PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1968

In 1968 the atlas holds 252 states standing across 6 regions. 55 things began that year - Eswatini, Equatorial Guinea and Nauru among them - and 4 ended; 69 people were born and 64 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 1968

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

States 6

Wars and battles 10

Regime change 5

Unrest and atrocity 28

and 18 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 4

What ended in 1968

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

States 3

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1968 69

and 53 more in the atlas.

Died in 1968 64

and 48 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1968

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: 48 statesMiddle East and North Africa48Sub-Saharan Africa: 40 statesSub-Saharan Africa40South Asia: 23 statesSouth Asia23East and Southeast Asia: 34 statesEast and Southeast Asia34Americas and Oceania: 40 statesAmericas and Oceania40Location unknown: 2 statesLocation unknown2

Europe65 states

and 55 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa48 states

and 38 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa40 states

and 30 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 Oceania40 states

and 30 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown2 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1943 – 1993: every state, war and life of 1968 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1968: 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.