2023

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

2023 by topic:

Arts

Animation (Anime) – Architecture – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea) – Radio – Photo – Television – Video games

Politics and government

Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors

Science and technology

Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Senescence research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight – Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

Birding/Ornithology – Climate change – Weather

Transportation

Aviation – Rail transport – Transportation technology

Sports

American football – Association football – Athletics (sport) – Badminton – Baseball – Basketball – Chess – Combat sports – Cricket – Cycling – Golf – Ice hockey – Rugby union – Swimming – Tennis – Volleyball

By place

Afghanistan – Albania – Algeria – Andorra – Angola – Antarctica – Antigua and Barbuda – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – The Bahamas – Bahrain – Barbados – Belarus – Belgium – Belize – Benin – Bhutan – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Brunei – Bulgaria – Burkina Faso – Burundi – Cambodia – Cameroon – Canada – Cape Verde – Central African Republic – Chad – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Comoros – Congo – D.R. Congo – Croatia – Cuba – Cyprus – Czech Republic – Denmark – Djibouti – Dominica – Dominican Republic – East Timor – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Eritrea – Estonia – Ethiopia – Eswatini – Equatorial Guinea – Fiji – Finland – France – Gabon – The Gambia – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Grenada – Guatemala – Guinea – Guinea-Bissau – Guyana – Haiti – Honduras – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Ivory Coast – Jamaica – Japan – Jordan – Kazakhstan – Kenya – Kiribati – Kosovo – Kuwait – Kyrgyzstan – Laos – Latvia – Lebanon – Lesotho – Liberia – Liechtenstein – Libya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macau – Madagascar – Marshall Islands – Malawi – Malaysia – Maldives – Mali – Malta – Mauritania – Mauritius – Mexico – Micronesia – Moldova – Monaco – Mongolia – Montenegro – Morocco – Mozambique – Myanmar – Nauru – Namibia – Nepal – Netherlands – New Zealand – Nicaragua – Niger – Nigeria – North Korea – North Macedonia – Norway – Oman – Pakistan – Palau – Palestine – Panama – Papua New Guinea – Paraguay – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Portugal – Qatar – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Lucia – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Samoa – San Marino – São Tomé and Príncipe – Saudi Arabia – Senegal – Serbia – Seychelles – Sierra Leone – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Somalia – Somaliland – South Africa – Solomon Islands – South Korea – South Sudan – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sudan – Suriname – Sweden – Switzerland – Syria – Taiwan – Tajikistan – Tanzania – Thailand – Togo – Tonga – Trinidad and Tobago – Tunisia – Turkey – Turkmenistan – Tuvalu – Uganda – Ukraine – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Uruguay – Uzbekistan – Vanuatu – Vatican City – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen – Zambia – Zimbabwe

Other topics

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

2023 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	2023 MMXXIII
Ab urbe condita	2776
Armenian calendar	1472 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԲ
Assyrian calendar	6773
Baháʼí calendar	179–180
Balinese saka calendar	1944–1945
Bengali calendar	1430
Berber calendar	2973
British Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	2567
Burmese calendar	1385
Byzantine calendar	7531–7532
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4719 or 4659     — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4720 or 4660
Coptic calendar	1739–1740
Discordian calendar	3189
Ethiopian calendar	2015–2016
Hebrew calendar	5783–5784
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2079–2080
- Shaka Samvat	1944–1945
- Kali Yuga	5123–5124
Holocene calendar	12023
Igbo calendar	1023–1024
Iranian calendar	1401–1402
Islamic calendar	1444–1445
Japanese calendar	Reiwa 5 (令和５年)
Javanese calendar	1956–1957
Juche calendar	112
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4356
Minguo calendar	ROC 112 民國112年
Nanakshahi calendar	555
Thai solar calendar	2566
Tibetan calendar	阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 2149 or 1768 or 996     — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 2150 or 1769 or 997
Unix time	1672531200 – 1704067199

2023 (MMXXIII) will be a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events

• January 1 – Croatia will adopt the euro and become the 20th member state of the eurozone. This will be the first enlargement of the monetary union since Lithuania's entry in 2015.
• January 7 – World population projected to reach 8 billion people.
• January 12 – January 22 – 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
• February 25 – 2023 Nigerian general election.
• March – 2023 South Asian Games in Pakistan.
• May 5 – A penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible in the evening and the following morning in Africa, Asia and Australia and will be the 24th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 141.
• May 6 – Coronation of Charles III and Camilla in Westminster Abbey, London.
• May 12 – May 28 – 2023 IIHF World Championship in Finland and Latvia.
• May 13 – Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
• May 20 – June 11 – 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia.
• June 16 – July 16 – 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
• June 18 – 2023 Turkish general election.
• June 23 – July 21 – 2023 European Games in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland.
• June 25 – 2023 Guatemalan general election.
• July 20 – August 20 – 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
• July 28 – August 6 – 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa.
• August – Africa Super League.
• August 25 – September 10 – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia.
• September 8 – October 28 – 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.
• September 23 – October 8 – 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
• September 24 – OSIRIS-REx is expected to return with samples from the Asteroid Bennu of the Apollo group.
• October – November 26 – 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.
• October 14 – An annular solar eclipse will be visible in the Western U.S., Central America, Colombia, and Brazil and will be the 44th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 134.
• October 20 – The 50th Anniversary of the Sydney Opera House.
• October 20 – November 5 – 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
• October 28 – A partial lunar eclipse will be visible in the evening and the next morning over Europe and most of Africa and Asia and will be the 11th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 146.
• November 11 – 2023 Polish parliamentary election for the Parliament of Poland.
• December 15 – Next Spanish general election for the Cortes Generales.

Date unknown

• February – Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. The visit was scheduled from 2 to 7 July 2022, but was postponed due to the Pope's ill health. Pope Francis will be the first heir to the Apostle Peter to visit the two countries.
• October – Next Pakistani general election.
• December – Next Bangladeshi general election.
• India is projected to surpass China to become the world's most populous country.
• The Compact of Free Association with the United States for Micronesia and the Marshall Islands expires.
• The European Spallation Source is expected to go into operation in Lund, Sweden.
• Türksat 6A, Turkey's first domestic and national satellite, is planned to be sent to space in cooperation with SpaceX.
• Sudanese general election will occur as part of its transition to democracy, with a constitutional convention on the electoral system and form of government also scheduled.
• Following approval of the draft by the seven EAC states after a year of consultations, the East African Confederation would be established by this year.
• The 2023 Asia Cup is scheduled to be held in Pakistan.
• The first light of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is anticipated to occur in February 2023 with full science operations beginning a year later.