PastlasHistorical atlas

Century · 2001 – 2026

The world in the 21st century

From 2001 to 2026 the atlas holds 272 states standing at some time, 21 of them founded in it - Afghanistan and Serbia the best known - and 63 ending in it. 1,992 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - COVID-19 pandemic, Russo-Ukrainian war and September 11 attacks the best known of the events; 6 people were born.

A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 2001 to 2100, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.

What began in the 21st century

By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.

2001: 475 began — 133 wars and battles, 123 risings, regime changes and massacres, 219 other20012011: 954 began — 243 wars and battles, 271 risings, regime changes and massacres, 440 other20112021: 563 began — 230 wars and battles, 206 risings, regime changes and massacres, 127 other20212031: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other20312041: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other20412051: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other20512061: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other20612071: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other20712081: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other20812091: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2091

Wars and battles 606

and 598 more in the atlas.

Regime change 34

and 26 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 566

and 558 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 272

and 264 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 331

and 323 more in the atlas.

Treaties 75

and 67 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 108

and 100 more in the atlas.

States founded and fallen

Founded 21

and 7 more in the atlas.

Ended 63

and 49 more in the atlas.

Born in the 21st century

The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.

States of the 21st century

Every state that stood at some time in the 21st century, by region, the best known first.

Europe: 64 statesEurope64Middle East and North Africa: 47 statesMiddle East and North Africa47Sub-Saharan Africa: 47 statesSub-Saharan Africa47South Asia: 31 statesSouth Asia31East and Southeast Asia: 30 statesEast and Southeast Asia30Americas and Oceania: 51 statesAmericas and Oceania51Location unknown: 2 statesLocation unknown2

Europe64 states

and 52 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa47 states

and 35 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa47 states

and 35 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia31 states

and 19 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia30 states

and 18 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania51 states

and 39 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown2 states

Its decades and years

The decades and years with a page of their own.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 2000 – 2026: every state, war and life of the 21st century, region by region.
  • On the map in 2026: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.