World Bank · Social Development

India: Birth certification

74.90percent · 2021

The percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered at the time of the survey and whose birth certificate was seen by the interviewer or whose mother or caretaker says that a birth certificate has been issued for the child. Annual figures for India from 2021 to 2021.

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202174.9

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Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Birth certification. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-birth-certification (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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