PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2006

In 2006 the atlas holds 249 states standing across 6 regions. 49 things began that year - Serbia, Montenegro and Nihonium among them - and 6 ended; 1 person was born and 70 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 2000s page, and to its century on the 21st century.

What began in 2006

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

States 2

Wars and battles 16

and 6 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 13

and 3 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 7

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 5

What ended in 2006

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

States 3

Wars and battles 3

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 2006 1

Died in 2006 70

and 54 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2006

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: 59 statesEurope59Middle East and North Africa: 41 statesMiddle East and North Africa41Sub-Saharan Africa: 43 statesSub-Saharan Africa43South Asia: 26 statesSouth Asia26East and Southeast Asia: 29 statesEast and Southeast Asia29Americas and Oceania: 51 statesAmericas and Oceania51

Europe59 states

and 49 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa41 states

and 31 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa43 states

and 33 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia26 states

and 16 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia29 states

and 19 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania51 states

and 41 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1981 – 2031: every state, war and life of 2006 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2006: 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.