Class of 1997 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1997, 133,985,669 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

59 died in the first year, 81 by age five.

In the class of 1970, 97 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 36th largest.

As of 2026, 888 of 1,000 are alive (88.8%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 990 are alive; in Nigeria, 700.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 214, China 132, Pakistan 41, Nigeria 38, Indonesia 36, Bangladesh 29.

Generation: Gen Z (1997–2012, Pew definition).

Half the class will be gone by 2080.

Its last member will die between 2102 and 2112.