 - Bristol, United Kingdom - International Exhibition (1914)
1914 - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Universal Exhibition (1914) (work begun on site 1913 but never held)
1914 - Semarang, Dutch East Indies - Colonial Exhibition of Semarang (Colonial Exposition)
1914 - Kristiania, Norway - 1914 Jubilee Exhibition (Norges Jubilæumsutstilling)
1914 - Baltimore, United States - National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration
1914 - Genoa, Italy - International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene (Esposizione internazionale di marina e igiene marinara)
1915 - San Francisco, United States - Panama–Pacific International Exposition Palace of Fine Arts
1915 - Panama City, Panama - Exposición Nacional de Panama (1915)
1915 - Richmond, United States - Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition (1915)
1915 - Chicago, United States - Lincoln Jubilee and Exposition (1915)
1915-1916 - San Diego, United States - Panama–California Exposition
1917 - San Francisco, United States - Allied War Exposition (1917)
1918 - New York City, United States - Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries
1918 - Chicago, United States - Allied War Exposition (1918)
1918 - Los Angeles, United States - California Liberty Fair (1918)
1920 - Shanghai, Republic of China - American-Chinese Exposition
1921 - London, United Kingdom - International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products (1921)
1922 - Marseille, France - Exposition nationale coloniale (1922)
1922 - Tokyo, Japan - Peace Exhibition (1922)
1922-1923 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Exposição do Centenario do Brasil (1922)
1923 - Los Angeles, United States - American Historical Review and Motion Picture Exposition (1923)
1923 - Calcutta, India - Calcutta Exhibition (1923) preparatory to British Empire Exhibition
1923 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Gothenburg Exhibition (1923) (Jubileumsutställningens i Göteborg) (Liseberg)
1924 - Wembley, London, United Kingdom - British Empire Exhibition
1924 - New York City, United States - French Exposition (1924)
1925 - Lyon, France - Foire (1925)
1925 - San Francisco, United States - California's Diamond Jubilee (1925)
1925 - Paris, France - Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes
1925-1926 - Dunedin, New Zealand - New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition (1925)
1926 - Philadelphia, United States - Sesquicentennial Exposition
1926 - Berlin, Germany - Internationale Polizeiausstellung (1926)
1927 - Lyon, France - Foire internationale (1925)
1927 - Stuttgart, Germany - Werkbund Exhibition
1928 - Cologne, Germany - Internationale Presse-Ausstellung (1928)
1928 - Long Beach, United States - Pacific Southwest Exposition (1928)
1929 - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - North East Coast Exhibition
1929 - Hangzhou, Republic of China - Westlake Exposition
1929-1930 - Barcelona, Spain, and Seville, Spain - 1929 Barcelona International Exposition and Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 (Expo '29, Exposición Ibero-Americana or Spain International Exposition)
1930 - Antwerp, Belgium - Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand
1930 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien
1930 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm International Exhibition (1930) (Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd)
1930 - Trondheim, Norway - Trøndelag Exhibition
1931 - Paris, France - Paris Colonial Exposition
1931 - Yorktown, United States - Yorktown Sesquicentennial
1932 - Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine - Levant Fair
1933-1934 - Chicago, United States - Century of Progress International Exposition
1934 - Porto, Portugal - Exposição Colonial Portuguesa (1934)
1934 - Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine - Levant Fair
1935 - Moscow, USSR - All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSKhV)
1935 - Brussels, Belgium - Exposition universelle et internationale (1935)
1935 - Porto Alegre, Brazil -Farroupilha Revolution centennial fair
1935-1936 - San Diego, United States - California Pacific International Exposition
1936 - Stockholm ILIS 1936
1936 - Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine - Levant Fair
1936 - Cleveland, United States - Great Lakes Exposition
1936 - Dallas, United States - Texas Centennial Exposition
1936-1937 - Johannesburg, South Africa - Empire Exhibition, Johannesburg
1937 - Cleveland, United States - Great Lakes Exposition
1937 - Dallas, United States - Greater Texas & Pan-American Exposition
1937 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk
1937 - Miami, United States - Pan American Fair (1937)
1937 - Paris, France - Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)
1937 - Nagoya, Japan - Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937)
