By Frank Kamuntu
Approximately 134.28 million births occurred across the globe in 2023, according to the UN’s medium variant of the population projections, as displayed by Our World in Data. Based on that projection, there was an average of about 368,000 births per day in 2023.
Among the above include 10 babies delivered by a South African, in a world record earlier held by an American woman. Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, gave birth to seven boys and three girls, reported Pretoria News, which broke the Guinness World Records for most children delivered at a single birth to survive.
According to the United Nations, the Earth reached a population of 8 billion people in November 2022. The UN predicts it will take until 2037 to reach 9 billion.
But this prediction is not based on a linear birth rate. The UN expects the global fertility rate to gradually decrease between now and 2037.
Fertility rates across Europe suggest that the continent is below the threshold required for full replacement of the population, which will cause the continent’s population to decrease by 2050, according to the UN.
Meanwhile, UN reports indicate Africa’s rapid population growth is predicted to account for more than half of global population growth between now and 2050.
How Many People Are Born In US Each Day?
In 2021, the CDC reported a total of 3,664,292 births or about 10,000 births per day — but it’s worth noting doctors shouldn’t expect to see perfectly even birth rates year-round.
Smithsonian Magazine reports more babies are conceived in the winter months and delivered in the summer than any other time of year, which is not surprising, as seasonality is a common feature of many organisms’ reproductive calendars.
Current research suggests humans’ seasonality is decreasing, at least in the northern hemisphere, but it remains a factor that affects the overall number of births from month to month.
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