PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2023

In 2023 the atlas holds 212 states standing across 6 regions. 99 things began that year - Gaza war, 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes and Gaza genocide among them - and 12 ended; 0 people were born and 88 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 2023

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

States 1

Wars and battles 36

and 26 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 36

and 26 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 3

Natural disasters 20

and 10 more in the atlas.

Treaties 1

What ended in 2023

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

States 3

Wars and battles 4

Unrest and atrocity 4

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2023 88

and 72 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2023

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: 42 statesSub-Saharan Africa42South 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 Africa42 states

and 32 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, 1998 – 2048: every state, war and life of 2023 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2023: 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.