PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 2025

In 2025 the atlas holds 206 states standing across 6 regions. 82 things began that year - Twelve-Day War, 2025 Myanmar earthquake and 2025–2026 Iranian protests among them - and 8 ended; 0 people were born and 73 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 2025

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

Wars and battles 27

and 17 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 33

and 23 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 16

and 6 more in the atlas.

Treaties 4

What ended in 2025

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

Wars and battles 7

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Died in 2025 73

and 57 more in the atlas.

Standing in 2025

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: 50 statesEurope50Middle East and North Africa: 36 statesMiddle East and North Africa36Sub-Saharan Africa: 40 statesSub-Saharan Africa40South Asia: 12 statesSouth Asia12East and Southeast Asia: 19 statesEast and Southeast Asia19Americas and Oceania: 49 statesAmericas and Oceania49

Europe50 states

and 40 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa36 states

and 26 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, 2000 – 2050: every state, war and life of 2025 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 2025: 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.