Class of 1981 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1981, 129,715,837 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

79 died in the first year, 113 by age five.

In the class of 1954, 128 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 45th largest.

As of 2026, 816 of 1,000 are alive (81.6%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 973 are alive; in Nigeria, 585.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 199, China 173, Indonesia 39, Bangladesh 31, Brazil 31, Pakistan 29.

Generation: the Millennials (1981–1996, Pew definition).

Half the class will be gone by 2061.

Its last member will die between 2085 and 2095.