See Information on regions with disputed or special status.

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

• Live births.
• Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
• Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
• Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
• Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
• Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
• Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
• Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
• Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
• Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
• Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women of childbearing age.
• Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Notes:

• Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
• Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

Sources:

• Gogoryan, Anaid, 8 March 2016, “Medical experts decry Abkhazia’s ‘rash’ abortion ban,” Institute for War and Peace Reporting, on line [https://iwpr.net/global-voices/medical-experts-decry-abkhazias-rash-abortion].
• Pravoslavie.ru, 2 April 2016, “The Abkhazian constitution now officially bans abortions,” Pravoslavie.ru, on line [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/92121.htm].
• Johnston, Wm. Robert, 27 Aug. 2016, “Data relating to abortions in Abkhazia,” Working Paper

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