Your place in the Universe on 2000
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Get your map!2000 (MM in Roman Numerals) was the year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.
Is 2000 a year special to you? If so you may like to discover what 2000 was famous for, who won the Oscars and the Nobel Prizes in 2000, who was Time's Person of the Year in 2000, which books, music and movies were top of the charts in 2000, what Chinese zodiac sign is associated to 2000, what babynames were most popular that year, what was the World population on that year and what happend in 2000.
On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about 2000 to help you enjoy your trip down memory lane.
In 2000, during the 73rd Academy Awards Cerimony, held on 25/03/2001 the following movies, actors, actresses and directors were awarded with the Oscar in 5 categories honoring the films released in 2000:
The most popular and best selling books in 2000 were:
According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 2000 was the Year of the Dragon.
Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Dragon sign.
The 3 most popular baby names in 2000 were Jacob, Michael and Matthew for boys and Emily, Hannah and Madison for girls according to the US Census Bureau historical records.
The Top # 10 male names given to baby boys in 2000 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:
The Top # 10 female names given to baby girls in 2000 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:
The number 1 song in the USA in 2000, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon
The Music Chart in the USA in 2000 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:
The number 1 song in the UK in 2000, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was Toca's Miracle by Fragma
The Music Chart in the UK in 2000 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:
The most popular movies and box office hits in 2000 were:
The world population in 2000 was 6,143,493,823 people according to data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. This figure includes both urban and rural populations. The urban population at that time accounted for 47.0% of the total population, which is roughly 2.9 billion individuals.The annual population change in 2000 was an increase of +79.4 million people, representing a percentage increase of +1.31% over the previous year.The average population density in 2000 was 25 persons per square mile (or 41 persons per square kilometer).
Here's what happened in 2000: