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Year

The world in 2015

In 2015 the atlas holds 231 states standing across 6 regions. 73 things began that year - Paris Agreement, Panama Papers and April 2015 Nepal earthquake among them - and 14 ended; 0 people were born and 74 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 2015

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

Wars and battles 28

and 18 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 26

and 16 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 2

Natural disasters 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 2015

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

States 7

Wars and battles 4

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2015 74

and 58 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2015

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: 55 statesEurope55Middle East and North Africa: 40 statesMiddle East and North Africa40Sub-Saharan Africa: 42 statesSub-Saharan Africa42South Asia: 22 statesSouth Asia22East and Southeast Asia: 22 statesEast and Southeast Asia22Americas and Oceania: 50 statesAmericas and Oceania50

Europe55 states

and 45 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 Asia22 states

and 12 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia22 states

and 12 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, 1990 – 2040: every state, war and life of 2015 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2015: 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.