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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


2025 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 2025
MMXXV
Ab urbe condita 2778
Armenian calendar 1474
ԹՎ ՌՆՀԴ
Assyrian calendar 6775
Bahá'í calendar 181–182
Balinese saka calendar 1946–1947
Bengali calendar 1432
Berber calendar 2975
British Regnal year 73 Eliz. 2 – 74 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2569
Burmese calendar 1387
Byzantine calendar 7533–7534
Chinese calendar 甲辰(Wood Dragon)
4721 or 4661
    — to —
乙巳年 (Wood Snake)
4722 or 4662
Coptic calendar 1741–1742
Discordian calendar 3191
Ethiopian calendar 2017–2018
Hebrew calendar 5785–5786
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2081–2082
 - Shaka Samvat 1946–1947
 - Kali Yuga 5125–5126
Holocene calendar 12025
Igbo calendar 1025–1026
Iranian calendar 1403–1404
Islamic calendar 1446–1447
Japanese calendar Reiwa 7
(令和7年)
Javanese calendar 1958–1959
Juche calendar 114
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4358
Minguo calendar ROC 114
民國114年
Nanakshahi calendar 557
Thai solar calendar 2568
Tibetan calendar 阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
2151 or 1770 or 998
    — to —
阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
2152 or 1771 or 999
Unix time 1735689600 – 1767225599

2024 (MMXXIV) was 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. The year 2024 has been full of important events around the world. Major conflicts, like the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israel–Hamas war, have continued. The conflict in the Middle East has also affected global shipping in the Red Sea.

Many countries are holding national elections this year. About 79 countries, with around four billion people, are having elections. This includes eight of the ten most populated countries. Some of these are India, the United States, Indonesia, and Pakistan. The European Parliament also held elections.

Key Events of 2024

January

February

March

April

May

June

  • June 1 – The 2024 Indian general election ended. The ruling party lost its majority, but its alliance still holds power.
  • June 2Claudia Sheinbaum was elected as the first female president of Mexico.
  • June 5 – The Starliner Crewed Flight Test launched to the ISS. This was an important step for space travel.
  • June 69 – The 2024 European Parliament election was held. The main group, led by Ursula von der Leyen, remained the largest.
  • June 12 – A UN investigation found that both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes during the conflict.

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