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2,399 people in Croatia celebrate their birthday on 29 Feb

ZAGREB, 28 Feb (Hina) – A total of 2,399 people in Croatia were born on 29 February, so they have a birthday every leap year, such as this year 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (DZS) said on Wednesday, referring to the 2021 population census.

In the past 40 years, the largest number of children born on 29 February were born in 1988 – 202. Their number was lowest in 2020, when a total of 66 babies were born on that date, said the DZS, which checked data for ten leap years.