Estimates of Birth rate, Death rate, Natural growth rate, Infant mortality rate and Total fertality rate by residence, 1971-1999

 

Year

Birth rate
Total Rural Urban

Death rate
Total Rural Urban

Natural growth rate
Total Rural Urban

Infant mortality rate
Total Rural Urban

Total fertility rate
Total Rural Urban

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

1971

36.9

38.9

30.1

14.9

16.4

9.7

22.0

22.5

20.4

129

138

82

5.2

5.4

4.1

1972

36.6

38.4

30.5

16.9

18.9

10.3

19.7

19.5

20.2

139

150

85

5.2

5.4

4.3

1973

34.6

35.9

28.9

15.5

17.0

9.6

19.1

18.9

19.3

134

143

89

4.9

5.2

3.7

1974

34.5

35.9

28.4

14.5

15.9

9.2

20.0

20.0

19.2

126

136

74

4.9

5.2

3.7

1975

35.2

36.7

28.5

15.9

17.3

10.2

19.3

19.4

18.3

140

151

84

4.9

5.2

3.7

1976

34.4

35.8

28.4

15.0

16.3

9.5

19.4

19.5

18.9

129

139

80

4.7

5.0

3.6

1977

33.0

34.3

27.8

14.7

16.0

9.4

18.3

18.3

18.4

130

140

81

4.5

4.8

3.4

1978

33.3

34.7

27.8

14.2

15.3

9.4

19.1

19.4

18.4

127

137

74

4.5

4.8

3.4

1979

33.1

34.3

28.3

12.8

13.9

8.4

20.3

20.4

19.9

120

130

72

4.4

4.7

3.4

1980

33.3

34.6

28.1

12.4

13.5

8.0

20.9

21.1

20.1

114

124

65

4.4

4.7

3.4

1981

33.9

35.6

27.0

12.5

13.7

7.8

21.4

21.9

19.2

110

119

62

4.5

4.8

3.3

1982

33.8

35.5

27.6

11.9

13.1

7.4

21.9

22.4

20.2

105

114

65

4.5

4.9

3.4

1983

33.7

35.3

28.3

11.9

13.1

7.9

21.8

22.2

20.4

105

114

66

4.5

4.9

3.4

1984

33.9

35.3

29.4

12.6

13.8

8.6

21.3

21.5

20.8

104

113

66

4.5

4.8

3.5

1985

32.9

34.3

28.1

11.8

13.0

7.8

21.1

21.3

20.3

97

107

59

4.3

4.6

3.3

1986

32.6

34.2

27.1

11.1

12.2

7.6

21.5

22.0

19.5

96

105

62

4.2

4.5

3.1

1987

32.2

33.7

27.4

10.9

12.0

7.4

21.3

21.7

20.0

95

104

61

4.1

4.4

3.2

1988

31.5

33.1

26.3

11.0

12.0

7.7

20.5

21.1

18.6

94

102

62

4.0

4.3

3.1

1989

30.6

32.2

25.2

10.3

11.1

7.2

20.3

21.1

18.0

91

98

58

3.9

4.2

2.8

1990

30.2

31.7

24.7

9.7

10.5

6.8

20.5

21.2

17.9

80

86

50

3.8

4.1

2.8

1991*

29.5

30.9

24.3

9.8

10.6

7.1

19.7

20.3

17.2

80

87

53

3.6

3.9

2.7

1992*

29.2

30.9

23.1

10.1

10.9

7.0

19.1

20.0

16.1

79

85

53

3.6

3.9

2.6

1993*

28.7

30.4

23.7

9.3

10.6

5.8

19.4

19.8

17.9

74

82

45

3.5

3.8

2.8

1994*

28.7

30.5

23.1

9.3

10.1

6.7

19.4

20.4

16.4

74

80

52

3.5

3.8

2.7

1995*

28.3

30.0

22.7

9.0

9.8

6.6

19.3

20.2

16.1

74

80

48

3.5

3.9

2.6

1996*

27.5

29.3

21.6

9.0

9.7

6.5

18.5

19.6

15.1

72

77

46

3.4

3.7

2.4

1997*

27.2

28.9

21.5

8.9

9.6

6.5

18.3

19.3

15.0

71

77

45

3.3

3.6

2.4

1998

26.5

28.0

21.1

9.0

9.7

6.6

17.5

18.3

14.5

72

77

45

3.2

3.5

2.4

1999

26.1

27.6

20.8

8.7

9.4

6.3

17.4

18.2

14.5

70

75

44

NA

NA

NA

*            Excludes Jammu & Kashmir due to non-receipt of returns.
Source : SRS, RGI
Note:    Estimates of vital rates at the national level upto 1995 do not include Mizoram as the SRS was not operational in Mizoram till 1995.