According to the Vital Statistics of India report based on the Civil Registration System (CRS), released on 13 October, “India recorded fewer births but more deaths in 2023 compared to 2022.”

The report stated that 25.2 million (2.52 crore) children were born in 2023, which was 232,000 (2.32 lakh) fewer than in 2022, when the figure stood at 25.43 million (2.54 crore 32 thousand).

Meanwhile, 8.66 million (86.6 lakh) deaths were recorded in 2023, slightly higher than 8.65 million (86.5 lakh) in 2022. According to the Health Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard, as of 5 May 2025, a total of 533,665 deaths in India have been attributed to COVID-19.

The highest number of deaths occurred in 2021, during the second wave of COVID-19, when the death toll rose by 2.1 million (21 lakh) compared to 2020.

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