PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1924

In 1924 the atlas holds 408 states standing across 6 regions. 25 things began that year - Internal combustion engine, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic and Mongolian People's Republic among them - and 9 ended; 86 people were born and 54 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 1924

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

States 5

Wars and battles 4

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 6

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 7

What ended in 1924

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

States 7

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1924 86

and 70 more in the atlas.

Died in 1924 54

and 38 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1924

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: 75 statesEurope75Middle East and North Africa: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 26 statesSub-Saharan Africa26South Asia: 157 statesSouth Asia157East and Southeast Asia: 49 statesEast and Southeast Asia49Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe75 states

and 65 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

and 50 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa26 states

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

South Asia157 states

and 147 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia49 states

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

Americas and Oceania36 states

and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown5 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1899 – 1949: every state, war and life of 1924 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1924: 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.