Tuesday, 24 January 2017
quote [ Many of the 17.86 million babies born in China last year already had an older sibling, say officials. ]
What could go wrong...
This is more than the entire population of the following countries:
Kazakhstan -- 17,855,384 Malawi -- 17,749,826 Netherlands -- 16,979,729 Zambia -- 16,717,332 Guatemala -- 16,672,956 Ecuador -- 16,385,450 Zimbabwe -- 15,966,810 Cambodia -- 15,827,241 Senegal -- 15,589,485 Chad -- 14,496,739 Guinea -- 12,947,122 South Sudan -- 12,733,427 Rwanda -- 11,882,766 Burundi -- 11,552,561 Cuba -- 11,392,889 Tunisia -- 11,375,220 Belgium -- 11,371,928 Benin -- 11,166,658 Somalia -- 11,079,013 Greece -- 10,919,459 Bolivia -- 10,888,402 Haiti -- 10,848,175 Dominican Republic -- 10,648,613 Czech Republic -- 10,548,058 Portugal -- 10,304,434 Azerbaijan[d] -- 9,868,447 Sweden -- 9,851,852 Hungary -- 9,821,318 Belarus -- 9,481,521 United Arab Emirates -- 9,266,971 Serbia[e] -- 8,812,705 Tajikistan -- 8,669,464 Austria -- 8,569,633 Switzerland -- 8,379,477 Israel -- 8,192,463 Honduras -- 8,189,501 Papua New Guinea -- 7,776,115 Jordan -- 7,747,800 Togo -- 7,496,833 Hong Kong -- 7,346,248 Bulgaria -- 7,097,796 Laos -- 6,918,367 Paraguay -- 6,725,430 Sierra Leone -- 6,592,102 Libya -- 6,330,159 Nicaragua -- 6,150,035 El Salvador -- 6,146,419 Kyrgyzstan -- 6,033,769 Lebanon -- 5,988,153 Singapore -- 5,696,506 Denmark -- 5,690,750 Finland -- 5,523,904 Turkmenistan -- 5,438,670 Slovakia -- 5,429,418 Eritrea -- 5,351,680 Norway -- 5,271,958 Central African Republic -- 4,998,493 Costa Rica -- 4,857,218 Palestine[f] -- 4,797,239 Congo -- 4,740,992 Ireland -- 4,713,993 Oman -- 4,654,471 Liberia -- 4,615,222 New Zealand -- 4,565,185 Croatia -- 4,225,001 Mauritania -- 4,166,463 Moldova[g] -- 4,062,862 Kuwait -- 4,007,146 Panama -- 3,990,406 Georgia[h] -- 3,979,781 Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 3,802,134 Puerto Rico -- 3,680,772 Uruguay -- 3,444,071 Armenia -- 3,026,048 Mongolia -- 3,006,444 Albania -- 2,903,700 Lithuania -- 2,850,030 Jamaica -- 2,803,362 Namibia -- 2,513,981 Botswana -- 2,303,820 Qatar -- 2,291,368 Lesotho -- 2,160,309 Republic of Macedonia -- 2,081,012 Slovenia -- 2,069,362 Gambia -- 2,054,986 Latvia -- 1,955,742 Guinea-Bissau -- 1,888,429 Gabon -- 1,763,142 Bahrain -- 1,396,829 Trinidad and Tobago -- 1,364,973 Estonia -- 1,309,104 Swaziland -- 1,304,063 Mauritius -- 1,277,459 Timor-Leste -- 1,211,245 Cyprus[i] -- 1,176,598 Djibouti -- 899,598 Fiji -- 897,537 Equatorial Guinea -- 869,587 Réunion -- 867,214 Comoros -- 807,118 Bhutan -- 784,103 Guyana -- 770,610 Montenegro -- 626,101 Macau -- 597,126 Solomon Islands -- 594,934 Western Sahara -- 584,206 Luxembourg -- 576,243 Suriname -- 547,610 Cabo Verde -- 526,993 Guadeloupe[j] -- 470,547 Brunei -- 428,874 Malta -- 419,615 Martinique -- 396,364 Bahamas -- 392,718 Maldives -- 369,812 Belize -- 366,942 Iceland -- 331,778 French Polynesia -- 285,735 Barbados -- 285,006 French Guiana -- 275,688 Vanuatu -- 270,470 New Caledonia -- 266,431 Mayotte -- 246,496 Samoa -- 194,523 Sao Tome and Principe -- 194,390 Saint Lucia -- 186,383 Guam -- 172,094 Guernsey and Jersey -- 164,466 Curaçao -- 158,635 Kiribati -- 114,405 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- 109,644 Grenada -- 107,327 Tonga -- 106,915 United States Virgin Islands -- 106,415 Federated States of Micronesia -- 104,966 Aruba -- 104,263 Seychelles -- 97,026 Antigua and Barbuda -- 92,738 Isle of Man -- 88,421 Dominica -- 73,016 Andorra -- 69,165 Bermuda -- 61,662 Cayman Islands -- 60,764 Greenland -- 56,196 Saint Kitts and Nevis -- 56,183 American Samoa -- 55,602 Northern Mariana Islands -- 55,389 Marshall Islands -- 53,069 Faroe Islands -- 48,239 Sint Maarten -- 39,538 Monaco -- 37,863 Liechtenstein -- 37,776 Turks and Caicos Islands -- 34,904 Gibraltar -- 32,373 San Marino -- 31,950 British Virgin Islands -- 30,659 Caribbean Netherlands[k] -- 25,328 Palau -- 21,501 Cook Islands -- 20,948 Anguilla -- 14,763 Wallis and Futuna -- 13,112 Nauru -- 10,263 Tuvalu -- 9,943 Saint Pierre and Miquelon -- 6,301 Montserrat -- 5,154 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha -- 3,956 Falkland Islands -- 2,912 Niue -- 1,612 Tokelau -- 1,276 Vatican City[l] -- 801
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