Historical abortion statistics, Aland Islands

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Aland Islands

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 May 2026

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.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
1985
1986
1987		48	48	48		48						8.2
1988		52	52	52		52						8.7
1989		49	49	49		49						8.1
1990	362	63	63	63		63		174	174	14.8	14.8	10.3
1991	324	85	85	85		85		262	262	20.8	20.8	13.7
1992	325	67	67	67		67		206	206	17.1	17.1	10.7
1993	329	57	57	57		57		173	173	14.8	14.8	9.1
1994	303	55	55	55		55		182	182	15.4	15.4	8.8
1995	338	44	44	44		44		130	130	11.5	11.5	7.1
1996	290	62	62	62		62		214	214	17.6	17.6	10.2
1997	286	57	57	57		57		199	199	16.6	16.6	9.4
1998	311	64	64	64		64		206	206	17.1	17.1	10.6
1999	287	76	76	76		76		265	265	20.9	20.9	12.7
2000	258	59	59	59		59		229	229	18.6	18.6	10.0
2001	283	59	59	59		59		208	208	17.3	17.3	10.0
2002	269	61	61	61		61		227	227	18.5	18.5	10.4
2003	262	70	70	70		70		267	267	21.1	21.1	11.9
2004	281	59	59	59		59		210	210	17.4	17.4	10.1
2005	268	68	68	68		68		254	254	20.2	20.2	11.7
2006	295	53	53	53		53		180	180	15.2	15.2	9.1	13.6
2007	286	73	73	73		73		255	255	20.3	20.3	12.5	18.9
2008	294	67	67	67		67		228	228	18.6	18.6	11.6	17.3
2009	267	68	68	68		68		255	255	20.3	20.3	11.5	17.4
2010	286	70	70	70		70		245	245	19.7	19.7	12.0	17.7
2011	285	73	73	73		73		256	256	20.4	20.4	12.2	18.4
2012	292	60	60	60		60		205	205	17.0	17.0	10.0	15.1
2013	287	70	70	70		70		244	244	19.6	19.6	11.6	17.6
2014	282	66	66	66		66	0	234	234	19.0	19.0	11.0	16.6
2015	275	69	69	69		69	0	251	251	20.1	20.1	11.6	17.5
2016	293	76	76	76		76	1	259	259	20.6	20.6	12.8	19.3
2017	279	74	74	74		74	0	265	265	21.0	21.0	12.6	18.8
2018	280	75	75	75		75	0	268	268	21.1	21.1	12.8	19.0
2019	267	78	78	78		78	0	292	292	22.6	22.6	13.3	19.6
2020	261	62	62	62		62	2	238	238	19.2	19.2	10.6	15.6
2021	293	79	79	79		79		270	270	21.2	21.2	13.6	20.0
2022	257	60	60	60		60	2	233	233	18.9	18.9	10.3	15.4
2023	259	58	58	58		58		224	224	18.3	18.3	9.9	14.8
2024	218	70	70	70		70		321	321	24.3	24.3	11.9	17.9
2025		71	71	71		71						12.0
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)

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:

THL, 2022, "Induced abortions by hospital district," THL, on line [https://sampo.thl.fi/pivot/prod/en/ab/shp/fact_ab_shp?&row=area-10453&column=time-430].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 23 July 2008, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 1997-2006," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2006, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2006/Table13.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2011, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 2001-2010," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2009-2010, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2009-2010/Table13.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2015, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 2005-2014," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2014, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2014/Table11.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2019, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 2009-2018," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2018, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2014/Table11.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2023, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 2013-2022," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2022, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2014/Table11.pdf].

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