Approximately the UN children's agency said nearly 4,00,000 babies were born around the world on New Year's Day with india recording the highest number of these births worldwide at 67,385 and an estimated 3,92,078 babies were born around the world on New Year's Day, according to UNICEF. Of this, an estimated 67,385 babies were born in india, the most globally. china comes in second with 46,299 births. Furthermore UNICEF Executive director Henrietta Fore said the beginning of a new year and a new decade is an opportunity to reflect on our hopes and aspirations not only for our future, but the future of those who will come after us. 

 

Perhaps as the calendar flips each january, we are reminded of all the possibility and potential of each child embarking on her or his life's journey if they are just given that chance. Moreover fiji in the Pacific most likely delivered 2020's first baby, while the US, the last of the New Year's Day. Globally, over half of these births were estimated to have taken place in eight countries - india (67,385), china (46,299), nigeria (26,039), pakistan (16,787), indonesia (13,020), united states of America (10,452), democratic republic of congo (10,247) and ethiopia (8,493). Apparently each january, UNICEF celebrates babies born on New Year's Day, an auspicious day for child birth around the world. 

 

However, for millions of newborns around the world, the day of their birth is far less auspicious. india is projected to surpass china as the world's most populous country around 2027. According to UN estimates, india is expected to add nearly 273 million people between 2019 and 2050, while the population of nigeria is projected to grow by 200 million. Together, these two countries could account for 23 per cent of the global population increase to 2050.

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