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Class of 1970 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1970, 124,135,907 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

97 died in the first year, 143 by age five.

In the class of 1997, 59 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 48th largest.

As of 2026, 734 of 1,000 are alive (73.4%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 939 are alive; in Nigeria, 458.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: China 253, India 175, Indonesia 38, US 31, Brazil 27, Bangladesh 26.

Generation: Gen X (1965–1980, Pew definition).

Half the class will be gone by 2048.

Its last member will die between 2073 and 2083.

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

Source: UN WPP 2024 · Sources · Yıldaşlar