Lok Sabha Question No. 3687 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: Birth Certificates
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Sudama Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3687

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH AUGUST, 2025/SRAVANA 21, 1947 (SAKA)

BIRTH CERTIFICATES

3687.    SHRI SUDAMA PRASAD

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  categories  of  valid  documents  that  are  required  for people to prove theircitizenship in India;

(b)  the  total  number  of  birth  certificates  issued  nationwide  during  the last 25 years, State-wise;and

- (c)  whether  the  Government  received  reports  about  low  coverage  of issuing  of  birth  and  deathcertificates  vis-à-vis  number  of  births  and deaths  by  State  Government,  if  so,  the  list  of  top  10States  with necessary data provided?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a): 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.

(b) & (c): 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. India/   |
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## Registered births 1998-2022

| 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 | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | Telangana Included in Andhra Pradesh | 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) | N.A. (was included in Uttar Pradesh) | N.A. (was included in Uttar Pradesh) | N.A. (was included in Uttar Pradesh) | 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&NIslands            | 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 Haveli and Haveli | D&N 4845                             | 5336                                 | 6192                                 | 5316                                 | 6029                                 | 6775                                 | 5524                                 | 5999                                 | 6290                                 | 6405                                 | 6572 7325                            |                                      | 6316                                 | 6865                                 | 6678                            | 7015                            | 6788                            | 7858                            | 8979                            | 9532 9420                       | 9731                            |           | 10403             | 12491     |
|      | Daman& Diu Daman &Diu | 4206                                 | 3968                                 | 4123                                 | 4253                                 | 4347                                 | 4572                                 | 4223                                 | 3924                                 | 4031                                 | 4082                                 | 4174 4254                            | 4044                                 | 4127                                 |                                      | 4226                            | 4280                            | 4084                            | 4328                            | 3996 4083                       | 4046                            | 4206                            | 11916     |                   |           |
| 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      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020      | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020 | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020 | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020 | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020 | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020 | Included in Jammu& Kashmir 4020 | 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:

1. 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.
2.  For the period 1998 to 2000, total registered births/deaths of States/Union Territories  exclude data for Bihar from 1998 to 1999
3. In 2001, total registered births/deaths of States/Union Territories exclude data from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
4. 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.
5. 5.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)