India to witness highest number of births on New Year’s Day
Megha Jain
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As per UNICEF, India will welcome 69,944 babies on New Year's Day out of 3,95,072 births (18%) across the world. In terms of birth, India is at the top of the list, followed by China (44,940 babies) and Nigeria (25,685). Among Indian states, Uttar Pradesh will welcome around 16,000. However many babies would not make it past their first day as In 2017, about 1 million babies died the day they were born.
