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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#August"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>August</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-August-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-September" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#September"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>September</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-September-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>October</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-November" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#November"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.11</span> <span>November</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-November-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.12</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_population" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_population"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>World population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Births_and_deaths" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Births_and_deaths"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Births and 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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%E1%8A%A5.%E1%8A%A4.%E1%8A%A0." title="2000 እ.ኤ.አ. – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="2000 እ.ኤ.አ." data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="2000 թուական – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="2000 թուական" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="2000 сон – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="2000 сон" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B0%DB%B0_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۲۰۰۰ (میلادی) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="۲۰۰۰ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A6" title="২০০০ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="২০০০" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_n%C3%AE" title="2000 nî – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="2000 nî" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="2000 йыл – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="2000 йыл" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BC%A2%E0%BC%A0%E0%BC%A0%E0%BC%A0%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8D" title="༢༠༠༠ལོ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="༢༠༠༠ལོ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000." title="2000. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="2000." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dz mw-list-item"><a href="https://dz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BC%A2%E0%BC%A0%E0%BC%A0%E0%BC%A0" title="༢༠༠༠ – Dzongkha" lang="dz" hreflang="dz" data-title="༢༠༠༠" data-language-autonym="ཇོང་ཁ" data-language-local-name="Dzongkha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ཇོང་ཁ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="2000 ие – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="2000 ие" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B0%DB%B0" title="۲۰۰۰ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="۲۰۰۰" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D1%88%D1%83" title="2000 шу – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="2000 шу" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E5%B9%B4" title="2000年 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="2000年" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-ngi%C3%A8n" title="2000-ngièn – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="2000-ngièn" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%EB%85%84" title="2000년 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="2000년" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A6" title="२००० – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="२०००" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000." title="2000. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="2000." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A6" title="মারি ২০০০ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মারি ২০০০" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-%C3%A6%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D0%B7" title="2000-æм аз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="2000-æм аз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B3%A8%E0%B3%A6%E0%B3%A6%E0%B3%A6" title="೨೦೦೦ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="೨೦೦೦" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="2000 джыл – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="2000 джыл" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="2000 жыл – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="2000 жыл" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-%D3%A7%D0%B4_%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="2000-ӧд во – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="2000-ӧд во" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_(almanak_gregoryen)" title="2000 (almanak gregoryen) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="2000 (almanak gregoryen)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D0%B8" title="2000 и – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="2000 и" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%84.%E0%BA%AA._2000" title="ຄ.ສ. 2000 – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ຄ.ສ. 2000" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000._gads" title="2000. gads – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="2000. gads" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%81" title="2000 йис – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="2000 йис" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_m." title="2000 m. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="2000 m." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000moi" title="2000moi – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="2000moi" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A6" title="२००० – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="२०००" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8._%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A6" title="इ.