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Year

The world in 1973

In 1973 the atlas holds 250 states standing across 6 regions. 32 things began that year - The Bahamas, Mobile phone and Yom Kippur War among them - and 6 ended; 51 people were born and 72 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1970s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1973

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

States 2

Wars and battles 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

Regime change 4

Unrest and atrocity 6

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 4

What ended in 1973

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

States 3

Wars and battles 1

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1973 51

and 35 more in the atlas.

Died in 1973 72

and 56 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1973

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: 45 statesMiddle East and North Africa45Sub-Saharan Africa: 40 statesSub-Saharan Africa40South Asia: 24 statesSouth Asia24East and Southeast Asia: 34 statesEast and Southeast Asia34Americas and Oceania: 42 statesAmericas and Oceania42Location unknown: 1 statesLocation unknown1

Europe64 states

and 54 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa45 states

and 35 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa40 states

and 30 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia24 states

and 14 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia34 states

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

Americas and Oceania42 states

and 32 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown1 state

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1948 – 1998: every state, war and life of 1973 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1973: 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.