The World Heritage List - Properties added each year
Below is the number of properties that were added to the List each year since the first World Heritage Committee meeting in 1978. The total number of properties on the World Heritage List is larger than the sum of the properties listed, because adjacent properties were merged in some instances.
Year | Number of properties named by the World Heritage Committee |
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1978 | 12 |
1979 | 45 |
1980 | 28 |
1981 | 26 |
1982 | 24 |
1983 | 29 |
1984 | 23 |
1985 | 30 |
1986 | 31 |
1987 | 41 |
1988 | 27 |
1989 | 7 |
1990 | 17 |
1991 | 22 |
1992 | 20 |
1993 | 33 |
1994 | 29 |
1995 | 29 |
1996 | 37 |
1997 | 46 |
1998 | 30 |
1999 | 48 |
2000 | 61 |
2001 | 31 |
2002 | 9 |
2003 | 24 |
2004 | 34 |
2005 | 24 |