Born in 1994
People born in 1994 turn 32 in 2026. A dollar in 1994 buys what $2.27 buys in September 2026, and about 5.68 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1994
1994
What things cost in 1994
| U.S. average | 1994 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $2.27 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $1.11 | $2.53 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $0.86 | $1.96 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $0.76 | $1.73 | $1.83 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $1.48 | $3.36 | $6.79 |
| Pound of ground coffee APU0000717311 | $3.40 | $7.73 | $9.33 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.46 | $1.05 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.09 | $0.21 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $130,425 | $296,478 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $32,260 | $73,332 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $4.25 | $9.66 | $7.25 |
1994 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED.
Who was in charge in 1994
- United States
- Bill Clinton (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); John Major (Prime minister)
- Russia
- Boris Yeltsin (President); Viktor Chernomyrdin (Prime minister)
- People's Republic of China
- Jiang Zemin (General Secretary; Paramount Leader); Jiang Zemin (President); Li Peng (Premier)
- France
- François Mitterrand (President); Édouard Balladur (Prime minister)
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Richard von Weizsäcker (President of reunified Germany); Roman Herzog (President); Helmut Kohl (Chancellor of reunified Germany)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor); Morihiro Hosokawa, then Tsutomu Hata, then Tomiichi Murayama (Prime minister)
- Republic of India
- Shankar Dayal Sharma (President); P. V. Narasimha Rao (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1951–2000) (revision 1371751893), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1994 →
No. 1 songs of 1994
- “Hero” — Mariah Carey (3 weeks)
- “All for Love” — Bryan Adams / Rod Stewart / Sting (3 weeks)
- “The Power of Love” — Céline Dion (4 weeks)
- “The Sign” — Ace of Base (6 weeks)
- “Bump n' Grind” — R. Kelly (4 weeks)
- “I Swear” — All-4-One (11 weeks)
- “Stay (I Missed You)” — Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (3 weeks)
- “I'll Make Love to You” — Boyz II Men (14 weeks)
- “On Bended Knee” — Boyz II Men (3 weeks)
- “Here Comes the Hotstepper” — Ini Kamoze (2 weeks)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 1994, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1994 (Wikipedia revision 1363062363).
Famous people born in 1994
- March 1 – Justin Bieber born in London, Ontario source
- 1 February – Harry Styles, pop singer-songwriter, member of boyband One Direction source
- July 5 – Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball player source
- May 8 – Ahmaud Arbery murder victim (died 2020) source
- January 1 – Emilie Hegh Arntzen, Norwegian handball player source
- 1 January – Craig Murray, footballer source
- September 29 – Halsey, American singer source
- November 7 – Gervonta Davis, boxer source
- February 8 – Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Turkish footballer source
- 12 March – Katie Archibald, cyclist source
- January 3 – Isaquias Queiroz, Brazilian sprint canoeist source
- December 29 – Princess Kako of Akishino, Japanese princess source
- February 25 – Eugenie Bouchard born in Westmount, Quebec source
- March 24 – Giulia Steingruber, Swiss artistic gymnast source
- January 6 – Catriona Gray, model and Miss Universe 2018 source
What happened in 1994
- January 14 – U.S. president Bill Clinton and Russian president Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords, which stop the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles toward each country's targets, and also provide for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal in Ukraine. source
- January 1 – Beginning of the Zapatista uprising in Mexico. source
- January 8 – Soyuz TM-18: Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7-day orbit of the Earth, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit. source
- January 11 – The Irish government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Provisional Irish Republican Army and its political arm Sinn Féin. source
- 1 January – Visit Malaysia Year 1994 officially began. source
- January 12 – Major General Nehemiah Tamari's helicopter crashed near Central Command headquarters, killing both him and three other officers. source
- February 12 – The 1994 Winter Olympics begin in Lillehammer. source
- January 1 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is established. source