About 2,000 people born on Leap Day

Society
en_amarsaikhan@montsame.mn
2016-02-29 16:36:59

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Febraury 29, happening only once in every four years, is the day that makes 2016 a Leap Year. Statistics show that there are approximately four million people in the world born on February 29. According to the State Registration and Statistics Office of Mongolia, over 2,000 people were born that day in Mongolia.

As of today, 1,973 of them are alive and well--963 women and 1,010 men. The oldest one is a woman born February 29 in 1928, she is turning 88 years. On the latest leap day of February 29 of  2012, a total of 199 babies were born.