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Year

The world in 1941

In 1941 the atlas holds 407 states standing across 6 regions. 180 things began that year - Plutonium, Operation Barbarossa and Eastern Front among them - and 15 ended; 87 people were born and 72 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1940s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1941

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

States 9

Wars and battles 130

and 120 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 32

and 22 more in the atlas.

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1941

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

States 5

Wars and battles 8

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1941 87

and 71 more in the atlas.

Died in 1941 72

and 56 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1941

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: 84 statesEurope84Middle East and North Africa: 49 statesMiddle East and North Africa49Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 54 statesEast and Southeast Asia54Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 6 statesLocation unknown6

Europe84 states

and 74 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa49 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa25 states

and 15 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia155 states

and 145 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia54 states

and 44 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania34 states

and 24 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown6 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1916 – 1966: every state, war and life of 1941 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1941: 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.