1998 → today
A few things have changed since I arrived
You've had 28 years of front-row seats. Here's the scoreboard.
A few things 1998 Today
- An average UK house about £70,000 about £290,000
- A pint of beer about £1.80 about £4.60
- Petrol about 66p about £1.40 a litre
- Everyone on Earth about 6.0 billion about 8.2 billion
Indicative sample data — being verified and expanded.
And you were there for all of it
- 8 Prime Ministers
- 2 monarchs
- 7 World Cups
- +2.2 billion people on Earth
Keep exploring
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See the world you were born into →
The full picture for 1998 — music, movies, technology and more.
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What was the world like when you turned 18? →
The year 2016, through fresh eyes.
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Your life in history →
A timeline of your milestones, matched with history.
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Compare 1998 with 1967 →
Two birth years, side by side. Try it with family.