Registrar General of India Releases CRS 2024 Report on Births, Deaths Registration

The Office of the Registrar General of India releases the Civil Registration System (CRS) report for 2024 on July 1, 2026. The report provides updated national and state-level data on birth registration, death registration, sex ratio at birth, and stillbirth registration in 2024.

Civil Registration System (CRS) Report 2024:

Dimension	Key Details
Coverage in 2024	Birth registration reaches 99.1%, and death registration reaches 99.4% in 2024.
Registered births (2024 vs 2023)	Registered births are 254.7 lakh in 2024 and 252.1 lakh in 2023.
Registered deaths (2024 vs 2023)	Registered deaths are 89.4 lakh in 2024 and 86.6 lakh in 2023.
State-wise performance threshold	13 States record above 90% birth registration, and 15 States achieve above 90% death registration.
Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) definition	Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) comprises the number of girls born per 1,000 boys.
SRB national average (2024)	The national average SRB stands at 917 females per 1,000 males in 2024.
SRB top performers (2024)	Top SRB performers are Arunachal Pradesh (1,050), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (984), Meghalaya (974), Mizoram (972), and Kerala (970).
SRB bottom performers (2024)	The lowest SRB is 865 in Nagaland and Lakshadweep, and Jharkhand records 890.
SRB values cited for Census 2011	Census 2011 data comprises SRB values: Haryana (834) and Punjab (846).
Stillbirths registered (2024)	A total of 81,117 stillbirths are registered in 2024.
Stillbirths urban share (2024)	Urban healthcare centers account for 69% of all recorded stillbirths in 2024.
Legal basis	The registration of births and deaths is mandatory under the Registration of Births and Deaths (RBD) Act, 1969.
Implementing authority	The CRS operates under the aegis of the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (ORGI).
Nodal ministry	The CRS is governed by the Ministry of Home Affairs.