Born in 1998
People born in 1998 turn 28 in 2026. A dollar in 1998 buys what $2.07 buys in September 2026, and about 6.01 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1998
1998
What things cost in 1998
| U.S. average | 1998 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $2.07 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $1.06 | $2.19 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $1.04 | $2.14 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $0.86 | $1.78 | $1.83 |
| Gallon of whole milk APU0000709112 | $2.70 | $5.59 | $4.11 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $1.41 | $2.92 | $6.79 |
| Pound of ground coffee APU0000717311 | $3.77 | $7.78 | $9.33 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.49 | $1.02 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.09 | $0.18 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $151,925 | $314,031 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $38,890 | $80,386 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $5.15 | $10.65 | $7.25 |
1998 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 1998
- United States
- Bill Clinton (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); Tony Blair (Prime minister)
- Russia
- Boris Yeltsin (President); Viktor Chernomyrdin, then Sergey Kiriyenko, then Yevgeny Primakov (Prime minister)
- People's Republic of China
- Jiang Zemin (General Secretary; Paramount Leader); Jiang Zemin (President); Li Peng, then Zhu Rongji (Premier)
- France
- Jacques Chirac (President); Lionel Jospin (Prime minister)
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Roman Herzog (President); Helmut Kohl (Chancellor of reunified Germany); Gerhard Schröder (Chancellor)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor); Keizō Obuchi (Prime minister)
- Republic of India
- K. R. Narayanan (President); I. K. Gujral, then Atal Bihari Vajpayee (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 1998 →
No. 1 songs of 1998
- “Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight” — Elton John (2 weeks)
- “Truly Madly Deeply” — Savage Garden (2 weeks)
- “Together Again” — Janet Jackson (2 weeks)
- “Nice & Slow” — Usher (2 weeks)
- “My Heart Will Go On” — Céline Dion (2 weeks)
- “Gettin' Jiggy wit It” — Will Smith (3 weeks)
- “All My Life” — K-Ci & JoJo (3 weeks)
- “Too Close” — Next (5 weeks)
- “My All” — Mariah Carey (1 week)
- “The Boy Is Mine” — Brandy and Monica (13 weeks)
- “I Don't Want to Miss a Thing” — Aerosmith (4 weeks)
- “The First Night” — Monica (5 weeks)
- “One Week” — Barenaked Ladies (1 week)
- “Doo Wop (That Thing)” — Lauryn Hill (2 weeks)
- “Lately” — Divine (1 week)
- “I'm Your Angel” — R. Kelly and Céline Dion (4 weeks)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 1998, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1998 (Wikipedia revision 1363062923).
Famous people born in 1998
- May 5 – Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player source
- 20 December – Kylian Mbappé, footballer source
- January 23 – XXXTentacion, rapper and singer/songwriter (died 2018) source
- February 15 – George Russell, British racing driver source
- January 1 – Sara Ahmed, Egyptian weightlifter source
- February 8 – Rui Hachimura, Japanese basketball player source
- 8 February – Choe Song-hyok, footballer source
- September 21 – Tadej Pogačar, Slovenian cyclist source
- August 18 – Nick Fuentes, American far-right political commentator source
- September 18 – Christian Pulisic, soccer player source
- August 12 – Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player source
- 12 March – Will Jones, rugby player source
- 29 December – Mark Harris, footballer source
- 7 October – Trent Alexander-Arnold, footballer source
- January 31 – Bradie Tennell, American figure skater source
What happened in 1998
- 29 January – 1998 Sri Lankan local elections: Local government elections are held in Sri Lanka for 17 local authorities in the Jaffna Peninsula, in the north of the country. source
- January 15 – U.N. peacekeepers return Eastern Slavonia to Croatian control; 80,000 displaced Croatians begin returning home, while 60,000 Serbs begin vacating the region. The area will remain under UNPSG supervision until October. source
- 1 January – Visit Nepal Year 1998 begins. source
- 2 February - All ferry routes from Jordan Road Ferry Pier were open. source
- March 23 - President Bill Clinton visits Ghana source
- February 2 - Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into a mountain, this crash marked deadliest aviation accident in Philippines until 2000. source
- February 7–22 – The 1998 Winter Olympics are held in Nagano, Japan. source
- January 17 – The Drudge Report breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. source