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Born in 1978? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 1978, you turn 48 in 2026, and you're Gen X. You're older than 205 things on our timeline, including the Happy Meal, the Sony Walkman and Pac-Man.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 1978 ended.

• 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
• Pokémon 30 years old '96 2 27

See all 205 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• Monopoly's debut (1935) details
• The invention of the chocolate chip cookie (1938) details
• The end of World War II (1945) details

Same age as you

These also arrived in 1978.

• Ben & Jerry's 48 years old '78 5 5

1978 by the numbers

• The world had about 4.3 billion people in 1978. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 1978 are older than about 72% of everyone alive.
• 1978 is roughly halfway between 1930 and today.
• If you were born in 1978, you've been alive for roughly 17,436 to 17,800 days.