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Year

The world in 1947

In 1947 the atlas holds 398 states standing across 6 regions. 50 things began that year - Japan, Federated States of Micronesia and Jammu and Kashmir (state) among them - and 33 ended; 101 people were born and 94 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 1947

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

States 18

and 8 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1947

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

States 29

and 19 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1947 101

and 85 more in the atlas.

Died in 1947 94

and 78 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1947

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: 77 statesEurope77Middle East and North Africa: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 22 statesSub-Saharan Africa22South Asia: 160 statesSouth Asia160East and Southeast Asia: 46 statesEast and Southeast Asia46Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 6 statesLocation unknown6

Europe77 states

and 67 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 Asia160 states

and 150 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia46 states

and 36 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania35 states

and 25 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown6 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1922 – 1972: every state, war and life of 1947 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1947: 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.