The World in 1986
A snapshot of the world your baby was born into
1986
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World Population
4.96 billion
Growing by 87 million per year
#1 Song
That's What Friends Are For
Dionne & Friends
Top Movie
Top Gun
$357 million worldwide
Top Baby Names
Jessica & Michael
Most popular in the US
Hot Tech
IBM PC Convertible
IBM's first laptop, 12 lbs
Space Milestone
Voyager 2 reaches Uranus
First flyby January 24, discovered 11 moons
New Dictionary Words
Internet, SUV, Glasnost
First known use per Merriam-Webster
US President
Ronald Reagan
40th President
Gas Price
$0.93/gallon
National average
Grocery Prices
Milk $2.13 ยท Eggs $0.87
Per gallon / per dozen
First-Class Stamp
$0.22
USPS first-class letter
Median Home Price
$92,000
Median sales price (Census/HUD)
Minimum Wage
$3.35/hour
Federal minimum wage
S&P 500
242
Year-end close, up 18.7%
Super Bowl XX
Bears 46-10 Patriots
January 1986, New Orleans
World Series
New York Mets
Beat Red Sox 4-3, Buckner error in Game 6
Best Picture
Out of Africa
58th Academy Awards, 7 Oscars
Then vs Now
1986 compared to 2025
Gas Price
1986
$0.93/gal
→
2025
$3.10/gal
+233%
Milk (per gallon)
1986
$2.13
→
2025
$4.07
+91%
Eggs (per dozen)
1986
$0.87
→
2025
$3.59
+313%
First-Class Stamp
1986
$0.22
→
2025
$0.78
+255%
Minimum Wage
1986
$3.35/hr
→
2025
$7.25/hr
+116%
Median Home Price
1986
$92,000
→
2025
$414,400
+350%
S&P 500
1986
242
→
2025
6,000
+2379%
World Population
1986
4.96B
→
2025
8.09B
+63%
Sources
Data compiled from official government sources, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Billboard, Box Office Mojo, SSA, NASA, and Merriam-Webster.
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