PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1958

In 1958 the atlas holds 254 states standing across 6 regions. 26 things began that year - Guinea, Book of Exodus and Nobelium among them - and 11 ended; 89 people were born and 43 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 1958

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

States 9

Wars and battles 4

Regime change 4

Unrest and atrocity 2

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1958

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

States 7

Wars and battles 3

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1958 89

and 73 more in the atlas.

Died in 1958 43

and 27 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1958

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: 64 statesEurope64Middle East and North Africa: 59 statesMiddle East and North Africa59Sub-Saharan Africa: 27 statesSub-Saharan Africa27South Asia: 25 statesSouth Asia25East and Southeast Asia: 37 statesEast and Southeast Asia37Americas and Oceania: 37 statesAmericas and Oceania37Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe64 states

and 54 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa59 states

and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa27 states

and 17 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia25 states

and 15 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia37 states

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

Americas and Oceania37 states

and 27 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown5 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1933 – 1983: every state, war and life of 1958 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1958: 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.