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Year

The world in 1937

In 1937 the atlas holds 407 states standing across 6 regions. 51 things began that year - Republic of Ireland, Technetium and Second Sino-Japanese War among them - and 8 ended; 93 people were born and 91 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 1937

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

States 10

Wars and battles 28

and 18 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 7

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1937

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

States 6

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1937 93

and 77 more in the atlas.

Died in 1937 91

and 75 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1937

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: 81 statesEurope81Middle East and North Africa: 49 statesMiddle East and North Africa49Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 statesSub-Saharan Africa24South Asia: 157 statesSouth Asia157East and Southeast Asia: 56 statesEast and Southeast Asia56Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe81 states

and 71 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa49 states

and 39 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa24 states

and 14 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia157 states

and 147 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia56 states

and 46 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, 1912 – 1962: every state, war and life of 1937 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1937: 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.