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Class of 2006 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 2006, 138,469,296 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

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

In the class of 1979, 82 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 19th largest.

As of 2026, 926 of 1,000 are alive (92.6%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 995 are alive; in Nigeria, 786.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 200, China 122, Nigeria 47, Pakistan 43, Indonesia 35, US 30.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2090.

Its last member will die between 2112 and 2122.

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

Source: UN WPP 2024 · Sources · Yıldaşlar