Born in 1995
People born in 1995 turn 31 in 2026. A dollar in 1995 buys what $2.21 buys in September 2026, and about 5.76 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1995
1995
What things cost in 1995
| U.S. average | 1995 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $2.21 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $1.15 | $2.54 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $0.92 | $2.04 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $0.79 | $1.75 | $1.83 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $1.37 | $3.03 | $6.79 |
| Pound of ground coffee APU0000717311 | $4.04 | $8.93 | $9.33 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.49 | $1.08 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.09 | $0.21 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $133,475 | $295,131 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $34,080 | $75,355 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $4.25 | $9.40 | $7.25 |
1995 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 1995
- 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, then Jacques Chirac (President); Édouard Balladur, then Alain Juppé (Prime minister)
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Roman Herzog (President); Helmut Kohl (Chancellor of reunified Germany)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor); 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 1995 →
No. 1 songs of 1995
- “On Bended Knee” — Boyz II Men (3 weeks)
- “Creep” — TLC (4 weeks)
- “Take a Bow” — Madonna (7 weeks)
- “This Is How We Do It” — Montell Jordan (7 weeks)
- “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” — Bryan Adams (5 weeks)
- “Waterfalls” — TLC (7 weeks)
- “Kiss from a Rose” — Seal (1 week)
- “You Are Not Alone” — Michael Jackson (1 week)
- “Gangsta's Paradise” — Coolio featuring L.V. (3 weeks)
- “Fantasy” — Mariah Carey (8 weeks)
- “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” — Whitney Houston (1 week)
- “One Sweet Day” — Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men (5 weeks)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 1995, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1995 (Wikipedia revision 1363062470).
Famous people born in 1995
- December 30 – V, South Korean singer source
- May 9 – Beth Mead, English footballer source
- February 8 – Joshua Kimmich, German footballer source
- 8 February — Joshua Kimmich, German football player source
- 5 July – Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, badminton player source
- February 15 – Megan Thee Stallion, rapper source
- August 2 – Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Indonesian badminton player source
- 27 April – Nick Kyrgios, tennis player source
- December 27 – Timothée Chalamet, French-American actor source
- 12 March — Fabian Vogel, German trampoline gymnast source
- December 29 – Ross Lynch, American actor source
- April 1 – Logan Paul, Vine star and YouTuber source
- January 1 – Poppy, American musician and model source
- September 2 – Aleksander Barkov, Finnish ice hockey player source
- January 3 – Jisoo, South Korean singer, actress, and model source
What happened in 1995
- January 1 – Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union. source
- February 13 – Twenty-one Bosnian Serb commanders are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity in the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a tribunal on human rights violations during the Wars in the Balkans. source
- January 9 – Valeri Polyakov completes 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station, breaking a duration record. source
- February 16: Correios de Cabo Verde established after the dissolution of Empresa Pública dos Correios e Telecomunicaçöes source
- February 21 – Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada, becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. source
- 10 February – The first Antonov An-70 prototype aircraft collided with an Antonov An-72 that was assisting with the An-70 test program over Borodianka Raion, killing all 7 crew members of the An-70. source
- January 1 – Final The Far Side comic by Gary Larson is published. source
- January 1 – The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). source