PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1980 – 1989

The world in the 1980s

From 1980 to 1989 the atlas holds 274 states standing at some time. 330 things began - Poland, Hungary and Romania among them - and 51 ended; 254 people were born and 632 died, 4 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.

1980: 46 began — 15 wars and battles, 18 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other19801981: 31 began — 8 wars and battles, 14 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other19811982: 35 began — 15 wars and battles, 13 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other19821983: 29 began — 8 wars and battles, 13 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other19831984: 25 began — 8 wars and battles, 11 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other19841985: 24 began — 8 wars and battles, 7 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other19851986: 26 began — 9 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other19861987: 38 began — 11 wars and battles, 18 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other19871988: 30 began — 12 wars and battles, 10 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other19881989: 42 began — 9 wars and battles, 17 risings, regime changes and massacres, 16 other1989

What began in the 1980s

By kind, the best known first.

States 19

and 11 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 103

and 95 more in the atlas.

Regime change 29

and 21 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 99

and 91 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 16

and 8 more in the atlas.

Treaties 24

and 16 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 39

and 31 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1980s

States 19

and 11 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 21

and 13 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 1

Born and died

Born 254

and 238 more in the atlas.

Died 632

and 616 more in the atlas.

States of the 1980s

The states that stood at some time in the 1980s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1980.

Europe: 65 statesEurope65Middle East and North Africa: 45 statesMiddle East and North Africa45Sub-Saharan Africa: 49 statesSub-Saharan Africa49South Asia: 24 statesSouth Asia24East and Southeast Asia: 36 statesEast and Southeast Asia36Americas and Oceania: 54 statesAmericas and Oceania54Location unknown: 1 statesLocation unknown1

Europe65 states

and 57 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa45 states

and 37 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa49 states

and 41 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia24 states

and 16 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia36 states

and 28 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania54 states

and 46 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown1 state

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1960 – 2009: every state, war and life of the 1980s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1985: 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.