2024

This article is about the year 2024.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	1990s  2000s  2010s  – 2020s –  2030s  2040s  2050s
Years:	2021 2022 2023 – 2024 – 2025 2026 2027

2024 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Tennis – Rugby league

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States - Vietnam

Other topics

Awards – Law – Religious leaders

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain

2024 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2024 MMXXIV
Ab urbe condita	2777
Armenian calendar	1473 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԳ
Assyrian calendar	6774
Bahá'í calendar	180–181
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	癸卯年 (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	1946–1947
- Kali Yuga	5125–5126
Holocene calendar	12024
Igbo calendar	1024–1025
Iranian calendar	1402–1403
Islamic calendar	1445–1446
Japanese calendar	Heisei 36 (平成３６年)
Juche calendar	113
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4357
Minguo calendar	ROC 113 民國113年
Thai solar calendar	2567
Unix time	1704067200–1735689599

2024 (MMXXIV) is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Monday (dominical letter GF) 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.

Predicted and scheduled events

• March 25 – March 2024 lunar eclipse.
• April 8 – Total solar eclipse (Central Pacific Ocean, northern Mexico, eastern, southwestern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Atlantic Ocean).
• September 18 – September 2024 lunar eclipse.
• October 2 – Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024.
• Mars One hopes to establish the first human settlement on Mars.
• Launch of PLATO, the third ESA Cosmic Vision M-class mission.
• Lunar Mission One, a British-led, unmanned Moon mission announced in November 2014 and planned for 2024. It will attempt to land on the lunar south pole, then drill down at least 20m and possibly as deep as 100m.
• The Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii will be completed.
• World population is expected to reach 8 billion.
• 2024 Summer Olympics in either Budapest, Hungary; Los Angeles, United States; Paris, France or Rome, Italy.

In fiction

Computer and video games

• Jet Set Radio Future (2002)
• Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008)
• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (2012)

Film

• A Boy and His Dog (1975)
• Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
• Jason X (2002), Hockey has been outlawed this year.

Webcomics

• Homestuck Last free US elections

Television

• How I Met Your Mother The mother dies in this year.
• Yes, Prime Minister: The diaries of the Right Honourable James Hacker are published.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation ("The High Ground", 1990): According to Data, the reunification of Ireland in 2024 is achieved.
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("Past Tense", 1995): The Bell Riots occur in San Francisco, and the Sanctuary District program is ended.
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2003): the Laughing Man incident occurs.
• Doctor Who ("The Disappearing Act") World War IV occurs.
• Star-Crossed (2014).

Music

• 2024, a song from the 1982 album "Requiem" by Arthur Brown.
• 2024, a song from the 2011 album Thank You, Happy Birthday by Cage The Elephant