At 59,995, India records highest number of births on New Year's day: UNICEF

More than 371500 babies were born worldwide on New Years Day and India is estimated to have recorded the highest number of births at around 60000 according to the UNs childrens agencyUNICEF said that an estimated 371504 babies were born around the world on New Years Day Fiji in the Pacific was projected to have welcomed 2021s first baby while the United States would welcome its lastGlobally over half of these births are estimated to have taken place in 10 countries India 59995 China 35615 Nigeria 21439 Pakistan 14161 Indonesia 12336 Ethiopia 12006 the United States 10312 Egypt 9455 Bangladesh 9236 and the Democratic Republic of the Congo 8640 it saidIn total an estimated 140 million children will be born in 2021 and their average life expectancy is expected to be 84 years the UN agency saidThe children born today enter a world far different than even a year ago and a New Year brings a new opportunity to reimagine it UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said calling on nations to make 2021 the year they start to build a fairer safer healthier world for childrenThe year 2021 will also mark the 75th anniversary of UNICEF Over the course of the year UNICEF and its partners will be commemorating the anniversary with events and announcements celebrating threequarters of a century of protecting children from conflict disease and exclusion and championing their right to survival health and educationToday as the world faces a global pandemic economic slowdown rising poverty and deepening inequality the need for UNICEFs work is as great as ever said ForeFor the last 75 years throughout conflicts displacements natural disasters and crises UNICEF has been there for the worlds children As a New Year dawns we renew our commitment to protect children to speak up for their rights and to make sure their voices are heard no matter where they live Fore saidIn response to the global pandemic UNICEF launched the Reimagine campaign a global effort to prevent the COVID19 pandemic from becoming a lasting crisis for childrenThrough the campaign UNICEF is issuing an urgent appeal to governments the public donors and the private sector to join UNICEF as it seeks to respond recover and reimagine a better postpandemic worldFor the estimates UNICEF used vital registration and nationally representative household survey data to estimate the monthly and daily fractions of births in countriesUNICEF used the annual live births numbers and period life expectancy from the latest revision of the UNs World Population Prospects 2019 to estimate the babies born on January 1 2021 and their cohort life expectancyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever