Born in 2005
People born in 2005 turn 21 in 2026. A dollar in 2005 buys what $1.73 buys in September 2026, and about 6.59 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 2005
2005
What things cost in 2005
| U.S. average | 2005 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $1.73 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $2.30 | $3.96 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $1.22 | $2.10 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $1.04 | $1.79 | $1.83 |
| Gallon of whole milk APU0000709112 | $3.19 | $5.50 | $4.11 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $2.30 | $3.96 | $6.79 |
| Pound of ground coffee APU0000717311 | $3.26 | $5.63 | $9.33 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.49 | $0.85 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.10 | $0.17 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $236,550 | $408,124 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $46,330 | $79,934 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $5.15 | $8.89 | $7.25 |
2005 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 2005
- United States
- George W. Bush (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); Tony Blair (Prime Minister)
- Russia
- Vladimir Putin (President); Mikhail Fradkov (Prime minister)
- China
- Hu Jintao (General Secretary; paramount leader); Hu Jintao (President); Wen Jiabao (Premier)
- France
- Jacques Chirac (President); Jean-Pierre Raffarin, then Dominique de Villepin (Prime minister)
- Germany
- Horst Köhler (President); Gerhard Schröder, then Angela Merkel (Chancellor)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor); Junichirō Koizumi (Prime minister)
- India
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (President); Manmohan Singh (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 2000s (revision 1371751788), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 2005 →
No. 1 songs of 2005
- “Let Me Love You” — Mario (9 weeks)
- “Candy Shop” — 50 Cent featuring Olivia (9 weeks)
- “Hollaback Girl” — Gwen Stefani (4 weeks)
- “We Belong Together” — Mariah Carey (14 weeks)
- “Inside Your Heaven” — Carrie Underwood (1 week)
- “Gold Digger” — Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx (10 weeks)
- “Run It!” — Chris Brown (5 weeks)
- “Don't Forget About Us” — Mariah Carey (1 week)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 2005, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2005 (Wikipedia revision 1363063490).
Famous people born in 2005
- February 8 – Katie Silverman, actress source
- January 3 – Marley Dias, activist source
- September 29 – Gabrielle Gutierrez, Filipino-American stage actress source
- March 9 – Brandon Scheunemann, Indonesian footballer source
- February 25 – Arda Güler, Turkish football player source
- March 29 – Brooklyn Shuck, actress source
- January 26 – Katie Beth Hall, American actress source
- April 29 – Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti of Thailand, grandson of Bhumibol Adulyadej, son of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X of Thailand and his wife Srirasmi Suwadee source
- February 28 – Francis Jacobs, soccer player source
- January 2 – Robbie Lee, British diver source
- March 28 – D4vd, American singer source
- March 10 – Esmir Bajraktarevic, soccer player source
- April 5 – Noel Buck, soccer player source
- March 11 – Riley Ann Sawyers, murder victim (died 2007) source
- January 10 – Josh Hardin, soccer player source
What happened in 2005
- January 9 – The Comprehensive Peace Agreement is signed, ending the Second Sudanese Civil War in Sudan. source
- February 10 – North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons as a protection against the hostility it says it perceives from the United States. source
- January 5 – Eris, the most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System, is discovered by a team led by Michael E. Brown using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory. source
- January 27 – Iraq's expatriates start voting for the Iraqi National Assembly election, 2005 source
- February 24 - Thousands greet Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Mohammed Ghedi, leaders of the exiled Somali government, when they begin a week-long tour in the country. They led a delegation that studies a possibility to finally relocate the government from Kenya to Somalia. source
- January 20 - The Italian government condemns the destruction of an Italian cemetery in Mogadishu. Local militia wanted to clear the area for a base. source
- February 14 – YouTube, an American online video sharing and social media platform was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim headquartered in San Bruno, California. source
- January 26–30: World Economic Forum in Davos source