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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.