Class of 1978 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1978, 122,140,645 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

85 died in the first year, 122 by age five.

In the class of 1951, 136 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 54th largest.

As of 2026, 795 of 1,000 are alive (79.5%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 967 are alive; in Nigeria, 559.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 199, China 166, Indonesia 41, Bangladesh 32, Brazil 31, US 29.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2057.

Its last member will die between 2082 and 2092.