स. २००० – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स. २०००" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B0%DB%B0" title="۲۰۰۰ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="۲۰۰۰" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_ni%C3%A8ng" title="2000 nièng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="2000 nièng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="2000 он – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="2000 он" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%81%82%E1%81%80%E1%81%80%E1%81%80" title="၂၀၀၀ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="၂၀၀၀" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A6" title="सन् २००० – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="सन् २०००" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E5%B9%B4" title="2000年 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="2000年" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D1%88%D0%BE" title="2000 шо – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="2000 шо" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AD%A8%E0%AD%A6%E0%AD%A6%E0%AD%A6" title="୨୦୦୦ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="୨୦୦୦" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A6" title="२००० – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="२०००" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ty mw-list-item"><a href="https://ty.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Tahitian" lang="ty" hreflang="ty" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Reo tahiti" data-language-local-name="Tahitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Reo tahiti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joohr_2000" title="Joohr 2000 – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Joohr 2000" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="2000 год – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="2000 год" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="2000 сыл – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="2000 сыл" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%D8%B9" title="2000ع – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="2000ع" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%A2%D9%A0%D9%A0%D9%A0" title="٢٠٠٠ – Central 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hreflang="su" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="2000 ел – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="2000 ел" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tetun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E.%E0%B8%A8._2543" title="พ.ศ. 2543 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พ.ศ. 2543" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8_2000" title="Соли 2000 – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Соли 2000" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_%D0%B0%D1%80" title="2000 ар – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="2000 ар" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000 – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="2000" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%D8%A1" title="2000ء – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="2000ء" data-language-autonym="اردو" 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television">American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Australian_television" title="2000 in Australian television">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Belgian_television" title="2000 in Belgian television">Belgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Brazilian_television" title="2000 in Brazilian television">Brazilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_British_television" title="2000 in British television">British</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Scottish_television" title="2000 in Scottish television">Scottish</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Canadian_television" title="2000 in Canadian television">Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Danish_television" title="2000 in Danish television">Danish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Irish_television" title="2000 in Irish television">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Italian_television" title="2000 in Italian television">Italian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_video_games" 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title="2000 in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Malaysia" title="2000 in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Mexico" title="2000 in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_the_Netherlands" title="2000 in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_New_Zealand" title="2000 in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Norway" title="2000 in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Pakistan" title="2000 in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_the_Philippines" title="2000 in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Portugal" title="2000 in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Russia" title="2000 in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Singapore" title="2000 in Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_South_Africa" title="2000 in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a 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title="Discordian calendar">Discordian calendar</a></td><td>3166</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar" title="Ethiopian calendar">Ethiopian calendar</a></td><td>1992–1993</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a></td><td>5760–5761</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendars</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Vikram Samvat</a></i></td><td>2056–2057</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_national_calendar" title="Indian national calendar">Shaka Samvat</a></i></td><td>1921–1922</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a></i></td><td>5100–5101</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Holocene_calendar" title="Holocene calendar">Holocene calendar</a></td><td>12000</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_calendar" title="Igbo calendar">Igbo calendar</a></td><td>1000–1001</td></tr><tr><td><a 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<a href="/wiki/2nd_millennium" title="2nd millennium">2nd millennium</a>, the 100th and last year of the <a href="/wiki/20th_century" title="20th century">20th century</a>, and the 1st year of the <a href="/wiki/2000s" title="2000s">2000s</a> decade. </p><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Calendar year</div> <p>2000 was designated as the <a href="/wiki/International_Year_for_the_Culture_of_Peace" title="International Year for the Culture of Peace">International Year for the Culture of Peace</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the World <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">Mathematical</a> Year.