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Born in 1976? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 1976, you turn 50 in 2026, and you're Gen X. You're older than 209 things on our timeline, including Star Wars, the Happy Meal and the Sony Walkman.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 1976 ended.

• 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
• Toy Story 30 years old '95 11 22

See all 209 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• Mickey Mouse's debut (1928) details
• The Empire State Building's opening (1931) details
• Monopoly's debut (1935) details

Same age as you

These also arrived in 1976.

• Apple 50 years old '76 4 1
• VHS 50 years old '76 9 9
• The CN Tower 50 years old '76 6 26

1976 by the numbers

• The world had about 4.2 billion people in 1976. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 1976 are older than about 75% of everyone alive.
• 1976 is roughly halfway between 1926 and today.
• If you were born in 1976, you've been alive for roughly 18,166 to 18,531 days.