Class of 1980 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1980, 127,446,984 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

80 died in the first year, 116 by age five.

In the class of 1953, 130 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 46th largest.

As of 2026, 809 of 1,000 are alive (80.9%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 971 are alive; in Nigeria, 577.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 200, China 170, Indonesia 39, Bangladesh 31, Brazil 31, US 29.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2060.

Its last member will die between 2084 and 2094.