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">Popular culture</a> holds the year 2000 as the first year of the <a href="/wiki/21st_century" title="21st century">21st century</a> and the <a href="/wiki/3rd_millennium" title="3rd millennium">3rd millennium</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title=" (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because of a tendency to group the years according to <a href="/wiki/Decimal" title="Decimal">decimal</a> values, as if non-existent <a href="/wiki/Year_zero" title="Year zero">year zero</a> was counted. According to the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>, these distinctions fall to the year <a href="/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>, because the <a href="/wiki/1st_century" title="1st century">1st century</a> was retroactively said to start with the year <a href="/wiki/AD_1" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 1">AD 1</a>. Since the Gregorian calendar does not have year zero, its first millennium spanned from years 1 to 1000 inclusively and its second millennium from years 1001 to 2000. (For further information, see <a href="/wiki/Century" title="Century">century</a> and <a href="/wiki/Millennium" title="Millennium">millennium</a>.) </p><p>The year 2000 is sometimes abbreviated as "Y2K" (the "Y" stands for "year", and the "K" stands for "<a href="/wiki/Kilo-" title="Kilo-">kilo</a>" which means "thousand").<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The year 2000 was the subject of <a href="/wiki/Year_2000_problem" title="Year 2000 problem">Y2K concerns</a>, which were fears that computers would not shift from 1999 to 2000 correctly. However, by the end of 1999, many companies had already converted to new, or upgraded existing, software. Some even obtained "Y2K certification". As a result of massive effort, relatively few problems occurred. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1" title="January 1">January 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Millennium_celebrations" title="Millennium celebrations">Millennium celebrations</a> are held around the world to celebrate the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_millennium" title="3rd millennium">3rd millennium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Year_2000_problem" title="Year 2000 problem">year 2000 problem</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Time_formatting_and_storage_bug" class="mw-redirect" title="Time formatting and storage bug">time formatting and storage bug</a>, takes effect, but is successfully mitigated in many cases.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_6" title="January 6">January 6</a> – The last naturally conceived <a href="/wiki/Pyrenean_ibex" title="Pyrenean ibex">Pyrenean ibex</a> is found dead, apparently killed by a falling tree.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_10" title="January 10">January 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/AOL" title="AOL">America Online</a> announces an agreement to purchase <a href="/wiki/Time_Warner" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Warner">Time Warner</a> for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_14" title="January 14">January 14</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average" title="Dow Jones Industrial Average">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a> closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the <a href="/wiki/Dot-com_bubble" title="Dot-com bubble">Dot-com bubble</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The United Nations' <a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia" title="International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia">International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia</a> sentences five <a href="/wiki/Bosnian_Croats" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosnian Croats">Bosnian Croats</a> to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_30" title="January 30">January 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kenya_Airways_Flight_431" title="Kenya Airways Flight 431">Kenya Airways Flight 431</a> crashes off the <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a> into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169 people.<sup id="cite_ref-BEA_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEA-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_31" title="January 31">January 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261" title="Alaska Airlines Flight 261">Alaska Airlines Flight 261</a> crashes off the <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> coast into the Pacific Ocean; all 88 passengers and crew are killed.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_5" title="February 5">February 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Chechen_War" title="Second Chechen War">Second Chechen War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Novye_Aldi_massacre" title="Novye Aldi massacre">Novye Aldi massacre</a> – Russian forces summarily execute 56–60 civilians in a suburb of Grozny.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2000 Six Nations Championship">2000 Six Nations Championship</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> opens, the first year in which <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> takes part.