PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1948

In 1948 the atlas holds 381 states standing across 6 regions. 70 things began that year - Israel, South Korea and North Korea among them - and 81 ended; 83 people were born and 80 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 1948

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

States 14

and 4 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 31

and 21 more in the atlas.

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 14

and 4 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1948

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

States 76

and 66 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 4

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1948 83

and 67 more in the atlas.

Died in 1948 80

and 64 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1948

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: 74 statesEurope74Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 23 statesSub-Saharan Africa23South Asia: 139 statesSouth Asia139East and Southeast Asia: 50 statesEast and Southeast Asia50Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 6 statesLocation unknown6

Europe74 states

and 64 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

and 44 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa23 states

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

South Asia139 states

and 129 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia50 states

and 40 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, 1923 – 1973: every state, war and life of 1948 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1948: 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.