PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1930 – 1939

The world in the 1930s

From 1930 to 1939 the atlas holds 452 states standing at some time. 403 things began - Thailand, Iraq and Saudi Arabia among them - and 90 ended; 793 people were born and 572 died, 3 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.

1930: 26 began — 3 wars and battles, 10 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other19301931: 28 began — 6 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other19311932: 36 began — 6 wars and battles, 13 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other19321933: 25 began — 4 wars and battles, 10 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other19331934: 21 began — 5 wars and battles, 10 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other19341935: 16 began — 1 wars and battles, 7 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other19351936: 57 began — 24 wars and battles, 16 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other19361937: 51 began — 28 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 15 other19371938: 36 began — 15 wars and battles, 7 risings, regime changes and massacres, 14 other19381939: 104 began — 65 wars and battles, 14 risings, regime changes and massacres, 25 other1939

What began in the 1930s

By kind, the best known first.

States 55

and 47 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 158

and 150 more in the atlas.

Regime change 25

and 17 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 82

and 74 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 2

Natural disasters 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Treaties 38

and 30 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 32

and 24 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1930s

States 50

and 42 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 25

and 17 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 2

Treaties 2

Born and died

Born 793

and 777 more in the atlas.

Died 572

and 556 more in the atlas.

States of the 1930s

The states that stood at some time in the 1930s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1930.

Europe: 100 statesEurope100Middle East and North Africa: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 27 statesSub-Saharan Africa27South Asia: 159 statesSouth Asia159East and Southeast Asia: 62 statesEast and Southeast Asia62Americas and Oceania: 38 statesAmericas and Oceania38Location unknown: 6 statesLocation unknown6

Europe100 states

and 92 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

and 52 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa27 states

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

South Asia159 states

and 151 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia62 states

and 54 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania38 states

and 30 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown6 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1910 – 1959: every state, war and life of the 1930s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1935: 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.