How old am I if I was born in 2009?
If you were born in 2009 you are 16 or 17 years old, depending on whether your birthday has already come round this year. Pick your exact date below for your age to the second — and for everything else 2009 says about you.
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Being born in 2009
Anyone born in 2009 turns 17 at some point during 2026. Until their birthday arrives they are still 16, which is why an age calculator that only knows the year can never give one answer. Enter the full date above and the number becomes exact, down to the second.
2009 makes you Gen Z, and in the Chinese calendar it was the Year of the Ox.
What 2009 looked like
The Hurt Locker won Best Picture and Avatar was the biggest film at the box office. In the news, 2009 was the year of Michael Jackson dies.
The world in 2009
There were about 6.88 billion people alive, against roughly 8.25 billion today. Atmospheric CO₂ stood near 387 ppm, compared with about 427 ppm now. And money went further: $100 in 2009 bought roughly what $152 buys today.
Sport around 2009
The nearest Summer Olympics were held in Beijing in 2008. The closest World Cup was won by Spain in 2010. Around then, the moment people still talk about was Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps rewrite Beijing.
What else you can work out from a 2009 birthday
Once you enter the exact day, the cards above fill in: the phase of the moon on the night you were born, your star sign and birthstone, how many people share your birthday, which famous people were born on it, your age in dog years using the real 2019 formula rather than the old “multiply by seven” myth, how far you have travelled around the sun, and which historical event your birth date sits closer to than it does to today.