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Born in 1983? Here's what you're older than.

If you were born in 1983, you turn 43 in 2026, and you're a Millennial. You're older than 184 things on our timeline, including Tetris, Back to the Future and Super Mario Bros..

You're older than…

Everything on this list came out, opened or happened after 1983 ended.

• 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
• Netflix 29 years old '97 8 29
• Titanic (the movie) 28 years old '97 12 19

See all 184 on the timeline

You were born closer to these than to today

• Disneyland's opening (1955) details
• The LEGO brick patent (1958) details
• The invention of pickleball (1965) details

Same age as you

These also arrived in 1983.

• Jenga 43 years old '83 1
• Cabbage Patch Kids about 43 years old '83
• Chicken McNuggets about 43 years old '83
• Costco 43 years old '83 9 15
• Hot Pockets about 43 years old '83

1983 by the numbers

• The world had about 4.7 billion people in 1983. Today it's about 8.3 billion.
• People born in 1983 are older than about 66% of everyone alive.
• 1983 is roughly halfway between 1940 and today.
• If you were born in 1983, you've been alive for roughly 15,610 to 15,974 days.