PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2012

In 2012 the atlas holds 234 states standing across 6 regions. 60 things began that year - Higgs boson, Styx and Mali War among them - and 10 ended; 0 people were born and 70 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 2012

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

Wars and battles 18

and 8 more in the atlas.

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 20

and 10 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 2

Natural disasters 11

and 1 more in the atlas.

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 4

What ended in 2012

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

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 7

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2012 70

and 54 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2012

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: 40 statesMiddle East and North Africa40Sub-Saharan Africa: 42 statesSub-Saharan Africa42South Asia: 23 statesSouth Asia23East 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 Africa40 states

and 30 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa42 states

and 32 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia23 states

and 13 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, 1987 – 2037: every state, war and life of 2012 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2012: 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.