Class of 1955 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1955, 101,747,972 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

125 died in the first year, 194 by age five.

In the class of 1982, 77 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 70th largest.

As of 2026, 518 of 1,000 are alive (51.8%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 808 are alive; in Nigeria, 247.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: China 253, India 169, US 40, Indonesia 33, Russia 29, Brazil 28.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2028.

Its last member will die between 2057 and 2067.