Class of 2008 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 2008, 141,758,720 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

40 died in the first year, 54 by age five.

In the class of 1981, 79 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 12th largest.

As of 2026, 933 of 1,000 are alive (93.3%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 995 are alive; in Nigeria, 801.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 192, China 125, Nigeria 48, Pakistan 45, Indonesia 35, US 30.

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

Half the class will be gone by 2092.

Its last member will die between 2114 and 2124.