BIRTH CERTIFICATES

BIRTH CERTIFICATES

The citizenship of India is governed under the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and rules made thereunder. It can be acquired by birth (Section 3), by decent (Section 4), by registration (Section 5), by naturalization (Section 6) or by incorporation of territory (Section 7) of the Citizenship Act, 1955. The eligibility criteria for acquisition and determination of citizenship is as per the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and rules made thereunder.

The Registration of births and deaths in the country is done under the provisions of a central Act namely Registration of Births and Deaths (RBD) Act, 1969. Based on the annual report on registered births and deaths received from the CRBD of the respective States /Union Territories, the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India brings out an annual national report titled ‘Vital Statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System (CRS)’. State-wise and nationwide total number of registered births during last 25 years is in Annexure I.

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Registered births 1998-2022

 

ANNEXURE-I

 

Sl.

 

No.

India/ State/ Union

 

Territory

Number of registered births

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

 

India

11893946

12287748

12946910

12993577

15645632

15290261

15777612

16394625

18121295

19469756

19993799

21292574

21430434

21836920

21951519

22482951

23001523

23136145

22200991

22104418

23269383

24820886

24222444

24201614

25439164

 

States

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Andhra Pradesh

670891

638974

933717

881256

986599

913607

952629

933498

1124280

1184555

1179114

1164942

1192721

1186895

1122879

722843

848883

851499

814754

818165

760716

754939

714017

737189

752403

2

Arunachal Pradesh

20698

19321

20398

24510

33011

27416

22920

19974

29437

26940

33091

30828

37110

32513

41619

42261

43246

62058

47963

95539

77249

46837

39493

43644

48711

3

Assam

205812

220362

275183

323261

369044

421511

474737

505966

528559

544321

554997

580027

732788

600656

612576

688458

723482

1005681

734454

708744

767856

762318

751694

663173

707036

4

Bihar

N.A.

N.A.

119100

102052

119728

156625

307181

460746

553998

713433

858936

1223561

1268550

1626655

2058637

1596494

1694565

1758356

1697762

2052273

2241089

2809167

3044931

3252977

3071603

5

Chhattisgarh

383334

398327

343929

306442

335080

322143

333004

384815

391804

381247

285886

301153

315082

334288

448675

536256

845337

655847

763878

694030

570056

557723

515618

476572

560641

6

Goa

22716

22501

23191

26087

26186

24757

24869

24631

22971

22396

22577

21495

21168

21995

22339

21667

21415

21727

21610

20472

20436

19736

18316

15396

17326

7

Gujarat

1131701

1071685

1115204

1098252

1088225

1097119

1236195

1154608

1254293

1261262

1315978

1345861

1327404

1280441

1276330

1266047

1205140

1254838

1252090

1166848

1168516

1173759

1103241

1021362

1126522

8

Haryana

401529

413182

426161

417006

426194

434852

470531

471968

508970

511973

536521

538910

544620

563557

564280

581213

584739

569340

570747

535198

541405

529992

591914

549829

544109

9

Himachal Pradesh

115068

120656

125150

133600

131157

133062

137473

134664

140329

133157

135575

137328

134719

129263

127611

121232

106818

115418

101595

101238

97031

94760

90772

92928

90988

10

Jharkhand

102477

124373

133646

134100

145420

179664

215442

255325

285562

349079

409037

406657

443182

479632

489953

620870

642286

691700

698026

699945

669766

715920

648453

554822

702144

11

Karnataka

1042256

997649

1009716

1017224

973653

1001749

988520

1007868

1046531

1046424

1082450

1076383

1071518

1108562

1124490

1068671

1087530

1053248

1107258

1099019

1028934

1047877

988143

899065

1037182

12

Kerala

591508

596948

593724

579063

572847

549719

558933

555122

556326

545154

535738

544348

546964

559828

544388

536352

534458

516013

496292

503597

488174

480113

446891

419767

439742

13

Madhya Pradesh

746645

824823

759117

715854

732356

789985

981723

1027916

1266936

1412344

1632402

1618379

1605729

1688046

1710508

1655691

1613269

1519694

1465779

1468191

1486794

1602043

1653629

1577555

1789365

14

Maharashtra

1652244

1739577

1828027

1825145

1864859

1863585

1688893

1694344

1717571

1771368

1963281

1976493

1937727

1925204

1956286

2005538

1962601

1941352

1801451

1809353

1733501

1747145

1712003

1718682

1919023

15

Manipur

18900

17081

20145

19665

21415

22667

23741

24231

24851

26431

26532

26722

28487

28762

30172

47615

58756

59703

N.A.

74179

68733

30120

23895

15809

52833

16

Meghalaya

32025

29583

46695

34354

32493

43521

39035

76396

68828

62183

65837

78129

87103

92994

102012

76616

75223

87242

N.A.

