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Ever wonder how many mothers are in the U.S. or in the world? Then read these fun facts that tells you fun facts about everything from celebrity moms to mothers in the animal kingdom.

1.7 billion - estimated number of mothers worldwide
83.1 million - estimated number of mothers in the United States
10.6 million - estimated number of single moms living with children under 18 years
4.4 million - number of births in the United States this year
5.8 million - estimated number of stay at home mothers
6.3 million - estimated number of custodial mothers with child support


Ages:
25.2 years old - average age of first time moms, median age has increased by five years since World War II and has increased by three years since 1970.

Odds:
1 in 31 - your chances of giving births to twins
1 in 618 - you chances of giving births to more than two babies in one pregnancy
55% - the likelihood that you are a mother if you are between 15 and 44 years old
94% - mothers who live with their biological children only
66% - approx. percentage of children who eat breakfast with their moms everyday

Trivia Facts:
Michael - the most common name for boys in the past 10 years
Emily - the most common name for girls in the past 10 years
750,000 - approximate number of child care centers in the United States
22,000 - approximate number of flower shops in the United States
13,000 - approximate number of cosmetic and beauty stores in the United States
30,000 - approximate number of jewelry stores in the United States

Celebrity Mom Trivia:
Angelina Jolie - Famous A-list celebrity mother with an adopted and natural-birth brood of children is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations. As a child, her parents divorced when she was two years old. As a child, she listened to punk rock music and took ballroom dancing classes at the same time.

Heidi Klum - Supermodel Heidi Klum has alwasy wanted children but she stated that four children is enough as she and her similarly famous husband Seal are extremely busy raising them. Heidi formally changed her name to Heidi Samuel to reflect her husband's name and it was approved by a Los Angeles court. Ellen Degeneres took no chances and had a paramedics stand by as pregnant Heidi, near her due date, taped a segment on the Ellen DeGeneres show.

Tina Fey - This cool mom of the award winning show 30 Rock has appeared on Sesame Street as a Pirate Captain. She has a daughter who she took to the Sesame Street set and have been on the 30 Rock set as well.

Selma Hayek - Has participated in UNICEF to help promote health and safety for mothers around the world. Has a daughter named Valentina whom she stated her aunt gave advice to hold her as much as she can because some day soon you can't carry them anymore.

Animal Kingdom Mothers:
Giant Pandas - Female Pandas can breed in a 2-3 day period once a year with a single ovulation. Giant Pandas' reproductive timeframe are from 4 to 20 years old. Although female Pandas give birth to two young, only survives the majority of the times and she takes care of her young for 1 to 3 years. Therefore, Pandas at best can give birth only once every two years. This low birth rate and long care period has contributed to its endangered status.

Giant Oysters - The most prolific mother in the animal kingdom, the female Giant Oyster gives birth to over 100 million young in its lifetime on average. Over 99% do not make it to adulthood due to predators and the environment. However, their high birthrate has ensured they are millions of Giant Oysters in the world.

Rabbits - Mother rabbits will spend their entire day away from their young only returning to feed them for several minutes before to departing again. She does this to avoid leading predators to her defenseless young plus she herself has minimal ability to protect her young.

Giraffes - Mommy giraffes are pregnant for over a 1 year (400 days) before giving birth. They give birth to their young while standing up. Thus, look out below because baby giraffes enter the world with a six foot drop. Because of this long drop, more baby giraffes are injured or killed as are eaten by predators in their first weeks of life. Mother giraffes do not sit down or lay down to give birth because the drop out effect helps to burst the embroynic sac and they would be extremely vulnerable to predators as it takes time and a lot of energy to get back up.

Great White Shark - The Great White will give birth to many offspring who must immediately swim away from its mother or be eaten by her as she will be very hungry at that point.

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