The almanac
The 2022 Edition
Includes The Day of Eight Billion (November 15)
Limited to about 132 million copies: the babies born worldwide in 2022. About 128 million are still in circulation.
Estimates from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. How we count
What happened in 2022
- Beijing hosted the Winter OlympicsIt became the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games.February 4 · Source: Olympedia
- As It Was debuted at No. 1Harry Styles' single entered the Billboard Hot 100 at the top.April 16 · Source: Billboard
- Top Gun: Maverick openedTom Cruise returned to the cockpit 36 years after the original film.May 27 · Source: The Numbers
- NASA crashed a probe into an asteroidThe DART test showed a spacecraft could nudge an asteroid off its path.September 26 · Source: NASA
- The world reached 8 billion peopleThe United Nations marked the day it projected the global population hit 8 billion.November 15 · Source: United Nations
- Artemis I launched around the MoonNASA's uncrewed Orion capsule flew around the Moon and back in 25 days.November 16 · Source: NASA
- Argentina won the World CupArgentina and France drew 3 to 3, and Argentina won on penalties in Qatar.December 18 · Source: RSSSF
No. 1 songs of 2022
- All I Want For Christmas Is YouMariah Carey · first week at No. 1: January 1, 2022
- Easy On MeAdele · first week at No. 1: January 15, 2022
- We Don't Talk About BrunoCarolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast · first week at No. 1: February 5, 2022
- Heat WavesGlass Animals · first week at No. 1: March 12, 2022
- As It WasHarry Styles · first week at No. 1: April 16, 2022
- First ClassJack Harlow · first week at No. 1: April 23, 2022
- Wait For UFuture Featuring Drake & Tems · first week at No. 1: May 14, 2022
- Jimmy CooksDrake Featuring 21 Savage · first week at No. 1: July 2, 2022
- About Damn TimeLizzo · first week at No. 1: July 30, 2022
- Break My SoulBeyonce · first week at No. 1: August 13, 2022
- Super Freaky GirlNicki Minaj · first week at No. 1: August 27, 2022
- Bad HabitSteve Lacy · first week at No. 1: October 8, 2022
- UnholySam Smith & Kim Petras · first week at No. 1: October 29, 2022
- Anti-HeroTaylor Swift · first week at No. 1: November 5, 2022
Billboard Hot 100, chart weeks of 2022. Spotted a mistake?
If you were born in 2022
- Older than the 2024 eclipseA total solar eclipse crossed Mexico, the United States and Canada on April 8, 2024.
- Younger than the Webb telescopeThe James Webb Space Telescope was launched on December 25, 2021.
- Younger than the first flight on MarsNASA's Ingenuity helicopter made the first powered flight on another planet on April 19, 2021.
- Younger than the Perseverance roverNASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021.