1938 - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938
1938 - Helsinki, Finland Second International Aeronautic Exhibition
1939 - Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
1939 - Liège, Belgium - Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939)
1939 - Zürich, Switzerland - Schweizerische Landesausstellung
1939-1940 - New York City, United States - 1939 New York World's Fair (exhibits included The World of Tomorrow, Futurama, Trylon and Perisphere)
1939-1940 - San Francisco, United States - Golden Gate International Exposition
1940 - Lisbon, Portugal - Exposição do Mundo Português (1940)
1940 - Los Angeles, United States - Pacific Mercado (1940) (never held)
1940 - Naples, Italy - Mostra Triennale delle Terre Italiane d’Oltremare (Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Italian Territories)
1940 - Tokyo, Japan - Grand International Exposition of Japan (1940) (never held)
1942 - Los Angeles, United States - Cabrillo Fair (1942) (never held)
1942 - Rome, Italy - Esposizione universale (1942) (E42) (never held)
1947 - Paris, France - International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing
1948 - Brussels, Belgium - Foire coloniale (1948)
1949 - Stockholm, Sweden - Universal Sport Exhibition
1949 - Lyon, France - International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing
1949-1950 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince
1951 - Lille, France - L’exposition Textile Internationale
1951 - London, United Kingdom - Festival of Britain - Skylon
1953 - St Louis, United States - intended to commemorate the Louisiana Purchase's sesquicentennial, but never held
1953 - Jerusalem, Israel - International Exhibition and Fair Jerusalem Israel Conquest of the desert
1953 - Rome, Italy - Expo of Agriculture Rome
1954 - Naples, Italy- Oltremare Exhibition – Campi Flegrei
1955 - Turin, Italy- International Expo of Sport Turin 1955
1955 - Helsingborg, Sweden Helsingborg Exhibition 1955
1955 - Ciudad Trujillo (Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic - Feria de la Paz y Confraternidad del Mundo Libre
1956 - Beit Dagon, Israel
1957 - Berlin, Germany
1958 - Brussels, Belgium - Expo '58 (Exposition Universelle et venti Internationale de Bruxelles) - Atomium
1959 - Moscow, USSR - VDNKh
1960 - cancelled (planned site: Caracas, Venezuela)
1961 - Turin, Italy - Exposition International du Travail Expo 61
1962 - Seattle, United States - Century 21 Exposition - Space Needle
1964-1965 - New York City, United States - 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (note- not sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions) - Unisphere
1967 - Montreal, Canada - Expo 67, (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967)
1968 - San Antonio, United States - HemisFair '68 - Tower of the Americas
1970 - Osaka, Japan - Expo '70 (Japan World Exposition)
1974 - Spokane, United States - Expo '74 (International Exposition on the Environment) - Riverfront Park
1975 - Okinawa, Japan - Expo '75 (International Ocean Exposition)
1981 - Plovdiv - Expo 81
1982 - Knoxville, United States - 1982 World's Fair (International Energy Exposition) - Sunsphere
1984 - New Orleans, United States - 1984 Louisiana World Exposition [a.k.a., 1984 World's Fair] (Theme: "Fresh Water As A Source of Life"}
1985 - Plovdiv - Expo 85
1985 - Tsukuba, Japan - Expo '85
1986 - Vancouver, Canada - Expo '86 (1986 World Exposition)
1988 - Brisbane, Australia - Expo '88 (World Expo '88) - Skyneedle
1991 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria - Second World Exhibition of inventions of the young
1992 - Seville, Spain - Seville Expo '92
1992 - Genoa, Italy - Genoa Expo '92
1992 - cancelled (planned site: Chicago, U.S.)
1993 - Daejeon (Taejon), South Korea - Expo '93
1995 - Vienna, Austria which was proposed to be a joint exhibition with Budapest. This was never held
1996 - cancelled (planned site: Budapest, Hungary)
1998 - Lisbon, Portugal - Expo '98
1999 - Kunming, People's Republic of China - World Horticultural Exposition
2000 - Hanover, Germany - Expo 2000
2000 - Greenwich, London, United Kingdom - Millennium Dome
2002 - cancelled (planned site: Metro Manila, Philippines)
2002 - cancelled (planned site: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
2002 - Biel, Murten, Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland - Expo.02
2004 - cancelled (planned site: Seine-Saint-Denis, France)
2004 - Barcelona, Spain - Universal Forum of World Cultures
2005 - Aichi, Japan - Expo 2005
2008 - Zaragoza, Spain - Expo 2008
2010 - Shanghai, China - Expo 2010
2012 - Yeosu, South Korea - Expo 2012
2015 - Milan, Italy - Expo 2015
2016 - Antalya, Turkey - Expo 2016
2017 - Astana, Kazakhstan - Expo 2017
2020 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Expo 2020
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