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Class of 1957 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1957, 106,017,733 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

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

In the class of 1984, 75 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 65th largest.

As of 2026, 553 of 1,000 are alive (55.3%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 832 are alive; in Nigeria, 279.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: China 255, India 168, US 40, Indonesia 34, Brazil 28, Russia 27.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2030.

Its last member will die between 2059 and 2069.

Dots are not real people; each dot stands for one in a thousand of those born that year.

Mortality for the 1950–1989 cohorts is a model estimate.

Source: UN WPP 2024 · Sources · Yıldaşlar