An After Effects script that produces a long line of numbers as Text Layers. All layers are parented to a null object for easy handling.

longLineOfNumbers.jsx

{
  //Begin undo group
	app.beginUndoGroup("Long Line of Numbers");

	//Variables
	var minNumber = 0;
	var maxNumber = 0;

	function main() {
		//Get minNumber
		minNumber = parseInt(prompt("What number do you want to start with?", "1975"));
		maxNumber = parseInt(prompt("What number do you want to end with?", "1989"));

		yearsComp = makeComp(minNumber, maxNumber);

		for (i=minNumber; i<=maxNumber; i++) {
			currentIteration = i - minNumber;
			width = 256 + (currentIteration*1920);
			curText = yearsComp.layers.addText(String(i));
			var textProp = curText.property("Source Text");
			var textDocument = textProp.value;
			textDocument.fontSize = 520;
			textProp.setValue(textDocument);
			curText.property("position").setValue([width, 760]);
			
		}
	}

	function makeComp(min, max) {
		compWidth = (max-min+1)*1920;
		return app.project.items.addComp("Years", compWidth, 1080, 1.0, 240.0, 24.0);
	}

	main();
}