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Born in 1971? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 1971, you turn 55 in 2026, and you're Gen X. You're older than 225 things on our timeline, including Pong, the Rubik's Cube and Microsoft.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 1971 ended.

• Pong 53 years old '72 11 29
• The Rubik's Cube about 52 years old '74
• Microsoft 51 years old '75 4 4
• Apple 50 years old '76 4 1
• Star Wars 49 years old '77 5 25
• The Happy Meal 47 years old '79 6
• The Sony Walkman 47 years old '79 7 1
• Pac-Man 46 years old '80 5 22
• MTV 45 years old '81 8 1
• The CD 43 years old '82 10 1
• Tetris 42 years old '84 6 6
• Back to the Future 41 years old '85 7 3
• Super Mario Bros. 41 years old '85 9 13
• The NES 40 years old '85 10 18
• The Game Boy 37 years old '89 4 21
• The Simpsons 36 years old '89 12 17
• Home Alone 35 years old '90 11 16
• The World Wide Web 35 years old '91 8 6
• The first text message 33 years ago '92 12 3
• Beanie Babies about 33 years old '93
• Jurassic Park 33 years old '93 6 11
• Hocus Pocus 33 years old '93 7 16
• The Lion King 32 years old '94 6 15
• Friends 32 years old '94 9 22

See all 225 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• The creation of Route 66 (1926) details
• The first sliced bread (1928) details
• Mickey Mouse's debut (1928) details

Same age as you

These also arrived in 1971.

• UNO about 55 years old '71
• Starbucks 55 years old '71 3 30
• Walt Disney World 54 years old '71 10 1
• The first email about 55 years ago '71
• Cup Noodles 55 years old '71 9 18
• The karaoke machine about 55 years old '71

1971 by the numbers

• The world had about 3.8 billion people in 1971. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 1971 are older than about 80% of everyone alive.
• 1971 is roughly halfway between 1916 and today.
• If you were born in 1971, you've been alive for roughly 19,993 to 20,357 days.