Born in 2004
People born in 2004 turn 22 in 2026. A dollar in 2004 buys what $1.78 buys in September 2026, and about 6.50 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 2004
2004
What things cost in 2004
| U.S. average | 2004 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $1.78 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $1.88 | $3.35 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $1.34 | $2.39 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $0.97 | $1.73 | $1.83 |
| Gallon of whole milk APU0000709112 | $3.16 | $5.63 | $4.11 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $2.16 | $3.85 | $6.79 |
| Pound of ground coffee APU0000717311 | $2.85 | $5.08 | $9.33 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.50 | $0.88 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.09 | $0.17 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $218,150 | $389,147 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $44,330 | $79,078 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $5.15 | $9.19 | $7.25 |
2004 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 2004
- United States
- George W. Bush (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); Tony Blair (Prime Minister)
- Russia
- Vladimir Putin (President); Mikhail Kasyanov, then Mikhail Fradkov (Prime minister); Viktor Khristenko (Acting Prime minister)
- China
- Hu Jintao (General Secretary; paramount leader); Hu Jintao (President); Wen Jiabao (Premier)
- France
- Jacques Chirac (President); Jean-Pierre Raffarin (Prime minister)
- Germany
- Johannes Rau, then Horst Köhler (President); Gerhard Schröder (Chancellor)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor); Junichirō Koizumi (Prime minister)
- India
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (President); Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then Manmohan Singh (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 2000s (revision 1371751788), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 2004 →
No. 1 songs of 2004
- “Hey Ya!” — OutKast (6 weeks)
- “The Way You Move” — OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown (1 week)
- “Slow Jamz” — Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx (1 week)
- “Yeah!” — Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris (12 weeks)
- “Burn” — Usher (8 weeks)
- “I Believe” — Fantasia (1 week)
- “Confessions Part II” — Usher (2 weeks)
- “Slow Motion” — Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim (2 weeks)
- “Lean Back” — Terror Squad (3 weeks)
- “Goodies” — Ciara featuring Petey Pablo (7 weeks)
- “My Boo” — Usher and Alicia Keys (6 weeks)
- “Drop It Like It's Hot” — Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell (3 weeks)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 2004, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2004 (Wikipedia revision 1363063426).
Famous people born in 2004
- March 13 – Coco Gauff, tennis player source
- February 8 – Max Andrews, soccer player source
- March 12 – Audrey Shin, figure skater source
- 4 January – Victor Wembanyama, basketball player source
- March 8 – Brenna Garcia, actress source
- February 25 – Britton Fischer, soccer player source
- January 26 – Jhoanna Robles, singer, dancer, and member of Bini source
- May 1 – Charli D'Amelio, social media personality source
- August 14 – Marsai Martin, actress source
- July 2 – Caitlin Carmichael, actress source
- August 31 - Jang Won-young, singer source
- August 15 – Thomas Williams, soccer player source
- March 4 – Efrain Morales, soccer player source
- May 29 – Noel Comia Jr. actor and former host of Team Yey! source
- 19 February – Millie Bobby Brown, actress and model source
What happened in 2004
- January 21 – Bartholomew I of Constantinople visits Cuba. source
- January 4 – An insurgency breaks out in southern Thailand. source
- January 4 – NASA's Spirit rover lands on the surface of Mars. source
- January 6 - Pakistan is cited as the source of nuclear weapon technology supplied to Libya, Iran and North Korea. The components intercepted at sea by Italy en route to Libya were fabricated in Malaysia. There is no evidence that the Pakistani government of President Pervez Musharraf knew about the transfer of technology of Libya. source
- Pakistan prime minister Zafarullah Jamali met with interim Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to discuss economic links and terrorism. source
- January 13 - Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154 crashes in the capital, Tashkent, killing all 37 people on board. source
- February 1 – Janet Jackson suffers a wardrobe malfunction during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII. source
- In Teheran, India, Iran and Afghanistan signed an agreement to give Indian goods heading for central Asia and Afghanistan similar preferential treatment and tariff reductions at Chabahar. source