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_6" title="February 6">February 6</a> – Second Chechen War: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1999%E2%80%932000)" title="Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)">Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)</a> ends as Russian forces conclude capture of the <a href="/wiki/Chechnya" title="Chechnya">Chechen</a> capital <a href="/wiki/Grozny" title="Grozny">Grozny</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9" title="February 9">February 9</a> – Torrential rains in Africa led to the <a href="/wiki/2000_Mozambique_flood" title="2000 Mozambique flood">worst flooding</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> in 50 years, which lasted until March and killed 800 people.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_13" title="February 13">February 13</a> – Final <i><a href="/wiki/Peanuts" title="Peanuts">Peanuts</a></i> comic is printed in newspapers, preceded by author <a href="/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz" title="Charles M. Schulz">Charles M. Schulz</a>'s death the night before. It was the most popular comic strip in history, running for 50 years.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_17" title="February 17">February 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> releases <a href="/wiki/Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_21" title="February 21">February 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> holds the inaugural celebration of <a href="/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day" title="International Mother Language Day">International Mother Language Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_29" title="February 29">February 29</a> – A rare <a href="/wiki/Century_leap_year" title="Century leap year">century leap year</a> date occurs. Usually, century years are common years due to not being exactly divisible by 400. 2000 is the first such year to have a February 29 since the year <a href="/wiki/1600" title="1600">1600</a>, making it only the second such occasion since the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregorian Calendar">Gregorian Calendar</a> was introduced in <a href="/wiki/1582" title="1582">1582</a>. The next such leap year will occur in 2400.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_4" title="March 4">March 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> releases the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a> in Japan to compete with the <a href="/wiki/Dreamcast" title="Dreamcast">Dreamcast</a>. It launches in other countries later in the year.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_10" title="March 10">March 10</a> – The <a href="/wiki/NASDAQ" class="mw-redirect" title="NASDAQ">NASDAQ</a> Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5,048.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two weeks later, the <a href="/wiki/NASDAQ-100" class="mw-redirect" title="NASDAQ-100">NASDAQ-100</a>, <a href="/wiki/S%26P_500" title="S&P 500">S&P 500</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wilshire_5000" title="Wilshire 5000">Wilshire 5000</a> reach their peaks prior to the Dot-com bubble, ending a bull market run that had lasted over 17 years.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_12" title="March 12">March 12</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II#Apologies" title="Pope John Paul II">apologizes</a> for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> throughout the ages.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Zenit-3SL" title="Zenit-3SL">Zenit-3SL</a> sea launch fails due to a <a href="/wiki/Software_bug" title="Software bug">software bug</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_13" title="March 13">March 13</a> – The <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">United States dollar</a> becomes the official currency of <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a>, replacing the <a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_sucre" title="Ecuadorian sucre">Ecuadorian sucre</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_17" title="March 17">March 17</a> – Uganda mass suicide: 778 members of the <a href="/wiki/Movement_for_the_Restoration_of_the_Ten_Commandments_of_God" title="Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God">Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God</a> die in <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_26" title="March 26">March 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/2000_Russian_presidential_election" title="2000 Russian presidential election">2000 Russian presidential election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> is elected <a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_19" title="April 19">April 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Air_Philippines_Flight_541" title="Air Philippines Flight 541">Air Philippines Flight 541</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737_Original" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 737 Original">Boeing 737-200</a>, crashes during approach at <a href="/wiki/Davao_City" title="Davao City">Davao City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, killing 131 people. making it the deadliest air disaster in <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_30" title="April 30">April 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Canonization" title="Canonization">Canonization</a> of Polish Catholic sister <a href="/wiki/Faustina_Kowalska" title="Faustina Kowalska">Faustina Kowalska</a> in the presence of 200,000 people and the first <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sunday" title="Divine Mercy Sunday">Divine Mercy Sunday</a> celebrated worldwide.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a> – A new class of <a href="/wiki/Negative_index_metamaterials#Physical_properties_never_before_produced_in_nature" class="mw-redirect" title="Negative index metamaterials">composite material</a> is fabricated, which has a combination of <a href="/wiki/Physical_property" title="Physical property">physical properties</a> never before seen in a <a href="/wiki/Natural_material" title="Natural material">natural</a> or human-made material.