Born in 1999
People born in 1999 turn 27 in 2026. A dollar in 1999 buys what $2.02 buys in September 2026, and about 6.09 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1999
1999
What things cost in 1999
| U.S. average | 1999 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $2.02 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $1.17 | $2.36 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $0.96 | $1.94 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $0.89 | $1.79 | $1.83 |
| Gallon of whole milk APU0000709112 | $2.84 | $5.75 | $4.11 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $1.45 | $2.94 | $6.79 |
| Pound of ground coffee APU0000717311 | $3.43 | $6.93 | $9.33 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.49 | $0.99 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.09 | $0.17 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $160,125 | $323,893 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $40,700 | $82,326 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $5.15 | $10.42 | $7.25 |
1999 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 1999
- United States
- Bill Clinton (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); Tony Blair (Prime minister)
- Russia
- Boris Yeltsin (President); Vladimir Putin (Acting President); Yevgeny Primakov, then Sergei Stepashin, then Vladimir Putin (Prime minister)
- People's Republic of China
- Jiang Zemin (General Secretary; Paramount Leader); Jiang Zemin (President); Zhu Rongji (Premier)
- France
- Jacques Chirac (President); Lionel Jospin (Prime minister)
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Roman Herzog, then Johannes Rau (President); Gerhard Schröder (Chancellor)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor); Keizō Obuchi (Prime minister)
- Republic of India
- K. R. Narayanan (President); 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 1999 →
No. 1 songs of 1999
- “I'm Your Angel” — R. Kelly and Céline Dion (2 weeks)
- “Have You Ever?” — Brandy (2 weeks)
- “...Baby One More Time” — Britney Spears (2 weeks)
- “Angel of Mine” — Monica (4 weeks)
- “Believe” — Cher (4 weeks)
- “No Scrubs” — TLC (4 weeks)
- “Livin' la Vida Loca” — Ricky Martin (5 weeks)
- “If You Had My Love” — Jennifer Lopez (5 weeks)
- “Bills, Bills, Bills” — Destiny's Child (1 week)
- “Wild Wild West” — Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee (1 week)
- “Genie in a Bottle” — Christina Aguilera (5 weeks)
- “Bailamos” — Enrique Iglesias (2 weeks)
- “Unpretty” — TLC (3 weeks)
- “Heartbreaker” — Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z (2 weeks)
- “Smooth” — Santana featuring Rob Thomas (10 weeks)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 1999, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1999 (Wikipedia revision 1363062971).
Famous people born in 1999
- October 20 – NBA YoungBoy, rapper source
- 10 November – João Félix, footballer. source
- June 17 — Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstani tennis player source
- April 9 – Lil Nas X, rapper and singer/songwriter source
- 17 February – Alex de Minaur, tennis player source
- January 8 – Kelvin Miranda, actor source
- 29 April – Callum Scott Howells, actor and singer source
- December 22: Tomori Kusunoki, voice actress source
- May 1 – Kisses Delavin, actress and beauty queen source
- September 22 - Kim Yoo-jung, actress source
- October 20 - Chuu, singer, former member of girl group Loona source
- 14 January – Declan Rice, English footballer source
- 22 January – David Clifford, Gaelic footballer source
- May 29 — Park Ji-hoon, member of boy group Wanna One source
- June 11 – Kai Havertz, German footballer source
What happened in 1999
- January 1: Fernando Henrique Cardoso begins his second term as president of Brazil. source
- January 6 - Rebels and government forces continue to clash over the capital of Freetown. The United Kingdom encourages their citizens to leave Sierra Leone. source
- January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA. source
- 8 January – United States officials admit to using UNSCOM to collect intelligence against the Iraqi government. source
- February 27 – While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being aloft for 233 hours and 55 minutes. source
- March 1 – One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, which destroys the Angolan Embassy. source
- January 10 – American crime drama series The Sopranos premieres on HBO, beginning what many commentators describe as the second “Golden Age of Television”. source
- January 1 – The euro currency is established, and the European Central Bank assumes full powers. source