PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1960 – 1969

The world in the 1960s

From 1960 to 1969 the atlas holds 327 states standing at some time. 425 things began - Algeria, South Africa and Nigeria among them - and 104 ended; 809 people were born and 681 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.

1960: 45 began — 5 wars and battles, 9 risings, regime changes and massacres, 31 other19601961: 35 began — 13 wars and battles, 10 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other19611962: 39 began — 7 wars and battles, 15 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other19621963: 44 began — 6 wars and battles, 20 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other19631964: 32 began — 9 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other19641965: 35 began — 12 wars and battles, 13 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other19651966: 42 began — 6 wars and battles, 22 risings, regime changes and massacres, 14 other19661967: 54 began — 15 wars and battles, 23 risings, regime changes and massacres, 16 other19671968: 55 began — 10 wars and battles, 33 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other19681969: 41 began — 13 wars and battles, 16 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other1969

What began in the 1960s

By kind, the best known first.

States 84

and 76 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 98

and 90 more in the atlas.

Regime change 54

and 46 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 120

and 112 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 3

Natural disasters 17

and 9 more in the atlas.

Treaties 32

and 24 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 17

and 9 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1960s

States 72

and 64 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 17

and 9 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 2

Treaties 1

Born and died

Born 809

and 793 more in the atlas.

Died 681

and 665 more in the atlas.

States of the 1960s

The states that stood at some time in the 1960s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1960.

Europe: 70 statesEurope70Middle East and North Africa: 74 statesMiddle East and North Africa74Sub-Saharan Africa: 68 statesSub-Saharan Africa68South Asia: 26 statesSouth Asia26East and Southeast Asia: 43 statesEast and Southeast Asia43Americas and Oceania: 43 statesAmericas and Oceania43Location unknown: 3 statesLocation unknown3

Europe70 states

and 62 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa74 states

and 66 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa68 states

and 60 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia26 states

and 18 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia43 states

and 35 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania43 states

and 35 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown3 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1940 – 1989: every state, war and life of the 1960s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1965: 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.