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Year

The world in 1936

In 1936 the atlas holds 404 states standing across 6 regions. 57 things began that year - Spanish Civil War, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic and Anti-Comintern Pact among them - and 9 ended; 90 people were born and 66 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1930s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1936

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

States 8

Wars and battles 24

and 14 more in the atlas.

Regime change 4

Unrest and atrocity 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 4

What ended in 1936

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

States 7

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1936 90

and 74 more in the atlas.

Died in 1936 66

and 50 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1936

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: 78 statesEurope78Middle East and North Africa: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 26 statesSub-Saharan Africa26South Asia: 158 statesSouth Asia158East and Southeast Asia: 50 statesEast and Southeast Asia50Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe78 states

and 68 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa52 states

and 42 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa26 states

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

South Asia158 states

and 148 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia50 states

and 40 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, 1911 – 1961: every state, war and life of 1936 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1936: 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.