PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1918

In 1918 the atlas holds 491 states standing across 6 regions. 204 things began that year - Austria, Estonia and Lithuania among them - and 97 ended; 72 people were born and 50 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1910s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1918

By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.

States 74

and 64 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 89

and 79 more in the atlas.

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 17

and 7 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 8

What ended in 1918

States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.

States 71

and 61 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 25

and 15 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1918 72

and 56 more in the atlas.

Died in 1918 50

and 34 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1918

The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.

Europe: 157 statesEurope157Middle East and North Africa: 59 statesMiddle East and North Africa59Sub-Saharan Africa: 27 statesSub-Saharan Africa27South Asia: 158 statesSouth Asia158East and Southeast Asia: 47 statesEast and Southeast Asia47Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 8 statesLocation unknown8

Europe157 states

and 147 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa59 states

and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa27 states

and 17 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia158 states

and 148 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia47 states

and 37 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania35 states

and 25 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown8 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1893 – 1943: every state, war and life of 1918 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1918: 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.