Class of 1956 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1956, 101,759,013 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

122 died in the first year, 193 by age five.

In the class of 1983, 76 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 69th largest.

As of 2026, 536 of 1,000 are alive (53.6%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 820 are alive; in Nigeria, 263.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: China 239, India 172, US 41, Indonesia 34, Brazil 29, Russia 28.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2029.

Its last member will die between 2058 and 2068.