<sup id="cite_ref-comp_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comp-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UCSD-press-release_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UCSD-press-release-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_4" title="May 4">May 4</a> – The 7.6 <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Mw" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000034-QINU`"'</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Moment mag. scale">M<sub>w</sub></span></a> <a href="/wiki/2000_Banggai_Islands_earthquake" title="2000 Banggai Islands earthquake">Central Sulawesi earthquake</a> affects <a href="/wiki/Banggai_regency" class="mw-redirect" title="Banggai regency">Banggai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (<i>Very strong</i>), leaving 46 dead and 264 injured.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_5" title="May 5">May 5</a> <ul><li>After originating in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, the <a href="/wiki/ILOVEYOU" title="ILOVEYOU">ILOVEYOU</a> computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.</li> <li>A rare conjunction of seven <a href="/wiki/Celestial_bodies" class="mw-redirect" title="Celestial bodies">celestial bodies</a> (Sun, Moon, planets <a href="/wiki/Mercury_(planet)" title="Mercury (planet)">Mercury</a>–<a href="/wiki/Saturn" title="Saturn">Saturn</a>) occurs during the <a href="/wiki/New_moon" title="New moon">new moon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_11" title="May 11">May 11</a> – India's population reaches 1 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_13" title="May 13">May 13</a> <ul><li>A <a href="/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster" title="Enschede fireworks disaster">fireworks factory disaster</a> in <a href="/wiki/Enschede" title="Enschede">Enschede</a>, Netherlands, kills 23.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millennium_Force" title="Millennium Force">Millennium Force</a> opens at <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Point" title="Cedar Point">Cedar Point</a> amusement park in <a href="/wiki/Sandusky,_Ohio" title="Sandusky, Ohio">Sandusky, Ohio</a> as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_24" title="May 24">May 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F." class="mw-redirect" title="Real Madrid C.F.">Real Madrid C.F.</a> defeats <a href="/wiki/Valencia_CF" title="Valencia CF">Valencia CF</a> 3–0 in the <a href="/wiki/2000_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 UEFA Champions League Final">UEFA Champions League Final</a> at <a href="/wiki/Stade_de_France" title="Stade de France">Stade de France</a> to win their second title between 1998 and 2002, and their eighth overall.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/June_4" title="June 4">June 4</a> – The 7.9 M<sub>w</sub>  <a href="/wiki/2000_Enggano_earthquake" title="2000 Enggano earthquake">Enggano earthquake</a> shakes southwestern <a href="/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatra</a>, killing 103 people and injuring at least 2,174.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_10" title="June 10">June 10</a>–<a href="/wiki/July_2" title="July 2">July 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> jointly host the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2000" title="UEFA Euro 2000">UEFA Euro 2000</a> football tournament, which is won by <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_17" title="June 17">June 17</a> – A <a href="/wiki/2000_Iceland_earthquakes" title="2000 Iceland earthquakes">centennial earthquake</a> (6.5 on the <a href="/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Richter magnitude scale">Richter scale</a>) hits <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> on its national day.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a> – Another earthquake hits Iceland further west than the previous quake.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_26" title="June 26">June 26</a> – A preliminary draft of <a href="/wiki/Genome" title="Genome">genomes</a>, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Human_Genome_Project" title="Human Genome Project">Human Genome Project</a>, is finished. It is announced at the White House by President Clinton.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_1" title="July 1">July 1</a> – The <a href="/wiki/%C3%98resund_Bridge" title="Øresund Bridge">Øresund Bridge</a> between <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> is officially opened for traffic.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2" title="July 2">July 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a> defeats <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a> 2–1 after extra time in the final of the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2000" title="UEFA Euro 2000">UEFA Euro 2000</a> Championship in Association football, becoming the first team to win the World Cup and European Championship consecutively.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2" title="July 2">July 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vicente_Fox" title="Vicente Fox">Vicente Fox</a> of the National Action Party (PAN) is <a href="/wiki/2000_Mexican_general_election" title="2000 Mexican general election">elected</a> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Mexico" title="President of Mexico">President of Mexico</a>, becoming the first president not from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> – The draft assembly of <a href="/wiki/Human_Genome_Project" title="Human Genome Project">Human Genome Project</a> is announced at the White House by US President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francis_Collins" title="Francis Collins">Francis Collins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Craig_Venter" title="Craig Venter">Craig Venter</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_10" title="July 10">July 10</a> – In southern <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging <a href="/wiki/Gasoline" title="Gasoline">gasoline</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July" title="July">July</a> <a href="/wiki/September_6" title="September 6">11</a>–<a href="/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">25</a> – A <a href="/wiki/2000_Camp_David_Summit" title="2000 Camp David Summit">summit