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Class of 2005 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 2005, 137,166,462 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

46 died in the first year, 62 by age five.

In the class of 1978, 85 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 21st largest.

As of 2026, 922 of 1,000 are alive (92.2%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 995 are alive; in Nigeria, 778.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 205, China 121, Nigeria 46, Pakistan 42, Indonesia 35, US 30.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2089.

Its last member will die between 2111 and 2121.

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

Source: UN WPP 2024 · Sources · Yıldaşlar