PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2011

In 2011 the atlas holds 239 states standing across 6 regions. 119 things began that year - South Sudan, Syrian civil war and 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami among them - and 12 ended; 0 people were born and 67 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 2011

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

States 1

Wars and battles 46

and 36 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 47

and 37 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 2

Natural disasters 20

and 10 more in the atlas.

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 2011

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

States 5

Wars and battles 5

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2011 67

and 51 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2011

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: 24 statesSouth Asia24East and Southeast Asia: 23 statesEast and Southeast Asia23Americas and Oceania: 50 statesAmericas and Oceania50

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 Asia24 states

and 14 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia23 states

and 13 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania50 states

and 40 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1986 – 2036: every state, war and life of 2011 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2011: 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.