75118

86999

130255

112464

102848

127704

17

Mizoram

16001

16848

18856

19730

20311

20301

20222

20133

22141

22838

23294

25535

25752

25420

26042

24584

24516

24786

22497

20984

20984

23808

23320

24314

26049

18

Nagaland

29694

39351

38500

41359

42725

41917

45129

47279

47027

42247

49133

42679

45269

45669

45709

45769

58950

79539

72984

69121

47357

77706

46079

64988

80813

19

Odisha

655148

673051

723867

686503

715469

697766

696217

734474

754723

751163

747370

738772

767060

785524

790648

765388

800577

779963

772665

692658

676542

675276

671355

646075

676394

20

Punjab

481960

485764

478062

470547

460267

476527

480088

485625

494830

495063

506704

516246

507665

511058

478176

448409

463689

436170

463788

417460

403200

391125

381200

386004

400579

 

 

 

ANNEXURE-I

 

21

Rajasthan

471674

523805

610837

700121

987145

828107

996765

1149817

1445675

1480684

1532705

1659437

1745057

1728321

1757693

1770085

1751191

1769339

1806205

1689409

1743150

1795488

1869383

1900605

1902140

22

Sikkim

7507

8052

9196

9527

10148

11057

11354

10886

10825

9957

9650

9512

8424

8588

8591

8589

8057

7878

7132

7124

7035

6639

7189

6212

6177

23

Tamil Nadu

1089989

1125588

1114828

1101376

1107351

1088659

1091016

1071863

1054929

1073635

1053826

1058142

1065271

1157979

1205092

1185397

1206850

1167506

1062388

948573

915406

941059

934019

913084

936837

24

Telangana

Included in Andhra Pradesh

596424

569470

612489

624581

617620

652791

841268

669320

611651

703362

25

Tripura

46763

32441

49223

55270

38097

38520

57747

N.A.

52768

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

40511

44615

46449

46498

45741

51930

43334

79200

73575

72053

66589

67155

70591

26

Uttarakhand

N.A. (was included in Uttar Pradesh)

111271

117265

111755

126708

125645

132094

136196

146295

148078

143242

162869

210445

226175

164167

203822

238061

231669

248220

271320

27

Uttar Pradesh

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

2215745

1903188

1610172

1939790

2514834

3416225

3228841

4111043

3906734

3641066

3237346

3895924

3916825

3881295

3488980

3545785

4634084

5131999

4854098

5075466

5443003

28

West Bengal

1418524

1599464

1601210

1780334

1686598

1693078

1681102

1542634

1540222

1505964

1510306

1337034

1295324

1495880

1530332

1357428

1330000

1337146

1415228

1318441

1473914

1507813

1475410

1597267

1358851

 

Union Territories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

A & N Islands

6359

6937

6365

6346

6503

6242

6318

5594

6103

6018

6074

5887

5785

5613

5448

5371

5672

5193

4897

4705

4653

4497

4617

3856

3949

2

Chandigarh

18640

19281

19764

19546

19629

20353

22179

22776

23923

24341

24731

24248

24965

25723

26947

28592

29230

29885

31624

32255

32373

31342

23475

22405

27169

3

D & N

D & N

4845

5336

6192

5316

6029

6775

5524

5999

6290

6405

6572

7325

6316

6865

6678

7015

6788

7858

8979

9532

9420

9731

 

 

 

 

Haveli and

Haveli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11916

10403

12491

 

Daman &

Daman

4206

3968

4123

4253

4347

4572

4223

3924

4031

4082

4174

4254

4044

4127

4226

4280

4084

4328

3996

4083

4046

4206

 

 

 

 

Diu

& Diu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Delhi

284146

287524

317376

296287

300659

301165

305974

324336

322750

322044

333908

354482

359463

353759

360473

370000

373693

374012

379161

367046

362803

365868

301645

271786

300350

5

Jammu & Kashmir

184343

185234

132941

115255

120375

123883

128296

132635

136747

139795

144912

146410

145385

146370

N.A.

151585

154676

152550

151935

152660

153590

155486

161607

175063

192827

6

Ladakh

Included in Jammu & Kashmir

4020

4257

3067

7

Lakshadweep

1235

1187

1358

1183

1096

1065

936

1039

1020

923

818

668

675

734

734

693

658

819

844

823

820

947

1082

1019

876

8

Puducherry

 

35108

38875

41109

42753

44871

45104

47253

46484

49456

49397

47184

47590

45666

44023

40102

39854

40239

39298

39939

40863

42563

43810

28977

30166

34987

Note:

New Formed States : Data for Chhattisgarh was extracted from the reports of Madhya Pradesh for the years 1998-1999, Jharkhand data for the years 1998-2001 was provided by Jharkhand State.

For the period 1998 to 2000, total registered births/deaths of States/Union Territories exclude data for Bihar from 1998 to 1999

In 2001, total registered births/deaths of States/Union Territories exclude data from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Total registered births and deaths of States/Union Territories do not include data for Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2003, Tripura for 2005 and 2007-2009 and Jammu & Kashmir for the year 2012.

Total registered births and deaths of States/Union Territories for the year 2016 do not include data from Manipur and Meghalaya. Source: Vital Statistics in India Based on Civil Registration System 2022. (For data 2013-2022)

Vital Statistics in India Based on Civil Registration System 2012. (For Data 2003-2012)

Vital Statistics in India Based on Civil Registration System Special Report 2002-2005 (For data 1998-2002)

 

This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.