PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 2010 – 2019

The world in the 2010s

From 2010 to 2019 the atlas holds 244 states standing at some time. 718 things began - South Sudan, COVID-19 pandemic and Russo-Ukrainian war among them - and 106 ended; 0 people were born and 712 died.

Its years

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

2010: 51 began — 9 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 30 other20102011: 119 began — 46 wars and battles, 47 risings, regime changes and massacres, 26 other20112012: 60 began — 18 wars and battles, 23 risings, regime changes and massacres, 19 other20122013: 67 began — 20 wars and battles, 24 risings, regime changes and massacres, 23 other20132014: 89 began — 44 wars and battles, 30 risings, regime changes and massacres, 15 other20142015: 73 began — 28 wars and battles, 26 risings, regime changes and massacres, 19 other20152016: 70 began — 21 wars and battles, 28 risings, regime changes and massacres, 21 other20162017: 70 began — 23 wars and battles, 26 risings, regime changes and massacres, 21 other20172018: 55 began — 16 wars and battles, 11 risings, regime changes and massacres, 28 other20182019: 64 began — 12 wars and battles, 32 risings, regime changes and massacres, 20 other2019

What began in the 2010s

By kind, the best known first.

States 2

Wars and battles 237

and 229 more in the atlas.

Regime change 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 249

and 241 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 22

and 14 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 153

and 145 more in the atlas.

Treaties 31

and 23 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 14

and 6 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 2010s

States 25

and 17 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 42

and 34 more in the atlas.

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 26

and 18 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 7

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

Born and died

Died 712

and 696 more in the atlas.

States of the 2010s

The states that stood at some time in the 2010s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 2010.

Europe: 56 statesEurope56Middle East and North Africa: 43 statesMiddle East and North Africa43Sub-Saharan Africa: 44 statesSub-Saharan Africa44South Asia: 25 statesSouth Asia25East and Southeast Asia: 24 statesEast and Southeast Asia24Americas and Oceania: 51 statesAmericas and Oceania51Location unknown: 1 statesLocation unknown1

Europe56 states

and 48 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa43 states

and 35 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa44 states

and 36 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia25 states

and 17 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia24 states

and 16 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania51 states

and 43 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown1 state

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1990 – 2039: every state, war and life of the 2010s, region by region.
  • On the map in 2015: 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.