Ministry of Home Affairs
BIRTH CERTIFICATES
Posted On:
12 AUG 2025 5:25PM by PIB Delhi
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.
Registered births 1998-2022
|
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
|
Registered births 1998-2022
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
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
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
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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:
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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.
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For the period 1998 to 2000, total registered births/deaths of States/Union Territories exclude data for Bihar from 1998 to 1999
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In 2001, total registered births/deaths of States/Union Territories exclude data from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
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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.
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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.
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