meeting</a> takes place at <a href="/wiki/Camp_David" title="Camp David">Camp David</a> between United States president <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, Israeli prime minister <a href="/wiki/Ehud_Barak" title="Ehud Barak">Ehud Barak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Authority" title="Palestinian Authority">Palestinian Authority</a> chairman <a href="/wiki/Yasser_Arafat" title="Yasser Arafat">Yasser Arafat</a>, ending without an agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_14" title="July 14">July 14</a> – A powerful <a href="/wiki/Solar_flare" title="Solar flare">solar flare</a>, later named the <a href="/wiki/Bastille_Day_solar_storm" title="Bastille Day solar storm">Bastille Day event</a>, causes a <a href="/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm" title="Geomagnetic storm">geomagnetic storm</a> on Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_25" title="July 25">July 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590" title="Air France Flight 4590">Air France Flight 4590</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Concorde" title="Concorde">Concorde</a> aircraft, crashes into a hotel in <a href="/wiki/Gonesse" title="Gonesse">Gonesse</a> just after <a href="/wiki/Takeoff" title="Takeoff">takeoff</a> from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and 4 in the hotel.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_8" title="August 8">August 8</a> – The US <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> submarine <i><a href="/wiki/H._L._Hunley_(submarine)" class="mw-redirect" title="H. L. Hunley (submarine)">H. L. Hunley</a></i> is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_12" title="August 12">August 12</a> – The Russian submarine <i><a href="/wiki/Russian_submarine_Kursk_(K-141)" title="Russian submarine Kursk (K-141)">Kursk</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster" title="Kursk submarine disaster">sinks</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Barents_Sea" title="Barents Sea">Barents Sea</a> during one of the largest Russian naval exercises since the 1991 <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_14" title="August 14">August 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas II of Russia">Tsar Nicholas II</a> and his family are canonized by the synod of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox Church</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September_1" title="September 1">September 1</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Nokia_3310" title="Nokia 3310">Nokia 3310</a> mobile phone is released.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_6" title="September 6">September 6</a> – The last wholly Swedish-owned <a href="/wiki/Arms_industry" title="Arms industry">arms manufacturer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bofors" title="Bofors">Bofors</a>, is sold to American arms manufacturer <a href="/wiki/United_Defense" title="United Defense">United Defense</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_6" title="September 6">September 6</a>–<a href="/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">8</a> – World leaders attend the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Summit" title="Millennium Summit">Millennium Summit</a> at U.N. Headquarters.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_7" title="September 7">September 7</a>–<a href="/wiki/September_14" title="September 14">14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fuel_protests_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fuel protests in the United Kingdom">Fuel protests in the United Kingdom</a>, with refineries blockaded and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_13" title="September 13">September 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> introduces the <a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Public_Beta" title="Mac OS X Public Beta">Mac OS X Public Beta</a> for US $29.95.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_14" title="September 14">September 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> releases <a href="/wiki/Windows_Me" title="Windows Me">Windows Me</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_15" title="September 15">September 15</a>–<a href="/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a> – The <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Summer Olympics</a>, held in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, is the first <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" title="Summer Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a> of the 2000s.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_16" title="September 16">September 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukrainian</a> journalist <a href="/wiki/Georgiy_Gongadze" title="Georgiy Gongadze">Georgiy Gongadze</a> is last seen alive; this day is taken as the commemoration date of his death.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_26" title="September 26">September 26</a> – The Greek ferry <i><a href="/wiki/MS_Express_Samina" title="MS Express Samina">Express Samina</a></i> sinks off the coast of the island of <a href="/wiki/Paros" title="Paros">Paros</a>; 80 out of a total of over 500 passengers perish in one of Greece's worst sea disasters.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_28" title="September 28">September 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israeli</a> opposition leader <a href="/wiki/Ariel_Sharon" title="Ariel Sharon">Ariel Sharon</a> visits the <a href="/wiki/Temple_Mount" title="Temple Mount">Temple Mount</a> in East Jerusalem, sparking an uprising that becomes the <a href="/wiki/Second_Intifada" title="Second Intifada">Second Intifada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_3" title="October 3">October 3</a> – Approximate start of <a href="/wiki/Autumn_2000_Western_Europe_floods" title="Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods">Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods</a> (particularly affecting the UK), precipitated by days of heavy rain.