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Born in 1975? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 1975, you turn 51 in 2026, and you're Gen X. You're older than 212 things on our timeline, including Apple, Star Wars and the Happy Meal.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 1975 ended.

• 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
• The PlayStation 31 years old '94 12 3
• Amazon 31 years old '95 7 16
• Windows 95 31 years old '95 8 24

See all 212 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 1975.

• Microsoft 51 years old '75 4 4
• The digital camera about 51 years old '75
• Jaws 51 years old '75 6 20
• Saturday Night Live 50 years old '75 10 11

1975 by the numbers

• The world had about 4.1 billion people in 1975. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 1975 are older than about 76% of everyone alive.
• 1975 is roughly halfway between 1924 and today.
• If you were born in 1975, you've been alive for roughly 18,532 to 18,896 days.