PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2009

In 2009 the atlas holds 246 states standing across 6 regions. 45 things began that year - Tennessine, 2009 swine flu pandemic and 2009 L'Aquila earthquake among them - and 11 ended; 0 people were born and 75 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 2009

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

Wars and battles 9

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 13

and 3 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 4

Natural disasters 16

and 6 more in the atlas.

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 2009

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

States 4

Wars and battles 5

Unrest and atrocity 1

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2009 75

and 59 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2009

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: 57 statesEurope57Middle East and North Africa: 43 statesMiddle East and North Africa43Sub-Saharan Africa: 44 statesSub-Saharan Africa44South Asia: 26 statesSouth Asia26East and Southeast Asia: 25 statesEast and Southeast Asia25Americas and Oceania: 51 statesAmericas and Oceania51

Europe57 states

and 47 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa43 states

and 33 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa44 states

and 34 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia26 states

and 16 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia25 states

and 15 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, 1984 – 2034: every state, war and life of 2009 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2009: 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.