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Year

The world in 1925

In 1925 the atlas holds 409 states standing across 6 regions. 26 things began that year - Rhenium, Mein Kampf and The Great Gatsby among them - and 13 ended; 98 people were born and 53 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 1925

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 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 7

What ended in 1925

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

States 9

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1925 98

and 82 more in the atlas.

Died in 1925 53

and 37 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1925

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: 61 statesMiddle East and North Africa61Sub-Saharan Africa: 26 statesSub-Saharan Africa26South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 49 statesEast and Southeast Asia49Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe77 states

and 67 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa61 states

and 51 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa26 states

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

South Asia155 states

and 145 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, 1900 – 1950: every state, war and life of 1925 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1925: 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.