PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2022

In 2022 the atlas holds 211 states standing across 6 regions. 169 things began that year - Russo-Ukrainian war, Bucha massacre and Assassination of Shinzo Abe among them - and 5 ended; 0 people were born and 75 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 2022

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

Wars and battles 98

and 88 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 42

and 32 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 4

Natural disasters 21

and 11 more in the atlas.

Treaties 2

What ended in 2022

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

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2022 75

and 59 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2022

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: 12 statesSouth Asia12East 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 Asia12 states

and 2 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, 1997 – 2047: every state, war and life of 2022 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2022: 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.