PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1975

In 1975 the atlas holds 264 states standing across 6 regions. 61 things began that year - Mozambique, Timor-Leste and Cape Verde among them - and 18 ended; 41 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 1975

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

States 17

and 7 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 18

and 8 more in the atlas.

Regime change 8

Unrest and atrocity 7

Natural disasters 3

Treaties 7

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1975

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

States 13

and 3 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 5

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1975 41

and 25 more in the atlas.

Died in 1975 72

and 56 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1975

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: 48 statesMiddle East and North Africa48Sub-Saharan Africa: 49 statesSub-Saharan Africa49South Asia: 20 statesSouth Asia20East and Southeast Asia: 37 statesEast and Southeast Asia37Americas and Oceania: 45 statesAmericas and Oceania45Location unknown: 2 statesLocation unknown2

Europe63 states

and 53 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa48 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa49 states

and 39 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia20 states

and 10 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia37 states

and 27 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania45 states

and 35 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown2 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1950 – 2000: every state, war and life of 1975 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1975: 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.