PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1946

In 1946 the atlas holds 404 states standing across 6 regions. 32 things began that year - Italy, Philippines and Jordan among them - and 30 ended; 96 people were born and 97 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 1946

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

States 11

and 1 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 7

Unrest and atrocity 6

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1946

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

States 24

and 14 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 6

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1946 96

and 80 more in the atlas.

Died in 1946 97

and 81 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1946

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: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 22 statesSub-Saharan Africa22South Asia: 154 statesSouth Asia154East and Southeast Asia: 55 statesEast and Southeast Asia55Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe81 states

and 71 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa52 states

and 42 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 Asia55 states

and 45 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, 1921 – 1971: every state, war and life of 1946 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1946: 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.