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Year

The world in 1938

In 1938 the atlas holds 407 states standing across 6 regions. 36 things began that year - The Hobbit, LSD and Munich Agreement among them - and 8 ended; 85 people were born and 76 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 1938

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

States 6

Wars and battles 15

and 5 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 7

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 5

What ended in 1938

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

States 4

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1938 85

and 69 more in the atlas.

Died in 1938 76

and 60 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1938

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: 50 statesMiddle East and North Africa50Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 statesSub-Saharan Africa24South Asia: 156 statesSouth Asia156East 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 Africa50 states

and 40 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa24 states

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

South Asia156 states

and 146 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, 1913 – 1963: every state, war and life of 1938 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1938: 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.