Class of 1998 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1998, 133,857,525 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

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

In the class of 1971, 97 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 37th largest.

As of 2026, 893 of 1,000 are alive (89.3%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 990 are alive; in Nigeria, 709.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 215, China 128, Pakistan 41, Nigeria 39, Indonesia 36, Bangladesh 29.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2081.

Its last member will die between 2103 and 2113.