Your record has been waiting.

billion people have been born throughout history — that is the demographers' count, and everyone alive is inside it. The registry is built with room to spare: the free records will last more than five centuries — for everyone yet to be born. Your record is fixed by your day of birth and already sits in its place: a number is computed, not issued — it costs nothing and it is permanent.

The count is kept. The record will not be lost.