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Year

The world in 1943

In 1943 the atlas holds 409 states standing across 6 regions. 148 things began that year - Lebanon, The Little Prince and Battle of Kursk among them - and 27 ended; 79 people were born and 69 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 1943

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

States 5

Wars and battles 120

and 110 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 16

and 6 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1943

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

States 5

Wars and battles 19

and 9 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1943 79

and 63 more in the atlas.

Died in 1943 69

and 53 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1943

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: 51 statesMiddle East and North Africa51Sub-Saharan Africa: 23 statesSub-Saharan Africa23South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 56 statesEast and Southeast Asia56Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 6 statesLocation unknown6

Europe84 states

and 74 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa51 states

and 41 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa23 states

and 13 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia155 states

and 145 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia56 states

and 46 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, 1918 – 1968: every state, war and life of 1943 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1943: 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.