PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1964

In 1964 the atlas holds 260 states standing across 6 regions. 32 things began that year - Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia among them - and 8 ended; 91 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 1960s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1964

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

States 6

Wars and battles 9

Regime change 5

Unrest and atrocity 7

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1964

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

States 5

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1964 91

and 75 more in the atlas.

Died in 1964 67

and 51 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1964

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: 63 statesEurope63Middle East and North Africa: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 43 statesSub-Saharan Africa43South Asia: 22 statesSouth Asia22East and Southeast Asia: 33 statesEast and Southeast Asia33Americas and Oceania: 37 statesAmericas and Oceania37Location unknown: 2 statesLocation unknown2

Europe63 states

and 53 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

and 50 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa43 states

and 33 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia22 states

and 12 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia33 states

and 23 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania37 states

and 27 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown2 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1939 – 1989: every state, war and life of 1964 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1964: 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.