The World in 2002
A snapshot of the world your baby was born into
2002
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World Population
6.2 billion
Growing by 77 million per year
#1 Song
How You Remind Me
Nickelback
Top Movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
$923 million worldwide
Top Baby Names
Emily & Jacob
Most popular in the US
Hot Tech
Roomba, Xbox Live & Camera Phones
Roomba launched, Xbox Live debuted
Space Milestone
Water ice found on Mars
Mars Odyssey discovered vast ice deposits
New Dictionary Words
Google (as a verb), Blog
American Dialect Society most useful word
US President
George W. Bush
43rd President
Gas Price
$1.44/gallon
National average
Grocery Prices
Milk $2.76 · Eggs $1.03
Per gallon / per dozen
First-Class Stamp
$0.37
USPS first-class letter
Median Home Price
$158,100
Existing homes
Minimum Wage
$5.15/hour
Federal minimum wage
S&P 500
880
Down 23%, dot-com bear market
Super Bowl XXXVI
Patriots 20-17 Rams
February 2002, New Orleans
World Series
Anaheim Angels
4-3 over Giants, first title ever
Best Picture
A Beautiful Mind
Halle Berry & Denzel Washington win acting Oscars
Then vs Now
2002 compared to 2025
Gas Price
2002
$1.44/gal
→
2025
$3.10/gal
+115%
Milk (per gallon)
2002
$2.76
→
2025
$4.07
+47%
Eggs (per dozen)
2002
$1.03
→
2025
$3.59
+249%
First-Class Stamp
2002
$0.37
→
2025
$0.78
+111%
Minimum Wage
2002
$5.15/hr
→
2025
$7.25/hr
+41%
Median Home Price
2002
$158,100
→
2025
$414,400
+162%
S&P 500
2002
880
→
2025
6,000
+582%
World Population
2002
6.20B
→
2025
8.09B
+30%
Sources
Data compiled from official government sources, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Billboard, Box Office Mojo, SSA, NASA, and Merriam-Webster.
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