PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2010

In 2010 the atlas holds 242 states standing across 6 regions. 51 things began that year - Arab Spring, 2010 Haiti earthquake and 2010 Chile earthquake among them - and 9 ended; 0 people were born and 82 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 2010s page, and to its century on the 21st century.

What began in 2010

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 11

and 1 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 25

and 15 more in the atlas.

Treaties 4

What ended in 2010

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

States 4

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Famine and plague 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2010 82

and 66 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2010

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: 56 statesEurope56Middle East and North Africa: 43 statesMiddle East and North Africa43Sub-Saharan Africa: 43 statesSub-Saharan Africa43South Asia: 25 statesSouth Asia25East and Southeast Asia: 24 statesEast and Southeast Asia24Americas and Oceania: 51 statesAmericas and Oceania51

Europe56 states

and 46 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa43 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa43 states

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

South Asia25 states

and 15 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia24 states

and 14 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, 1985 – 2035: every state, war and life of 2010 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2010: 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.