PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 2000 – 2009

The world in the 2000s

From 2000 to 2009 the atlas holds 269 states standing at some time. 497 things began - Afghanistan, Serbia and Montenegro among them - and 82 ended; 9 people were born and 649 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

2000: 55 began — 6 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 37 other20002001: 60 began — 17 wars and battles, 15 risings, regime changes and massacres, 28 other20012002: 32 began — 11 wars and battles, 6 risings, regime changes and massacres, 15 other20022003: 78 began — 19 wars and battles, 13 risings, regime changes and massacres, 46 other20032004: 53 began — 16 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 25 other20042005: 38 began — 7 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 19 other20052006: 49 began — 16 wars and battles, 15 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other20062007: 37 began — 9 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 16 other20072008: 49 began — 20 wars and battles, 12 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other20082009: 45 began — 9 wars and battles, 14 risings, regime changes and massacres, 22 other2009

What began in the 2000s

By kind, the best known first.

States 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 131

and 123 more in the atlas.

Regime change 15

and 7 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 108

and 100 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 7

Natural disasters 64

and 56 more in the atlas.

Treaties 33

and 25 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 121

and 113 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 2000s

States 27

and 19 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 42

and 34 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 3

Treaties 1

Born and died

Born 9

Died 649

and 633 more in the atlas.

States of the 2000s

The states that stood at some time in the 2000s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 2000.

Europe: 63 statesEurope63Middle East and North Africa: 47 statesMiddle East and North Africa47Sub-Saharan Africa: 45 statesSub-Saharan Africa45South Asia: 32 statesSouth Asia32East and Southeast Asia: 30 statesEast and Southeast Asia30Americas and Oceania: 51 statesAmericas and Oceania51Location unknown: 1 statesLocation unknown1

Europe63 states

and 55 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa47 states

and 39 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa45 states

and 37 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia32 states

and 24 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia30 states

and 22 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania51 states

and 43 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown1 state

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1980 – 2029: every state, war and life of the 2000s, region by region.
  • On the map in 2005: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.