PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2021

In 2021 the atlas holds 212 states standing across 6 regions. 75 things began that year - January 6 United States Capitol attack, 2021 Myanmar coup d'état and Fall of Kabul among them - and 17 ended; 0 people were born and 95 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 2020s page, and to its century on the 21st century.

What began in 2021

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

Wars and battles 15

and 5 more in the atlas.

Regime change 5

Unrest and atrocity 31

and 21 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 3

Natural disasters 18

and 8 more in the atlas.

Treaties 3

What ended in 2021

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

States 1

Wars and battles 5

Unrest and atrocity 10

Treaties 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2021 95

and 79 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2021

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: 51 statesEurope51Middle East and North Africa: 39 statesMiddle East and North Africa39Sub-Saharan Africa: 41 statesSub-Saharan Africa41South Asia: 13 statesSouth Asia13East and Southeast Asia: 19 statesEast and Southeast Asia19Americas and Oceania: 49 statesAmericas and Oceania49

Europe51 states

and 41 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa39 states

and 29 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa41 states

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

South Asia13 states

and 3 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia19 states

and 9 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania49 states

and 39 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1996 – 2046: every state, war and life of 2021 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2021: 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.