PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2024

In 2024 the atlas holds 209 states standing across 6 regions. 103 things began that year - Crocus City Hall attack, April 2024 Iranian strikes on Israel and 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks among them - and 10 ended; 0 people were born and 70 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 2024

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

States 1

Wars and battles 41

and 31 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 40

and 30 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 19

and 9 more in the atlas.

Treaties 1

What ended in 2024

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

States 2

Wars and battles 8

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2024 70

and 54 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2024

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: 38 statesMiddle East and North Africa38Sub-Saharan Africa: 40 statesSub-Saharan Africa40South 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 Africa38 states

and 28 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa40 states

and 30 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, 1999 – 2049: every state, war and life of 2024 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2024: 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.