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_5" title="October 5">October 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Overthrow_of_Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević">Mass demonstrations</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a> lead to resignation of <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Yugoslavia</a>'s president <a href="/wiki/Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Slobodan Milošević">Slobodan Milošević</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_11" title="October 11">October 11</a> – 250 million US gallons (950,000 m<sup>3</sup>) of coal sludge <a href="/wiki/Martin_County_coal_slurry_spill" title="Martin County coal slurry spill">spill</a> in <a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Kentucky" title="Martin County, Kentucky">Martin County, Kentucky</a>, United States (considered a greater environmental disaster than the <a href="/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill" title="Exxon Valdez oil spill">Exxon Valdez oil spill</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_12" title="October 12">October 12</a> – In <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Cole_(DDG-67)" title="USS Cole (DDG-67)">USS <i>Cole</i></a> is <a href="/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing" title="USS Cole bombing">badly damaged</a> by two <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a> <a href="/wiki/Suicide_attack" title="Suicide attack">suicide bombers</a>, who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_17" title="October 17">October 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hatfield_rail_crash" title="Hatfield rail crash">Hatfield rail crash</a>: A <a href="/wiki/Great_North_Eastern_Railway" title="Great North Eastern Railway">Great North Eastern Railway</a> <a href="/wiki/Intercity_225" class="mw-redirect" title="Intercity 225">Intercity 225</a> express train is derailed, killing four people and injuring many others, in <a href="/wiki/Hatfield,_Hertfordshire" title="Hatfield, Hertfordshire">Hatfield, Hertfordshire</a>, England.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_22" title="October 22">October 22</a> <ul><li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Mainichi_Shimbun" title="Mainichi Shimbun">Mainichi Shimbun</a></i> newspaper exposes Japanese archeologist <a href="/wiki/Shinichi_Fujimura" title="Shinichi Fujimura">Shinichi Fujimura</a> as a fraud; Japanese archaeologists had based their treatises on his findings.</li> <li>Japanese Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Yoshiro_Mori" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoshiro Mori">Yoshiro Mori</a> and Singaporean Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Goh_Chok_Tong" title="Goh Chok Tong">Goh Chok Tong</a> formally negotiate a Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement for a New Age Partnership (JSEPA).<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_26" title="October 26">October 26</a> – Pakistani authorities announce that their police have found an apparent mummy of an alleged <a href="/wiki/Persian_Princess" title="Persian Princess">Persian Princess</a> in the province of <a href="/wiki/Balochistan,_Pakistan" title="Balochistan, Pakistan">Balochistan, Pakistan</a>. The governments of Iran, Pakistan as well as the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> of Afghanistan all claim the mummy until Pakistan announces it is a modern-day forgery in April 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_31" title="October 31">October 31</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-31" title="Soyuz TM-31">Soyuz TM-31</a> is launched, carrying <a href="/wiki/Expedition_1" title="Expedition 1">the first resident crew</a> to the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_Airlines_Flight_006" title="Singapore Airlines Flight 006">Singapore Airlines Flight 006</a> collides with construction equipment in the <a href="/wiki/Chiang_Kai_Shek_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiang Kai Shek International Airport">Chiang Kai Shek International Airport</a>, resulting in 83 deaths.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_2" title="November 2">November 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Expedition_1" title="Expedition 1">Expedition 1</a> to the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> begins.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_7" title="November 7">November 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election" title="2000 United States presidential election">2000 United States presidential election</a>: No winner can be declared, prompting a controversial <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_recount_in_Florida" title="2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida">recount in Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_11" title="November 11">November 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kaprun_disaster" title="Kaprun disaster">Kaprun disaster</a>, Austria: A <a href="/wiki/Funicular" title="Funicular">funicular</a> fire in an Alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_12" title="November 12">November 12</a> – The United States recognizes the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_15" title="November 15">November 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> is divided into two parts (by the <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Reorganisation_Act,_2000" title="Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000">Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>, the 28th <a href="/wiki/State_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="State of India">state of India</a>, is created. Hence, this day is celebrated as Jharkhand Foundation Day.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Fujimori" title="Alberto Fujimori">Alberto Fujimori</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Peru" title="President of Peru">President of Peru</a>, faxes his resignation from a hotel room in Japan, having fled Peru after facing corruption charges.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fujimori would be officially removed from office by <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Republic_of_Peru" title="Congress of the Republic of Peru">Congress</a> on the 22nd.