Sample Registration System (SRS) Report 2024 released on May 21, 2026

Key facts

• The Office of the Registrar General of India (ORGI), functioning under the Ministry of Home Affairs, released the Sample Registration System (SRS) report for 2024.
• India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) remained at 1.9 in 2024, marking the fifth consecutive year it has stayed below the replacement level of 2.1.
• The sex ratio at birth, which is the number of girl children born per thousand male children, increased to 918 for the 2022-2024 period from 917 in 2021-2023.
• India’s crude birth rate, representing the number of births per thousand population, declined to 18.3 in 2024 from 18.4 in 2023.
• The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), defined as deaths of children under one year of age per thousand live births, decreased to 24 in 2024 from 25 in 2023.