PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1950 – 1959

The world in the 1950s

From 1950 to 1959 the atlas holds 314 states standing at some time. 241 things began - India, Egypt and Pakistan among them - and 101 ended; 960 people were born and 578 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.

1950: 38 began — 21 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other19501951: 24 began — 4 wars and battles, 6 risings, regime changes and massacres, 14 other19511952: 22 began — 3 wars and battles, 6 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other19521953: 27 began — 3 wars and battles, 10 risings, regime changes and massacres, 14 other19531954: 22 began — 6 wars and battles, 7 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other19541955: 23 began — 8 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other19551956: 24 began — 4 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other19561957: 16 began — 1 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other19571958: 26 began — 4 wars and battles, 6 risings, regime changes and massacres, 16 other19581959: 18 began — 2 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other1959

What began in the 1950s

By kind, the best known first.

States 38

  • India · state · 1950 – present
  • Egypt · state · 1953 – present
  • Pakistan · state · 1956 – present
  • Sudan · state · 1956 – present
  • Libya · state · 1951 – present
  • Cambodia · state · 1953 – present
  • Tunisia · state · 1957 – present
  • Cuba · state · 1959 – present

and 30 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 56

and 48 more in the atlas.

Regime change 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 49

and 41 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 3

Natural disasters 8

Treaties 38

and 30 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 31

and 23 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1950s

States 70

and 62 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 23

and 15 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 6

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 1

Born and died

Born 960

and 944 more in the atlas.

Died 578

and 562 more in the atlas.

States of the 1950s

The states that stood at some time in the 1950s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1950.

Europe: 73 statesEurope73Middle East and North Africa: 68 statesMiddle East and North Africa68Sub-Saharan Africa: 29 statesSub-Saharan Africa29South Asia: 50 statesSouth Asia50East and Southeast Asia: 48 statesEast and Southeast Asia48Americas and Oceania: 39 statesAmericas and Oceania39Location unknown: 7 statesLocation unknown7

Europe73 states

and 65 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa68 states

and 60 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa29 states

and 21 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia50 states

and 42 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia48 states

and 40 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania39 states

and 31 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown7 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1930 – 1979: every state, war and life of the 1950s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1955: 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.