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Born in 1980? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 1980, you turn 46 in 2026, and you're Gen X. You're older than 197 things on our timeline, including MTV, the compact disc and Tetris.

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 1980 ended.

• 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
• The Tamagotchi 29 years old '96 11 23
• Wi-Fi about 29 years old '97
• Harry Potter 29 years old '97 6 26

See all 197 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• The Golden Gate Bridge's opening (1937) 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 1980.

• Pac-Man 46 years old '80 5 22
• Smallpox eradication 46 years ago '80 5 8
• The Post-it Note 46 years old '80 4 6
• CNN 46 years old '80 6 1

1980 by the numbers

• The world had about 4.5 billion people in 1980. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 1980 are older than about 70% of everyone alive.
• 1980 is roughly halfway between 1934 and today.
• If you were born in 1980, you've been alive for roughly 16,705 to 17,070 days.