Over 15,000 children will be born on New Year's Day in Pakistan

395,072 babies will be born around the world on Jan 1

UNITED NATIONS: On New Year's Day 15,112 babies will be born in Pakistan, according to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).

According to the UN agency, 395,072 babies will be born around the world on the date.

 

In cities around the world, revelers will welcome not only the new year with great festivities but also their newest and tiniest residents.

Of the total number worldwide, 395,000, a quarter will be born in South Asia alone.

Fiji in the Pacific will most likely deliver 2019's first baby; the United States, its last, according to a UNICEF press release.



Globally, over half of these births are estimated to take place in eight countries: India 69,944; China 44,940; Nigeria 25,685; Pakistan 15,112; Indonesia 13,256; The United States of America 11,086; The Democratic Republic of Congo 10,053, and Bangladesh 8,428.

Around the world on January 1, families will welcome countless Alexanders and Ayeshas, Zixuans and Zainabs, UNICEF said, adding that in several countries, many babies will not even be named as they won't make it past their first day.

In 2017, according to UNICEF, about 1 million babies died the day they were born, and 2.5 million in just their first month of life. Among those children, most died from preventable causes such as premature birth, complications during delivery, and infections like sepsis and pneumonia, a violation of their basic right to survival.