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Year

The world in 1974

In 1974 the atlas holds 254 states standing across 6 regions. 34 things began that year - Greece, Malta and Guinea-Bissau among them - and 9 ended; 47 people were born and 71 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 1974

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

States 7

Wars and battles 8

Regime change 6

Unrest and atrocity 6

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 4

What ended in 1974

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

States 4

Wars and battles 5

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1974 47

and 31 more in the atlas.

Died in 1974 71

and 55 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1974

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: 66 statesEurope66Middle East and North Africa: 47 statesMiddle East and North Africa47Sub-Saharan Africa: 40 statesSub-Saharan Africa40South Asia: 22 statesSouth Asia22East and Southeast Asia: 34 statesEast and Southeast Asia34Americas and Oceania: 43 statesAmericas and Oceania43Location unknown: 2 statesLocation unknown2

Europe66 states

and 56 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa47 states

and 37 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa40 states

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

South Asia22 states

and 12 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia34 states

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

Americas and Oceania43 states

and 33 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown2 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1949 – 1999: every state, war and life of 1974 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1974: 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.