PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1954

In 1954 the atlas holds 258 states standing across 6 regions. 22 things began that year - The Lord of the Rings, Netherlands Antilles and Algerian War among them - and 8 ended; 105 people were born and 50 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 1954

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

States 2

Wars and battles 6

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 4

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 4

What ended in 1954

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

States 5

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1954 105

and 89 more in the atlas.

Died in 1954 50

and 34 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1954

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: 66 statesEurope66Middle East and North Africa: 53 statesMiddle East and North Africa53Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 34 statesSouth Asia34East and Southeast Asia: 39 statesEast and Southeast Asia39Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe66 states

and 56 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa53 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa25 states

and 15 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia34 states

and 24 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia39 states

and 29 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania36 states

and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown5 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1929 – 1979: every state, war and life of 1954 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1954: 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.