The population of a country increased by an average of 2% per year from 2000 to 2003. If the population of this country was 2 000 000 on December 31, 2003, then the population of this country on January 1, 2000, to the nearest thousand would have been
A. 1 846 000
B. 1 852 000
C. 1 000 000
D. 1 500 000