List of Heads of State 1005

Africa

China
- Liao (in North China)
  - Emperor : Shengzong (982-1031)
- Northern song
  - Emperor : Zhenzong (987-1022)
- Xi Xia
  - Emperor : Tàizōng (1005-1031)

India
- Western Chalukya (in the West Indies)
  - King : Saktivarman I. (1000-1011)
- Chola (in South India)
  - King : Rajaraja I (985-1014)
- Cashmere ( Lohara Dynasty )
  - King : Sangrama Raja (1003-1028)
- Pala
  - King : Ramapala (approx. 974 – approx. 1027)
- Pratihara
  - King : Rajyapala (960-1018)

Iran
- Buyiden
  - Ruler of Jibal : Shams ad-Daula Abu Tahir Fulan (997-1021)
  - Rulers of Fars, Khuzistan and Kirman : Baha ad-Daula Abu Nasr Firuz (998-1012)
- Ghaznavids
  - Ruler : Mahmud (997-1030)
- Samanids
  - Ruler : Abu Ibrahim Ismail al-Muntasir (1000–1005)

Denmark
- King : Sven Gabelbart (986–1014) (1013–1014 King of England), (986–995, 1000–1014 King of Norway)

France
- King : Robert II (996-1031)
- Anjou
  - Count : Fulko III. (987-1040)
- Aquitaine
  - Duke : Wilhelm V (995-1030)
- Auvergne
  - Count : Wilhelm IV. (989-1016)
- Brittany
  - Duke : Gottfried I (992-1008)
- Burgundy (Free County)
  - Count Palatine : Otto Wilhelm (982-1026)
- Maine
  - Count : Hugo III. (992-1015)
- Normandy
  - Duke : Richard II (996-1026)
- Toulouse county
  - Count : Wilhelm III. (960-1037)

Holy Roman Empire
- Roman-German King : Heinrich II. (1002-1024) (from 1014 emperor )
  - Bavaria
    - Duke : Heinrich V (1004–1009, 1017–1026) (1096–1129 Count of Luxembourg)
  - Bohemia
    - Duke : Jaromír (1004-1012, 1033-1034 )
  - Flanders
    - Count : Balduin IV. (988-1035)
  - Holland
    - Count : Dietrich III. (993-1039)
  - Carinthia
    - Duke : Konrad I (1004-1011)
  - Lausitz
    - Margrave : Gero (993-1015)
  - Luxembourg
    - Count : Heinrich I (998–1026) (1004–1009, 1017–1026 Duke of Bavaria)
  - Meissen
    - Margrave : Gunzelin (1002-1009)
  - Lower Lorraine
    - Duke : Otto (991–1005 / 06)
  - Nordmark
    - Margrave : Werner von Walbeck (1003-1009)
  - Upper Lorraine
    - Duke : Dietrich I. (984-1026 / 27)
  - Saxony
    - Duke : Bernhard I (973-1011)
  - Swabia
    - Duke : Hermann III. (1003-1012)

Italy
- National king : Heinrich II. (1004-1024)
- Amalfi
  - Duke : John I (II.) (1004-1007)
- Benevento (common rule)
  - Duke : Pandulf II. (981-1014)
  - Duke: Landulf V. (987-1033)
- Capua
  - Prince : Landulf VII. (999–1007)
- Ivrea
  - Margrave : Arduin II. (999-1015)
- Papal States
  - Pope : John XVIII. (1004-1009)
- Montferrat
  - Margrave : Wilhelm III. (991-1042)
- Naples
  - Duke : Sergius IV. (1002-1036)
- Salerno
  - Prince : Waimar III. (994-1027)
- Sicily ( Kalbites )
  - Emir : Ja'far al-Kalbi (998-1019)
- Tuscany
  - Margrave : Boniface III. (1002-1012)
- Venice
  - Doge : Pietro II. Orseolo (991-1009)

Croatia (1000-1020 joint government)
- King : Krešimir III. (1000-1030)
- King: Gojslav (1000-1020)

Norway
- King : Sven Gabelbart ( 987–995 , 1000–1014) (986–1014 King of Denmark), (1013–1014 King of England)

Poland
- Duke : Bolesław I. Chrobry (992–1025) (from 1025 king) , (1003–1004 Duke of Bohemia)

Spain
- Barcelona
  - Count : Raimund Borrell (992-1017)
- Caliphate of Cordoba
  - Caliph : Hisham II (976-1009, 1010-1013 )
- Castile
  - Count : Sancho García (995-1017)
- Leon
  - King : Alfonso V (999-1028)
- Navarre
  - King : Sancho III. (1000-1035)