India registered 2.52 crore births in 2023, around 2.32 lakh fewer than in 2022.
86.6 lakh deaths were registered in 2023, a marginal increase from 86.5 lakh deaths in 2022.
Jharkhand recorded the lowest sex ratio at birth at 899, followed by Bihar at 900, Telangana at 906, Maharashtra at 909, Gujarat at 910, Haryana at 911 and Mizoram at 911.
Since 2020, Bihar has been recording the lowest sex ratio.
The highest sex ratio was reported by Arunachal Pradesh at 1,085.
It is followed by Nagaland at 1,007, Goa at 973, Ladakh and Tripura at 972, and Kerala at 967.
The share of institutional births in total registered births is 74.7 % in 2023.
Overall registration of births for the year 2023 stood at 98.4%.