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Year

The world in 1965

In 1965 the atlas holds 261 states standing across 6 regions. 35 things began that year - Singapore, Maldives and Dune among them - and 5 ended; 75 people were born and 68 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 1965

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

States 6

Wars and battles 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

Regime change 4

Unrest and atrocity 9

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 1

  • Dune · literature · 1965

What ended in 1965

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

States 2

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1965 75

and 59 more in the atlas.

Died in 1965 68

and 52 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1965

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: 61 statesMiddle East and North Africa61Sub-Saharan Africa: 41 statesSub-Saharan Africa41South Asia: 23 statesSouth Asia23East and Southeast Asia: 34 statesEast and Southeast Asia34Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 2 statesLocation unknown2

Europe64 states

and 54 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa61 states

and 51 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa41 states

and 31 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia23 states

and 13 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia34 states

and 24 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania36 states

and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown2 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1940 – 1990: every state, war and life of 1965 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1965: 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.