In cities around the world, revelers welcomed – with great festivities – not only the New Year but also their newest and tiniest residents. The first babies born in 2019 likely were born in Fiji in the Pacific, which at 13 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is one of the earliest time zones to ring in 2019, and the last babies to born at midnight were born likely in either the United States or Canada, one of the last time zones to greet the new year.
Globally, over half of these births are estimated to take place in eight countries: India; China: Nigeria; Pakistan: Indonesia; The United States of America; The Democratic Republic of Congo and Bangladesh.
However too many babies will not survive their first year, or even their first month. 7,000 newborn babies die every day. More than 80 per cent of all newborn deaths are caused by preventable and treatable conditions, including complications due to prematurity or during delivery, and infections like sepsis, meningitis and pneumonia.
