Meghalaya's crude birth rate of 22.1 per 1,000 population in 2024 is above the India figure of 18.3 (+21%).

The state is compared with the all-India figure for the same period, and only flagged when the gap is large relative to how far states usually sit from each other.

For crude birth rate, neither a rise nor a fall is better in itself, so the observatory marks this movement as unusual rather than good or bad.

Ranks 6 of 36 reporting states and union territories (highest first).

Full history of crude birth rate in Meghalaya