Class of 1988 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1988, 140,985,956 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

68 died in the first year, 96 by age five.

In the class of 1961, 121 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 14th largest.

As of 2026, 856 of 1,000 are alive (85.6%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 982 are alive; in Nigeria, 631.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 199, China 188, Indonesia 34, Pakistan 34, Nigeria 29, Bangladesh 28.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2070.

Its last member will die between 2092 and 2102.