PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1955

In 1955 the atlas holds 257 states standing across 6 regions. 23 things began that year - Vietnam War, Mendelevium and Guinness World Records among them - and 12 ended; 86 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 1955

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

States 4

Wars and battles 8

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 4

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 5

What ended in 1955

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

States 8

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1955 86

and 70 more in the atlas.

Died in 1955 50

and 34 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1955

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: 65 statesEurope65Middle East and North Africa: 53 statesMiddle East and North Africa53Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 35 statesSouth Asia35East and Southeast Asia: 38 statesEast and Southeast Asia38Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe65 states

and 55 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 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 Oceania36 states

and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown5 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1930 – 1980: every state, war and life of 1955 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1955: 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.