Born in 2007
People born in 2007 turn 19 in 2026. A dollar in 2007 buys what $1.63 buys in September 2026, and about 6.76 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 2007
What things cost in 2007
| U.S. average | 2007 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $1.63 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $2.80 | $4.55 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $1.68 | $2.72 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $1.21 | $1.96 | $1.83 |
| Gallon of whole milk APU0000709112 | $3.50 | $5.69 | $4.11 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $2.30 | $3.74 | $6.79 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.51 | $0.83 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.12 | $0.19 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $244,950 | $398,054 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $50,230 | $81,626 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $5.15 | $8.37 | $7.25 |
2007 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 2007
- United States
- George W. Bush (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); Tony Blair, then Gordon Brown (Prime Minister)
- Russia
- Vladimir Putin (President); Mikhail Fradkov, then Viktor Zubkov (Prime minister)
- China
- Hu Jintao (General Secretary; paramount leader); Hu Jintao (President); Wen Jiabao (Premier)
- France
- Jacques Chirac, then Nicolas Sarkozy (President); Dominique de Villepin, then François Fillon (Prime minister)
- Germany
- Horst Köhler (President); Angela Merkel (Chancellor)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor); Shinzō Abe, then Yasuo Fukuda (Prime minister)
- India
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, then Pratibha Patil (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 2007 →
No. 1 songs of 2007
- “Irreplaceable” — Beyoncé (7 weeks)
- “Say It Right” — Nelly Furtado (1 week)
- “What Goes Around...Comes Around” — Justin Timberlake (1 week)
- “This Is Why I'm Hot” — Mims (2 weeks)
- “Glamorous” — Fergie featuring Ludacris (2 weeks)
- “Don't Matter” — Akon (2 weeks)
- “Give It to Me” — Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake (2 weeks)
- “Girlfriend” — Avril Lavigne (1 week)
- “Makes Me Wonder” — Maroon 5 (3 weeks)
- “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')” — T-Pain featuring Yung Joc (1 week)
- “Umbrella” — Rihanna featuring Jay-Z (7 weeks)
- “Hey There Delilah” — Plain White T's (2 weeks)
- “Beautiful Girls” — Sean Kingston (4 weeks)
- “Big Girls Don't Cry” — Fergie (1 week)
- “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” — Soulja Boy Tell 'Em (7 weeks)
- “Stronger” — Kanye West (1 week)
- “Kiss Kiss” — Chris Brown featuring T-Pain (3 weeks)
- “No One” — Alicia Keys (5 weeks)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 2007, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2007 (Wikipedia revision 1363063683).
Famous people born in 2007
- 1 January – Choe Il-son, footballer source
- 12 March – Jon Il-chong, footballer source
- March 8 – Caden Glover, soccer player source
- January 5 – Gavin Bottger, skateboarder source
- 21 January – Luke Littler, darts player source
- January 26 – Anna Leigh Waters, pickleball player source
- 28 February – Ho Kyong, footballer source
- 7 January – Ri Su-jong, footballer source
- November 23 – Lonnie Chavis, actor source
- August 15 – Jael-Marie Guy, football player source
- January 9 – Waynona Collings, actress, internet personality source
- June 6 – Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, actress source
- March 1 – Claire Weinstein, swimmer source
- January 13 – Ashley Sarmiento, actress source
- July 6 – Amariyanna Copeny, activist source
What happened in 2007
- January 1 – Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eurozone. source
- January 8 – Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and Ukraine are cut as the Russia–Belarus energy dispute escalates; they are restored three days later. source
- January 11 – Following the discovery of the right tail horizontal stabilizer, a life vest and some parts of airline seats had also been found in Pare pare. source
- January 9 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco, California; starting the new era of smartphones with this invention. The phone would be released in June. source
- February 26 - Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney makes surprise visits to Pakistan and Afghanistan to encourage President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai to increase border security between the two countries and to take further action against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. source
- January 1 – Adam Air Flight 574, en route to Manado, Indonesia, from Surabaya, Indonesia, crashes into the Makassar Strait; killing all 102 on board. source
- January 29 – Armenian grand master Levon Aronian won Corus-2007, the international chess tournament held in the Netherlands. source
- January 1: The Bulgarian political party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, which had only been founded on 2006-12-03 by Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov, instantly comes second in a public poll on party support, trailing only the Bulgarian Socialist Party. source