PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1952

In 1952 the atlas holds 261 states standing across 6 regions. 22 things began that year - Einsteinium, Fermium and The Old Man and the Sea among them - and 9 ended; 107 people were born and 67 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 1952

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

States 3

Wars and battles 3

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 5

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 5

What ended in 1952

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

States 7

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1952 107

and 91 more in the atlas.

Died in 1952 67

and 51 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1952

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: 53 statesMiddle East and North Africa53Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 statesSub-Saharan Africa24South Asia: 35 statesSouth Asia35East and Southeast Asia: 38 statesEast and Southeast Asia38Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe72 states

and 62 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa53 states

and 43 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa24 states

and 14 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia35 states

and 25 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia38 states

and 28 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, 1927 – 1977: every state, war and life of 1952 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1952: 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.