Table 2

Design characteristics of CRVS systems in WHO SEAR Countries in 2019

Country	Population (million)	CRVS laws/ most recent update	Major subnational entities	Registration network	Death reporting practices			International data reporting compliance
Country	Population (million)	CRVS laws/ most recent update	Major subnational entities	Registration network	Time limit	Stillbirths	MCCD*	International data reporting compliance
Bangladesh	168.1	2004/2006	Division8	Rural: 4571 Urban: 458	30 days	Yes	Yes	No
Bhutan	0.83	1977/1993	District20	Rural: 205 Urban: 30	One year	No	No	No
DPR Korea	26	NA	Province/city/SAR (9/2/3)	NA	NA	NA	NA	No
India	1368	1969/2018	State/territory (28/8)	Rural: 272 724 Urban: 7451	21 days	Yes	Yes	No
Indonesia	270	2006/2019	Province34	Rural: 416 (districts) Urban: 98 (cities)	30 days	Yes	Yes	No
Maldives	0.45	1993	Atoll/city (17/4)	Health facilities Atoll/city councils	1 day	Yes	Yes	Yes
Myanmar	54	1907/2012	State/region (7/7)	Rural: 287 townships Urban: 321 towns	3 days	Yes	Yes	No
Nepal	30	1977	Province7	Rural: 3157 villages Urban: 3082 wards	35 days	Yes	No	No
Sri Lanka	21	1951/2008	Province9	Rural: 863 registrars Urban: 332 districts	30 days	Yes	Yes	No
Thailand	69	1908/2019	Province/SAR (76/1)	2634 local civil registration points	24 hours	No	Yes	Yes
Timor Leste	1.4	NA	Municipality13	13 municipalities	28 days	No	No	No