PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1956

In 1956 the atlas holds 253 states standing across 6 regions. 24 things began that year - Pakistan, Sudan and Suez Crisis among them - and 10 ended; 94 people were born and 62 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 1956

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

States 5

Wars and battles 4

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 7

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1956

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

States 8

Wars and battles 1

Treaties 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1956 94

and 78 more in the atlas.

Died in 1956 62

and 46 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1956

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: 57 statesMiddle East and North Africa57Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 27 statesSouth Asia27East 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 Africa57 states

and 47 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa25 states

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

South Asia27 states

and 17 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, 1931 – 1981: every state, war and life of 1956 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1956: 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.