1971

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

1971 by topic:
Subject
Archaeology Architecture Art Aviation Awards Comics Film Home video Literature Poetry Meteorology Music Country Heavy metal Rail transport Radio Science Spaceflight Sports Television
By country
Australia Bangladesh Canada People's Republic of China France Germany Greece India Ireland Iran Israel Japan Kuwait Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Norway Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Africa Sweden Turkey United Kingdom United States
Leaders
Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders Territorial governors Religious leaders Law
Birth and death categories
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Establishments and disestablishments categories
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Works and introductions categories
Works Introductions

1971 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1971 MCMLXXI
Ab urbe condita	2724
Armenian calendar	1420 ԹՎ ՌՆԻ
Assyrian calendar	6721
Bahá'í calendar	127–128
Bengali calendar	1378
Berber calendar	2921
British Regnal year	19 Eliz. 2 – 20 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2515
Burmese calendar	1333
Byzantine calendar	7479–7480
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4667 or 4607 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4668 or 4608
Coptic calendar	1687–1688
Discordian calendar	3137
Ethiopian calendar	1963–1964
Hebrew calendar	5731–5732
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2027–2028
- Shaka Samvat	1892–1893
- Kali Yuga	5071–5072
Holocene calendar	11971
Igbo calendar	971–972
Iranian calendar	1349–1350
Islamic calendar	1390–1391
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 46 (昭和４６年)
Javanese calendar	1902–1903
Juche calendar	60
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4304
Minguo calendar	ROC 60 民國60年
Nanakshahi calendar	503
Thai solar calendar	2514
Unix time	31536000 – 63071999
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1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C) of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1970s decade.

The world population increased by 2.1% this year; the highest in history.