Your place in the Universe on 2016
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Get your map!2016 (MMXVI in Roman Numerals) was the year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.
Is 2016 a year special to you? If so you may like to discover what 2016 was famous for, who won the Oscars and the Nobel Prizes in 2016, who was Time's Person of the Year in 2016, which books, music and movies were top of the charts in 2016, what Chinese zodiac sign is associated to 2016, what babynames were most popular that year, what was the World population on that year and what happend in 2016.
On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about 2016 to help you enjoy your trip down memory lane.
In 2016, during the 89th Academy Awards Cerimony, held on 26/02/2017 the following movies, actors, actresses and directors were awarded with the Oscar in 4 categories honoring the films released in 2016:
The most popular and best selling books in 2016 were:
According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 2016 was the Year of the Monkey.
Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Monkey sign.
The most popular movies and box office hits in 2016 were:
The world population in 2016 was 7,464,022,049 people according to data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. This figure includes both urban and rural populations. The urban population at that time accounted for 54.0% of the total population, which is roughly 4.0 billion individuals.The annual population change in 2016 was an increase of +84.1 million people, representing a percentage increase of +1.14% over the previous year.The average population density in 2016 was 31 persons per square mile (or 50 persons per square kilometer).
Here's what happened in 2016: