Your place in the Universe on 2015
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Get your map!2015 (MMXV in Roman Numerals) was the year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.
Is 2015 a year special to you? If so you may like to discover what 2015 was famous for, who won the Oscars and the Nobel Prizes in 2015, who was Time's Person of the Year in 2015, which books, music and movies were top of the charts in 2015, what Chinese zodiac sign is associated to 2015, what babynames were most popular that year, what was the World population on that year and what happend in 2015.
On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about 2015 to help you enjoy your trip down memory lane.
In 2015, during the 88th Academy Awards Cerimony, held on 28/02/2016 the following movies, actors, actresses and directors were awarded with the Oscar in 5 categories honoring the films released in 2015:
The most popular and best selling books in 2015 were:
According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 2015 was the Year of the Goat.
Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Goat sign.
The 3 most popular baby names in 2015 were Noah, Liam and Mason for boys and Emma, Olivia and Sophia for girls according to the US Census Bureau historical records.
The Top # 10 male names given to baby boys in 2015 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:
The Top # 10 female names given to baby girls in 2015 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:
The most popular movies and box office hits in 2015 were:
The world population in 2015 was 7,379,797,139 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 2015 was an increase of +84.6 million people, representing a percentage increase of +1.16% over the previous year.The average population density in 2015 was 31 persons per square mile (or 50 persons per square kilometer).
Here's what happened in 2015: