1985 → today
A few things have changed since I arrived
You've had 41 years of front-row seats. Here's the scoreboard.
A few things 1985 Today
- An average UK house about £33,000 about £290,000
- A pint of beer about 75p about £4.60
- Petrol about 42p about £1.40 a litre
- A cinema ticket about £2 about £10
- Everyone on Earth about 4.9 billion about 8.2 billion
Indicative sample data — being verified and expanded.
And you were there for all of it
- 10 Prime Ministers
- 2 monarchs
- 11 World Cups
- +3.3 billion people on Earth
Keep exploring
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See the world you were born into →
The full picture for 1985 — music, movies, technology and more.
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What was the world like when you turned 18? →
The year 2003, through fresh eyes.
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Your life in history →
A timeline of your milestones, matched with history.
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Compare 1985 with 1998 →
Two birth years, side by side. Try it with family.