2022
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2022 (MMXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium, the 22nd year of the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.
Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
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Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
Decades: | 1990s 2000s 2010s – 2020s – 2030s 2040s 2050s |
Years: | 2019 2020 2021 – 2022 – 2023 2024 2025 |
2022 saw the ongoing impact of an inflation increase because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began in 2020, continued throughout the year, and many parts of the world began to bring the coronavirus under control. 2022 was also a year in which the world population reached 8 billion people.
In February, Russia invades Ukraine, causing the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II. The consequences include international sanctions on Russia. More than 4.3 million Ukrainians leave, causing a refugee crisis.
2022 also saw the deaths of well known world leaders including Shinzo Abe, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Elizabeth II, the last of which reigned for more than seventy years.