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Class of 1987 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1987, 141,346,561 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

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

In the class of 1960, 132 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 13th largest.

As of 2026, 852 of 1,000 are alive (85.2%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 981 are alive; in Nigeria, 625.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 197, China 195, Indonesia 34, Pakistan 33, Bangladesh 28, Nigeria 28.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2069.

Its last member will die between 2091 and 2101.

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

Source: UN WPP 2024 · Sources · Yıldaşlar