'''2046''' ('''MMXLVI''') will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

* Hong Kong's status as a Special Administrative Region of China will expire, and it may return to Chinese rule
* The 100th anniversary of the National Basketball Association.
* World coal supply presumed to peak.
* Assuming no further changes to the United States copyright law, ''Catcher in the Rye'' by J.D. Salinger enters the public domain.
* The first baby boomers will turn 100 this year.

Fictional events

* Contrary to some pre-release speculations, the film ''2046'' does not take place in this year, although a science fiction story set in that year does form part of the narrative.