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December_7" title="December 7">December 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kadisoka" title="Kadisoka">Kadisoka</a> temple is discovered in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_12" title="December 12">December 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bush_v._Gore" title="Bush v. Gore">Bush v. Gore</a>: The United States Supreme Court <a href="/wiki/Bush_v._Gore" title="Bush v. Gore">rules</a> that the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_recount_in_Florida" title="2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida">recount of the 2000 presidential election in Florida</a> should be halted and the original results be certified, thus making <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> the winner of the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election" title="2000 United States presidential election">U.S. presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_15" title="December 15">December 15</a> – The third and final reactor at the <a href="/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant">Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant</a> is shut down and the station is shut down completely.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_24" title="December 24">December 24</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve_2000_Indonesia_bombings" title="Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings">Christmas Eve bombings</a> in several churches in Indonesia kill 18 people.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_25" title="December 25">December 25</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Luoyang_Christmas_fire" title="Luoyang Christmas fire">Luoyang Christmas fire</a> at a shopping center in China kills 309 people.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_31" title="December 31">December 31</a> – The <a href="/wiki/20th_century" title="20th century">20th century</a> and <a href="/wiki/2nd_millennium" title="2nd millennium">2nd millennium</a> conclude.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_population">World population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: World population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_in_2000" title="List of countries by population in 2000">List of countries by population in 2000</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/World_population" title="World population">World population</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>2000 </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a> </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>World </th> <td align="right"><b>6,070,581,000</b> </td> <td align="right">5,674,380,000 </td> <td align="right">+396,201,000 </td> <td align="right">+6.98% </td> <td align="right">6,453,628,000 </td> <td align="right">+383,047,000 </td> <td align="right">+6.31% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Africa </th> <td align="right"><b>795,671,000</b> </td> <td align="right">707,462,000 </td> <td align="right">+88,209,000 </td> <td align="right">+12.47% </td> <td align="right">887,964,000 </td> <td align="right">+92,293,000 </td> <td align="right">+11.60% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Asia </th> <td align="right"><b>3,679,737,000</b> </td> <td align="right">3,430,052,000 </td> <td align="right">+249,685,000 </td> <td align="right">+7.28% </td> <td align="right">3,917,508,000 </td> <td align="right">+237,771,000 </td> <td align="right">+6.46% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Europe </th> <td align="right"><b>727,986,000</b> </td> <td align="right">727,405,000 </td> <td align="right">+581,000 </td> <td align="right">+0.08% </td> <td align="right">724,722,000 </td> <td align="right">−3,264,000 </td> <td align="right">−0.45% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Latin America </th> <td align="right"><b>520,229,000</b> </td> <td align="right">481,099,000 </td> <td align="right">+39,130,000 </td> <td align="right">+8.13% </td> <td align="right">558,281,000 </td> <td align="right">+38,052,000 </td> <td align="right">+7.31% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Northern America </th> <td align="right"><b>315,915,000</b> </td> <td align="right">299,438,000 </td> <td align="right">+16,477,000 </td> <td align="right">+5.50% </td> <td align="right">332,156,000 </td> <td align="right">+16,241,000 </td> <td align="right">+5.14% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Oceania </th> <td align="right"><b>31,043,000</b> </td> <td align="right">28,924,000 </td> <td align="right">+2,119,000 </td> <td align="right">+7.33% </td> <td align="right">32,998,000 </td> <td align="right">+1,955,000 </td> <td align="right">+6.30% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births_and_deaths">Births and deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Births and deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Births_in_2000" title="Births in 2000">Births in 2000</a> and <a 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href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Chemistry</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alan_J._Heeger" title="Alan J. Heeger">Alan J. Heeger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_MacDiarmid" title="Alan MacDiarmid">Alan MacDiarmid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Shirakawa" title="Hideki Shirakawa">Hideki Shirakawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences" title="Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences">Economics</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Heckman" title="James Heckman">James Heckman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_McFadden" title="Daniel McFadden">Daniel McFadden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Literature</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gao_Xingjian" title="Gao Xingjian">Gao Xingjian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Peace</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kim_Dae-jung" title="Kim Dae-jung">Kim Dae-jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Physics</a> – <a href="/wiki/Zhores_Alferov" title="Zhores Alferov">Zhores Alferov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Kroemer" title="Herbert 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