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Irish babies born on January 1, 2021 are expected to live to be 105 years old, according to Unicef estimates released this morning.
The 157 babies to be born in Ireland on January 1 will have an average life expectancy of 105.6 years according to data from last year’s United Nations World Population Outlook, which tracks the growth and aging of the world’s population. .
UN data shows that the only child to be born in Andorra today will have the longest average life expectancy, living to a whopping 119 years. The 234 babies born in Switzerland are expected to live an average of 116, while babies born in France could live to 114, Portuguese babies could live to 113, and Finnish babies born today could live to 112.
Babies born in the UK today are expected to live to be 100 years old, while babies born in the US will have an average life expectancy of 94 years.
The more than 1,700 babies born today in the Central African Republic and Chad are expected to live to 61 years of age, the world’s lowest life expectancy for children born today, according to UN data.
A total of 371,504 babies will be born on January 1, 2021 and Irish arrivals only account for a tiny 0.0004 percent of them. India will welcome nearly 60,000 new babies on the first day of the year with 35,615 births in China, 21,439 births in Nigeria, 14,161 births in Pakistan, 12,336 births in Indonesia, 12,006 births in Ethiopia and 10,312 births in the United States.
Egypt, Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of the Congo will also receive between 8,500 and 9,500 new babies each on the first day of the year.
The first baby to be born in 2021 will be received on the Pacific island of Fiji and the last birth on January 1, 2021 will take place in the United States.
‘A critical year’
UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power said 2021 would be “a critical year for children” and called on nations to renew their commitments to support “the lives of young people who will inherit the world we leave behind.” The year 2021 also marks the 75th anniversary of UNICEF and its work in supporting children around the world with events planned throughout the year to mark the UN body’s work to protect children from conflict, disease. and exclusion and defend their right to survival, health and education, said Mr. Power.
Data release to mark the 75th anniversary shows that John was the most popular baby name for boys born in countries with large Irish expat populations at the time of UNICEF’s founding, while Margaret and Mary were particularly popular in the United States. USA, Australia and Great Britain.
“This has been a difficult year for all of us, and there is perhaps no better way to turn the page than to welcome new lives of young people into the world,” said Mr. Power. “With the challenges of 2020 behind us and the opportunities of 2021 before us, now is the time to start building a better world. Children born today will inherit the world we begin to build for them today. “
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