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  • Birth Rate
  • Census
  • Death Rate
  • Demography
  • Gross reproductive health
  • Growth rate
  • ICPD
  • Infant mortality
  • Maternal mortality
  • MDG
  • NFHS
  • NPP 2000
  • Primary Health Centre (PHC)
  • Replacement level fertility
  • Sub-centre
  • Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
  • UNFPA
  • Zero population growth

Birth Rate

The number of live births per 1,000 population in a given year.

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Newborn deaths account for nearly 40 percent of all deaths in children under five. Within the neonatal period, mortality is very high in the first 24 hours after birth. Source: Unfpa