PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2017

In 2017 the atlas holds 224 states standing across 6 regions. 70 things began that year - Manchester Arena bombing, Istanbul nightclub shooting and 2017 Las Vegas shooting among them - and 16 ended; 0 people were born and 72 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 2017

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

Wars and battles 23

and 13 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 26

and 16 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 3

Natural disasters 16

and 6 more in the atlas.

Treaties 2

What ended in 2017

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

States 1

Wars and battles 10

Unrest and atrocity 5

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2017 72

and 56 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2017

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: 41 statesSub-Saharan Africa41South Asia: 17 statesSouth Asia17East and Southeast Asia: 21 statesEast and Southeast Asia21Americas 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 Africa41 states

and 31 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia17 states

and 7 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia21 states

and 11 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, 1992 – 2042: every state, war and life of 2017 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2017: 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.