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Class of 2001 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 2001, 135,379,993 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

52 died in the first year, 71 by age five.

In the class of 1974, 91 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 29th largest.

As of 2026, 906 of 1,000 are alive (90.6%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 992 are alive; in Nigeria, 740.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 217, China 123, Nigeria 42, Pakistan 42, Indonesia 35, Bangladesh 30.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2084.

Its last member will die between 2106 and 2116.

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

Source: UN WPP 2024 · Sources · Yıldaşlar