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Year

The world in 1944

In 1944 the atlas holds 407 states standing across 6 regions. 232 things began that year - Iceland, Americium and Curium among them - and 32 ended; 85 people were born and 109 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 1944

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

States 4

Wars and battles 185

and 175 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 32

and 22 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1944

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

States 7

Wars and battles 20

and 10 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 4

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1944 85

and 69 more in the atlas.

Died in 1944 109

and 93 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1944

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: 22 statesSub-Saharan Africa22South Asia: 154 statesSouth Asia154East 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 Africa22 states

and 12 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia154 states

and 144 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, 1919 – 1969: every state, war and life of 1944 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1944: 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.