How old am I if I was born in 2020?
If you were born in 2020 you are 5 or 6 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 2020 says about you.
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Being born in 2020
Anyone born in 2020 turns 6 at some point during 2026. Until their birthday arrives they are still 5, 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.
2020 makes you Gen Alpha, and in the Chinese calendar it was the Year of the Rat.
What 2020 looked like
Nomadland won Best Picture and Bad Boys for Life was the biggest film at the box office. In the news, 2020 was the year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The world in 2020
There were about 7.84 billion people alive, against roughly 8.25 billion today. Atmospheric CO₂ stood near 414 ppm, compared with about 427 ppm now. And money went further: $100 in 2020 bought roughly what $126 buys today.
Sport around 2020
The nearest Summer Olympics were held in Tokyo in 2020. The closest World Cup was won by France in 2018. Around then, the moment people still talk about was France win a second World Cup.
What else you can work out from a 2020 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.