indiaUpdated: Jan 02, 2020 11:58 ISTOn New Year’s day, January 1, an estimated 67,385 babies were born in India — 17% of the estimated 392,078 babies born in the world that day, according to Unicef. Each January, UNICEF celebrates babies born on New Year’s Day. “The estimates for the number of babies born on January 1, 2020, draw on the latest revision of the UN’s World Population Prospects (2019). In addition, more than 2.5 million babies are born dead each year. Child mortality is a huge public health concern in India with about 0.76 million babies dying in the neonatal period, and nearly 3.5 million babies being born premature, according to government data.

Source: Hindustan Times January 01, 2020 18:18 UTC