21st century

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s; 2050s 2060s 2070s 2080s 2090s
Categories:	Births – Deaths ; Establishments – Disestablishments

The 21st century began on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 2100.

Significant people

Note: years before or after the twenty-first century are in italics.

Shanghai has become a symbol of the recent economic boom of China.
India's Prayag Kumbh Mela is regarded as the world's largest religious festival.
A map of uncontacted tribes, around the start of the 21st century
Belligerents of the Second Congo War
George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, from 2001 to 2009
September 11 attacks in New York City: View of the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty. (Image: US National Park Service)
Angela Merkel and José Manuel Barroso
Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the United States, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after signing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
Reporter covering the death of Michael Jackson outside UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles
Julia Gillard was sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Australia in 2010.