Class of 1953 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1953, 97,291,452 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

130 died in the first year, 203 by age five.

In the class of 1980, 80 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 74th largest.

As of 2026, 479 of 1,000 are alive (47.9%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 772 are alive; in Nigeria, 214.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: China 248, India 170, US 41, Indonesia 32, Russia 30, Brazil 28.

Generation: the Baby Boomers (1946–1964, Pew definition).

Half the class will be gone by 2025.

Its last member will die between 2055 and 2065.