Born in 2012
People born in 2012 turn 14 in 2026. A dollar in 2012 buys what $1.47 buys in September 2026, and about 7.20 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 2012
2012
What things cost in 2012
| U.S. average | 2012 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $1.47 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $3.64 | $5.35 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $1.84 | $2.70 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $1.42 | $2.08 | $1.83 |
| Gallon of whole milk APU0000709112 | $3.49 | $5.13 | $4.11 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $3.03 | $4.45 | $6.79 |
| Pound of ground coffee APU0000717311 | $5.68 | $8.33 | $9.33 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.60 | $0.88 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.13 | $0.19 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $244,400 | $358,669 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $51,020 | $74,874 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $7.25 | $10.64 | $7.25 |
2012 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 2012
- United States
- Barack Obama (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); David Cameron (Prime Minister)
- Russia
- Dmitry Medvedev, then Vladimir Putin (President); Vladimir Putin, then Dmitry Medvedev (Prime minister)
- China
- Hu Jintao, then Xi Jinping (General Secretary; paramount leader); Hu Jintao (President); Wen Jiabao (Premier)
- France
- Nicolas Sarkozy, then François Hollande (President); François Fillon, then Jean-Marc Ayrault (Prime minister)
- Germany
- Christian Wulff, then Joachim Gauck (President); Angela Merkel (Chancellor)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor); Yoshihiko Noda, then Shinzō Abe (Prime minister)
- India
- Pratibha Patil, then Pranab Mukherjee (President); Manmohan Singh (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 2010s (revision 1377187190), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 2012 →
No. 1 songs of 2012
- “Sexy and I Know It” — LMFAO (2 weeks)
- “We Found Love” — Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris (2 weeks)
- “Set Fire to the Rain” — Adele (2 weeks)
- “Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)” — Kelly Clarkson (3 weeks)
- “Part of Me” — Katy Perry (1 week)
- “We Are Young” — Fun featuring Janelle Monáe (6 weeks)
- “Somebody That I Used to Know” — Gotye featuring Kimbra (8 weeks)
- “Call Me Maybe” — Carly Rae Jepsen (9 weeks)
- “Whistle” — Flo Rida (2 weeks)
- “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” — Taylor Swift (3 weeks)
- “One More Night” — Maroon 5 (9 weeks)
- “Diamonds” — Rihanna (3 weeks)
- “Locked Out of Heaven” — Bruno Mars (2 weeks)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 2012, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2012 (Wikipedia revision 1363064005).
Famous people born in 2012
- January 7 – Blue Ivy Carter, singer and daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z source
- November 1 – Khevynne Arias, actress source
- February 1 – Athena Calica, wushu practitioner, daughter of 2001 Southeast Asian Games winner Jerome Calica and contestant in It's Showtime's Mini Miss U source
- October 17 – Baylee van den Berg, half-South African model and actress source
- August 6 – Bella Bond, notable murder victim (died 2015) source
- June 4 – Vivien Lyra Blair, actress source
- August 22 – Sebastian Benedict, actor source
- May 25 – J. J. Vallow, notable murder victim (died 2019) source
- November 27 – Raphael Landicho, actor source
- 29 March – Isla Phillips, daughter of Peter and Autumn Phillips, sister of Savannah and second great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II source
- 23 February – Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland source
- 21 November – Etah James, Thoroughbred racehorse source
- 12 November – Lazarus, Standardbred racehorse source
- 29 September – Tarzino, Thoroughbred racehorse source
- 24 January – Countess Athena of Monpezat source
What happened in 2012
- 6 January – Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller announces that the country is to become a republic, with plans to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and the Jamaican monarchy in general. source
- January 1 - Moldova security zone incident source
- January 12 – Winger Balázs Dzsudzsák signed from FC Anzhi Makhachkala to FC Dynamo Moscow for a fee of €19 million thus becoming the most expensive Hungarian footballer ever. source
- 1 January: Ada Bridge, one of the tallest bridges in Europe, is completed and open to the public in Belgrade, Serbia. source
- 28 January – The African Union opens its new headquarters in Addis Ababa. source
- January 13 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off the coast of Italy, causing 32 deaths. source
- January 10 - Anykščiai took the title of a cultural capital of Lithuania. source
- January 1 - Nigeria announces an end to its fuel subsidy scheme leading the Nigeria Labour Congress to call for strikes and street protests. source