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Year

The world in 1951

In 1951 the atlas holds 260 states standing across 6 regions. 24 things began that year - Libya, The Catcher in the Rye and Regular expression among them - and 6 ended; 101 people were born and 56 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1950s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1951

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

States 2

Wars and battles 4

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 3

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 6

Works and ideas 5

What ended in 1951

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

States 2

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1951 101

and 85 more in the atlas.

Died in 1951 56

and 40 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1951

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: 72 statesEurope72Middle East and North Africa: 55 statesMiddle East and North Africa55Sub-Saharan Africa: 23 statesSub-Saharan Africa23South Asia: 34 statesSouth Asia34East and Southeast Asia: 37 statesEast and Southeast Asia37Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe72 states

and 62 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa55 states

and 45 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa23 states

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

South Asia34 states

and 24 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia37 states

and 27 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania34 states

and 24 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown5 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1926 – 1976: every state, war and life of 1951 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1951: 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.