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Year

The world in 1923

In 1923 the atlas holds 407 states standing across 6 regions. 34 things began that year - Turkey, Soviet Union and Treaty of Lausanne among them - and 11 ended; 73 people were born and 44 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1920s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1923

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

States 8

Wars and battles 4

Regime change 4

Unrest and atrocity 8

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 8

What ended in 1923

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

States 4

Wars and battles 5

Unrest and atrocity 1

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1923 73

and 57 more in the atlas.

Died in 1923 44

and 28 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1923

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: 77 statesEurope77Middle East and North Africa: 59 statesMiddle East and North Africa59Sub-Saharan Africa: 26 statesSub-Saharan Africa26South Asia: 156 statesSouth Asia156East and Southeast Asia: 49 statesEast and Southeast Asia49Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe77 states

and 67 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa59 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa26 states

and 16 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia156 states

and 146 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia49 states

and 39 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania35 states

and 25 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown5 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1898 – 1948: every state, war and life of 1923 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1923: 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.