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Year

The world in 1928

In 1928 the atlas holds 401 states standing across 6 regions. 18 things began that year - Penicillin, Chinese Communist Party and The Master and Margarita among them - and 4 ended; 76 people were born and 49 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 1928

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

States 3

Wars and battles 2

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 3

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 5

What ended in 1928

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

States 3

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1928 76

and 60 more in the atlas.

Died in 1928 49

and 33 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1928

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: 76 statesEurope76Middle East and North Africa: 55 statesMiddle East and North Africa55Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 156 statesSouth Asia156East and Southeast Asia: 49 statesEast and Southeast Asia49Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 4 statesLocation unknown4

Europe76 states

and 66 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa55 states

and 45 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa25 states

and 15 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 Oceania36 states

and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown4 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1903 – 1953: every state, war and life of 1928 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1928: 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.