Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report
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The Registrar General's yearly estimates of births, deaths and infant deaths, based on a large continuous sample survey. It is India's main source for birth rate, death rate, infant mortality and fertility, and its special bulletins give the maternal mortality ratio.
| Published by | Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (Ministry of Home Affairs) |
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| What it measures | Crude birth rate, crude death rate, infant mortality rate, total fertility rate and maternal mortality ratio, for India and the States. |
| How often | Annual (maternal mortality: special bulletin for three-year periods) |
| Latest edition | Statistical Report 2024 (released 20 May 2026); MMR Special Bulletin 2022-24 |
India's figures
| Infant mortality rate, 2024 | 24 per 1,000 live births (rural 27, urban 17) |
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| Crude birth rate, 2024 | 18.3 per 1,000 population |
| Crude death rate, 2024 | 6.4 per 1,000 population |
| Total fertility rate, 2024 | 1.9 (below the replacement level of 2.1) |
| Maternal mortality ratio, 2022-24 | 87 per 1,00,000 live births (88 in 2021-23) |
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