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Year

The world in 1949

In 1949 the atlas holds 314 states standing across 6 regions. 42 things began that year - People's Republic of China, Laos and Bhutan among them - and 49 ended; 111 people were born and 54 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 1949

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 9

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 3

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 10

Works and ideas 4

What ended in 1949

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

States 35

and 25 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 9

Unrest and atrocity 5

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1949 111

and 95 more in the atlas.

Died in 1949 54

and 38 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1949

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: 76 statesEurope76Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 23 statesSub-Saharan Africa23South Asia: 70 statesSouth Asia70East and Southeast Asia: 49 statesEast and Southeast Asia49Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 7 statesLocation unknown7

Europe76 states

and 66 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 Asia70 states

and 60 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia49 states

and 39 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania35 states

and 25 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown7 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1924 – 1974: every state, war and life of 1949 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1949: 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.