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Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1990s  2000s  2010s  – 2020s –  2030s  2040s  2050s
Years: 2021 2022 202320242025 2026 2027


2024 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 2024
MMXXIV
Ab urbe condita 2777
Armenian calendar 1473
ԹՎ ՌՆՀԳ
Assyrian calendar 6774
Bahá'í calendar 180–181
Balinese saka calendar 1945–1946
Bengali calendar 1431
Berber calendar 2974
British Regnal year 72 Eliz. 2 – 73 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2568
Burmese calendar 1386
Byzantine calendar 7532–7533
Chinese calendar 癸卯(Water Rabbit)
4720 or 4660
    — to —
甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
4721 or 4661
Coptic calendar 1740–1741
Discordian calendar 3190
Ethiopian calendar 2016–2017
Hebrew calendar 5784–5785
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2080–2081
 - Shaka Samvat 1945–1946
 - Kali Yuga 5124–5125
Holocene calendar 12024
Igbo calendar 1024–1025
Iranian calendar 1402–1403
Islamic calendar 1445–1446
Japanese calendar Reiwa 6
(令和6年)
Javanese calendar 1957–1958
Juche calendar 113
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4357
Minguo calendar ROC 113
民國113年
Nanakshahi calendar 556
Thai solar calendar 2567
Tibetan calendar 阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
2150 or 1769 or 997
    — to —
阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
2151 or 1770 or 998
Unix time 1704067200 – 1735689599

2024 (MMXXIV) is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium, the 24th year of the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade. So far, this year has witnessed the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war, and the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel. The continuation of the Israel–Hamas war has further caused spillover into many countries, including a crisis in the Red Sea impacting global shipping.

Approximately 79 countries, representing around four billion people, are expected to conduct national elections throughout the course of the year, including eight out of ten of the world's most populous countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, Pakistan, Russia, India, Mexico, Indonesia, the United States) and the United Kingdom. The European Parliament also held elections.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

  • June 1
    • The 2024 Indian general election, which began on April 19, concludes. In the Lok Sabha, the BJP party loses its outright majority, but its electoral alliance, the National Democratic Alliance, retains its majority.
    • The 2024 Icelandic presidential election is held, with Halla Tómasdóttir elected president of Iceland.
  • June 129 – The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States.
  • June 2 – The 2024 Mexican general election is held, with Claudia Sheinbaum elected as the first female president of Mexico.
  • June 5 – Starliner Crewed Flight Test launches atop an Atlas V rocket to the ISS.
  • June 69 – The 2024 European Parliament election is held. The EPP, of incumbent Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, retains its status as the largest group in parliament amid gains by the ECR and ID groups.
  • June 9
    • 2024 San Marino general election: The Democracy and Freedom alliance, headed by the PDCS, wins a plurality in the Grand and General Council.
    • 2024 Belgian federal election: The New Flemish Alliance remains the largest party in the Chamber of Representatives while Open Vld, the party of outgoing Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, loses seats.
  • June 12 – The United Nations' first inquiry into the October 7 attacks and resulting conflict finds that both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes.

Predicted and scheduled events

Date unknown

  • September or October
    • 2024 Austrian legislative election.
    • 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election.
  • October – 2024 Botswana general election.
  • December – 2024 Croatian presidential election.

Deaths

See also

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