Born in 2016
People born in 2016 turn 10 in 2026. A dollar in 2016 buys what $1.40 buys in September 2026, and about 7.56 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 2016
2016
What things cost in 2016
| U.S. average | 2016 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $1.40 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $2.14 | $3.01 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $1.68 | $2.36 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $1.37 | $1.93 | $1.83 |
| Gallon of whole milk APU0000709112 | $3.20 | $4.50 | $4.11 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $3.75 | $5.26 | $6.79 |
| Pound of ground coffee APU0000717311 | $4.39 | $6.17 | $9.33 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.57 | $0.80 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.14 | $0.19 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $305,125 | $428,357 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $59,040 | $82,885 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $7.25 | $10.18 | $7.25 |
2016 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 2016
- United States
- Barack Obama (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); David Cameron, then Theresa May (Prime Minister)
- Russia
- Vladimir Putin (President); Dmitry Medvedev (Prime minister)
- China
- Xi Jinping (General Secretary; paramount leader); Xi Jinping (President); Li Keqiang (Premier)
- France
- François Hollande (President); Manuel Valls, then Bernard Cazeneuve (Prime minister)
- Germany
- Joachim Gauck (President); Angela Merkel (Chancellor)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor)
- India
- Pranab Mukherjee (President); Narendra Modi (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 2010s (revision 1377187190), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 2016 →
No. 1 songs of 2016
- “Hello” — Adele (3 weeks)
- “Sorry” — Justin Bieber (3 weeks)
- “Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber (2 weeks)
- “Pillowtalk” — Zayn (1 week)
- “Work” — Rihanna featuring Drake (9 weeks)
- “Panda” — Desiigner (2 weeks)
- “One Dance” — Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla (10 weeks)
- “Can't Stop the Feeling!” — Justin Timberlake (1 week)
- “Cheap Thrills” — Sia featuring Sean Paul (4 weeks)
- “Closer” — The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey (12 weeks)
- “Black Beatles” — Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane (6 weeks)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 2016, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2016 (Wikipedia revision 1363064305).
Famous people born in 2016
What happened in 2016
- January 3 – Following the fallout caused by the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabia and several other countries end their diplomatic relations with Iran. source
- 12 February: An attack by suspected Islamist militants on a MINUSMA base in the town of Kidal, northern Mali, kills at least five Guinean United Nations peacekeepers. source
- 15 January – the geostationary telecommunications satellite Belintersat-1 was launched for the Belarusian government's company Belintersat. source
- January 21 – President Joko Widodo announced the construction of a bullet train with its starting route from Jakarta to Bandung, the first in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. source
- January 12 – Iranian naval forces seize and detain two small U.S. vessels which "allegedly drifted into Iranian territorial waters." The 10 American sailors are held at an Iranian military base on Farsi Island and released the following day with their boats. source
- January 31 – The body of former managing director of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company Harry Greaves is found on the beach near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia without an apparent cause of death. By August, American investigators would conclude that Greaves' death was caused by accidental drowning. source
- April 23 – American singer-songwriter Beyoncé releases her sixth studio album Lemonade. source
- January - Nigeria's economy contracted 1.5%, the first time it had shrunk in 25 years source