Class of 1961 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1961, 100,950,944 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

121 died in the first year, 180 by age five.

In the class of 1988, 68 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 71st largest.

As of 2026, 611 of 1,000 are alive (61.1%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 878 are alive; in Nigeria, 339.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 189, China 167, US 43, Indonesia 40, Brazil 32, Russia 27.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2036.

Its last member will die between 2064 and 2074.