Class of 1959 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1959, 101,999,844 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

125 died in the first year, 200 by age five.

In the class of 1986, 71 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 68th largest.

As of 2026, 573 of 1,000 are alive (57.3%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 856 are alive; in Nigeria, 309.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: China 199, India 180, US 43, Indonesia 37, Brazil 31, Russia 28.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2032.

Its last member will die between 2061 and 2071.