PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1920 – 1929

The world in the 1920s

From 1920 to 1929 the atlas holds 490 states standing at some time. 363 things began - Turkey, United Kingdom and Vatican City among them - and 156 ended; 787 people were born and 508 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1920: 90 began — 27 wars and battles, 17 risings, regime changes and massacres, 46 other19201921: 66 began — 13 wars and battles, 18 risings, regime changes and massacres, 35 other19211922: 40 began — 8 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 28 other19221923: 34 began — 4 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other19231924: 25 began — 4 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other19241925: 26 began — 4 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 19 other19251926: 21 began — 2 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other19261927: 23 began — 2 wars and battles, 9 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other19271928: 18 began — 2 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other19281929: 19 began — 0 wars and battles, 9 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other1929

What began in the 1920s

By kind, the best known first.

States 78

and 70 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 66

and 58 more in the atlas.

Regime change 19

and 11 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 75

and 67 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 2

Natural disasters 8

Treaties 51

and 43 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 64

and 56 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1920s

States 93

and 85 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 42

and 34 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 15

and 7 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 5

Treaties 1

Born and died

Born 787

and 771 more in the atlas.

Died 508

and 492 more in the atlas.

States of the 1920s

The states that stood at some time in the 1920s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1920.

Europe: 115 statesEurope115Middle East and North Africa: 80 statesMiddle East and North Africa80Sub-Saharan Africa: 27 statesSub-Saharan Africa27South Asia: 163 statesSouth Asia163East and Southeast Asia: 60 statesEast and Southeast Asia60Americas and Oceania: 37 statesAmericas and Oceania37Location unknown: 8 statesLocation unknown8

Europe115 states

and 107 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa80 states

and 72 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa27 states

and 19 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia163 states

and 155 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia60 states

and 52 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania37 states

and 29 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown8 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1900 – 1949: every state, war and life of the 1920s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1925: 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.