About 385,000 babies are born each day according to the UN. That adds up to more than 140 million a year.
Around 385,000 babies are born daily.
10,687 people are born every day. 8 people are born every second.
The data released today are featured by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The new report, “Births: Provisional Data for 2021 ,” analyzes data from more than 99% of birth certificates issued during the year. The report shows a 1% increase in births from 2020, with 3,659,289 births recorded in 2021.
February 3rd is the only day where no one in history has ever been born. Despite much scientific study, there is no explanation for this phenomena. Historically it has been referred to as “the empty day” or “nobody's birthday”.
December 25 (Christmas Day) is the least common birthday, while January 1 (New Year's Day) is the second least common. December 24 (Christmas Eve) also makes the list as the 3rd least common birthday while July 4 (Independence Day) is the 4th least common birthday.
What is the rarest birthday? The least common birthday is leap day, or February 29. But because the day only occurs once every four years, it's obvious it would yield the least amount of birthdays. The rarest birthday of the 365 annual calendar days is Christmas day, Dec. 25.
Women can reproduce for about half of their lifetime and can only give birth about once every year or so. So it makes sense that women can only have a fraction as many children as men. One study estimated a woman can have around 15 pregnancies in a lifetime.
In the United States, most births occur between June and early November. Count back nine months, and you'll see that places most conceptions in the fall and winter.
While 80% of women have healthy pregnancies and deliveries, rates of complications are rising. Between 2014-2018, the rates of pregnancy complications rose more than 16%, while rates for childbirth complications rose more than 14%.
In the table below, countries are ranked from the highest to lowest average births per woman in 2020. The African country of Niger currently has the highest fertility rate, at 6.9, which means on average, a woman in Niger will have seven children in her lifetime.
The birth rate for World in 2022 was 17.668 births per 1000 people, a 1.15% decline from 2021. The birth rate for World in 2021 was 17.873 births per 1000 people, a 1.13% decline from 2020.
Population change rates in 2023
982 live births average per day (40.90 in an hour) 488 deaths average per day (20.32 in an hour)
Valentina Vassilyeva and her husband Feodor Vassilyev are alleged to hold the record for the most children a couple has produced. She gave birth to a total of 69 children – sixteen pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets – between 1725 and 1765, a total of 27 births.
In 2022 world population estimates reached 8 billion; that is 8 thousand million.
Genghis Khan is known as one of the greatest warriors in the history of the world, but that is not the only thing he is known for. He is also known for being the man who had the most kids in the world. It seems that he holds the record for the most children born to one man.
The longest interval between the birth of twins is 90 days, in the case of Molly and Benjamin West, dizygotic (fraternal) twins born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA to parents Lesa and David West (all USA) on 1 January and 30 March 1996.
In 2020-21, the fertility rate was 1.66 babies per woman, similar to the rate recorded in 2018-19. In 2019-20, the rate had fallen to 1.61 babies per woman. According to the report, the data suggests people “adapted to the uncertainty of the pandemic and quickly caught-up on delayed childbearing plans”.
Since 1976, Australia's total fertility rate has been below replacement level (about 2.1 births per woman). Replacement level is the level at which a population is replaced from one generation to the next without immigration.
Australia Has Babies Early
In Australia, the average age for having a first child is 30 years old. The range of age for first-time motherhood in Australia is 25-45 years old. Late motherhood is very common in Australia, with work and financial considerations being key factors here.
What is a Golden Birthday? Your golden birthday is when the date of your birth coincides with your age. For example, if you were born on October 8, your golden birthday took place when you turned 8. If you were born on December 21, your golden birthday took place when you turned 21.
On the other side of the scale, the CIA estimates Monaco has the lowest birth rate in the world at 6.63 average annual births per 1,000 people per year.