Born in 2008
People born in 2008 turn 18 in 2026. A dollar in 2008 buys what $1.56 buys in September 2026, and about 6.84 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 2008
2008
What things cost in 2008
| U.S. average | 2008 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $1.56 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $3.27 | $5.11 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $1.99 | $3.11 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $1.37 | $2.14 | $1.83 |
| Gallon of whole milk APU0000709112 | $3.80 | $5.94 | $4.11 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $2.34 | $3.67 | $6.79 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.61 | $0.95 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.12 | $0.19 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $229,550 | $359,237 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $50,300 | $78,718 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $5.85 | $9.15 | $7.25 |
2008 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 2008
- United States
- George W. Bush (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); Gordon Brown (Prime Minister)
- Russia
- Vladimir Putin, then Dmitry Medvedev (President); Viktor Zubkov, then Vladimir Putin (Prime minister)
- China
- Hu Jintao (General Secretary; paramount leader); Hu Jintao (President); Wen Jiabao (Premier)
- France
- Nicolas Sarkozy (President); François Fillon (Prime minister)
- Germany
- Horst Köhler (President); Angela Merkel (Chancellor)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor); Yasuo Fukuda, then Tarō Asō (Prime minister)
- India
- 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 2008 →
No. 1 songs of 2008
- “Low” — Flo Rida featuring T-Pain (10 weeks)
- “Love in This Club” — Usher featuring Young Jeezy (3 weeks)
- “Bleeding Love” — Leona Lewis (4 weeks)
- “Touch My Body” — Mariah Carey (2 weeks)
- “Lollipop” — Lil Wayne featuring Static Major (5 weeks)
- “Take a Bow” — Rihanna (1 week)
- “Viva la Vida” — Coldplay (1 week)
- “I Kissed a Girl” — Katy Perry (7 weeks)
- “Disturbia” — Rihanna (2 weeks)
- “Whatever You Like” — T.I. (7 weeks)
- “So What” — Pink (1 week)
- “Live Your Life” — T.I. featuring Rihanna (6 weeks)
- “Womanizer” — Britney Spears (1 week)
- “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” — Beyoncé (2 weeks)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 2008, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2008 (Wikipedia revision 1379242632).
Famous people born in 2008
- March 24 – Julian Hall, soccer player source
- March 14 – Abby Ryder Fortson, actress source
- May 1 – Kaylee Hottle, actress (died 2026) source
- August 1 – Emma Berman, actress and voice actress source
- July 15 – Iain Armitage, actor source
- September 18 – Jackson Robert Scott, actor source
- October 24 – Liamani Segura, singer source
- September 7 – Charlie Fleming, actress source
- November 10 – Caprice Cayetano, actress source
- January 16 – Audrey Lee, Malaysian figure skater source
- January 20 – Paige Heyn, skateboarder source
- December 22 – Madeleine McGraw, actress source
- June 4 – Hezly Rivera, artistic gymnast source
- November 7 – John Philip Bughaw, dancer and actor source
- March 26 – Cooper Sanchez, Mexican professional footballer source
What happened in 2008
- January 24 – A peace deal is signed in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ending the Kivu conflict. source
- January 17 - President José Ramos-Horta urges Timorese to forgive and pray for former Indonesian president Suharto, who ordered the invasion of East Timor in 1975. source
- January 14 – At 19:04:39 UTC, the uncrewed MESSENGER space probe is at its closest approach during its first flyby of the planet Mercury. source
- 20 March – In a videotape, broadcast by Al Jazeera, the voice identified as Osama bin Laden declares "Iraq is the perfect base to set up the jihad to liberate Palestine." source
- January 16 - At the first Mekong-Japan foreign ministers meeting in Tokyo, Japan pledges US$20 million in aid for development projects in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Left out of the aid picture was Burma, a former recipient of Japanese aid, whose foreign minister Nyan Win was present for the meeting. source
- 23 January – Mirosławiec air disaster; an EADS CASA C-295 military transport plane crashed as it approached the Mirosławiec runway, killing all passengers and crew: 20 victims. 3 days of national mourning followed. source
- January 1 - Several new year's road running races were won by Kenyans. Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot won the Saint Silvester Road Race in Brazil and Patrick Ivuti finished second. Alice Timbilili won the women's race. San Silvestre Vallecana race in Spain was won by Josphat Kiprono Menjo and Vivian Cheruiyot respectively. Edwin Soi and Sylvia Kibet were the winners of Boclassic Silvesterlauf race in Bolzano, Italy. Micah Kogo won Corrida Pedestre Internationale de Houilles race in France, setting a new course record. source
- January 1 – Cyprus and Malta adopt the euro currency. source