PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1970 – 1979

The world in the 1970s

From 1970 to 1979 the atlas holds 315 states standing at some time. 383 things began - Greece, Iran and Vietnam among them - and 97 ended; 487 people were born and 713 died.

Its years

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

1970: 33 began — 4 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other19701971: 36 began — 10 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 14 other19711972: 42 began — 8 wars and battles, 15 risings, regime changes and massacres, 19 other19721973: 32 began — 12 wars and battles, 10 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other19731974: 34 began — 8 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 14 other19741975: 61 began — 18 wars and battles, 15 risings, regime changes and massacres, 28 other19751976: 37 began — 4 wars and battles, 14 risings, regime changes and massacres, 19 other19761977: 28 began — 6 wars and battles, 11 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other19771978: 29 began — 9 wars and battles, 11 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other19781979: 51 began — 13 wars and battles, 14 risings, regime changes and massacres, 24 other1979

What began in the 1970s

By kind, the best known first.

States 70

and 62 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 92

and 84 more in the atlas.

Regime change 43

and 35 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 83

and 75 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 4

Natural disasters 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Treaties 47

and 39 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 26

and 18 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1970s

States 57

and 49 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 27

and 19 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 2

Born and died

Born 487

and 471 more in the atlas.

Died 713

and 697 more in the atlas.

States of the 1970s

The states that stood at some time in the 1970s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1970.

Europe: 67 statesEurope67Middle East and North Africa: 58 statesMiddle East and North Africa58Sub-Saharan Africa: 57 statesSub-Saharan Africa57South Asia: 30 statesSouth Asia30East and Southeast Asia: 44 statesEast and Southeast Asia44Americas and Oceania: 56 statesAmericas and Oceania56Location unknown: 3 statesLocation unknown3

Europe67 states

and 59 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa58 states

and 50 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa57 states

and 49 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia30 states

and 22 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia44 states

and 36 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania56 states

and 48 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown3 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1950 – 1999: every state, war and life of the 1970s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1975: 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.