PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 2020 – 2029

The world in the 2020s

From 2020 to 2029 the atlas holds 220 states standing at some time. 854 things began - Russo-Ukrainian war, Gaza war and 2026 Iran war among them - and 67 ended; 0 people were born and 499 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.

2020: 288 began — 15 wars and battles, 23 risings, regime changes and massacres, 250 other20202021: 75 began — 15 wars and battles, 36 risings, regime changes and massacres, 24 other20212022: 169 began — 98 wars and battles, 44 risings, regime changes and massacres, 27 other20222023: 99 began — 36 wars and battles, 38 risings, regime changes and massacres, 25 other20232024: 103 began — 41 wars and battles, 40 risings, regime changes and massacres, 22 other20242025: 82 began — 27 wars and battles, 35 risings, regime changes and massacres, 20 other20252026: 37 began — 13 wars and battles, 13 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other20262027: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other20272028: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other20282029: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2029

What began in the 2020s

By kind, the best known first.

States 2

Wars and battles 245

and 237 more in the atlas.

Regime change 12

and 4 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 218

and 210 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 243

and 235 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 117

and 109 more in the atlas.

Treaties 17

and 9 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 2020s

States 12

and 4 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 34

and 26 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 2

Born and died

Died 499

and 483 more in the atlas.

States of the 2020s

The states that stood at some time in the 2020s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 2020.

Europe: 56 statesEurope56Middle East and North Africa: 40 statesMiddle East and North Africa40Sub-Saharan Africa: 42 statesSub-Saharan Africa42South Asia: 14 statesSouth Asia14East and Southeast Asia: 19 statesEast and Southeast Asia19Americas and Oceania: 49 statesAmericas and Oceania49

Europe56 states

and 48 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa40 states

and 32 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa42 states

and 34 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia14 states

and 6 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia19 states

and 11 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania49 states

and 41 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 2000 – 2049: every state, war and life of the 2020s, region by region.
  • On the map in 2025: 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.