The UN estimates there are around 385,000 birthdays each day around the world.
The top ten of birthdays is in September - the 9th is the most common, then the 12th and finally the 19th for the top 3.
Do you want to find out where your birthday falls in the list? This is the calendar year with American births HERE.
The estimate is that 17.7 million people across the globe have a birthday each day. One article tells me that would mean that 70.8 million eggs and 35.4 million cups of sugar would be needed to make a cake for every person every day.
It seems to me that birthdays have evolved into a religious topic on the internet. The questions seem to be about which religions do not allow birthday celebrations.
So it is easy to know who does not celebrate birthdays. Jehovah's Witnesses - and that would be because of the pagan origins. Everything is thrown in for them - Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day and Halloween - probably everything.
Highlighted is the country of Bhutan. It does not celebrate birthdays. The country believes that ‘’leading a happy life is much more important than how many years you’ve been alive on this planet.” They all turn one year older on January 1st every year. That's their simple solution.
On the opposite side of celebrations, the Japanese have many traditions starting with the birth of a baby. Seven Days Old, One Month Old, One Hundred Days Old, One Year Old. And then there's the 7-5-3 - three lucky numbers in Japan. This is an occasion to go to the Shrine on November 15th. These are all described in this article HERE.
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