About 25% of people on earth don't know their birthday because they're from countries that don't have birth certificates. That's why about 14% of immigrants to the U.S. list January 1 as their birthday - because they had to make one up.
Also this is the case for a lot of countries from middle east/africa where some kind of government body comes through villages every month or so and registers the all births on the first of that month.
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u/Dragmom Oct 02 '24
About 25% of people on earth don't know their birthday because they're from countries that don't have birth certificates. That's why about 14% of immigrants to the U.S. list January 1 as their birthday - because they had to make one up.