Historical abortion statistics, Armenia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Armenia

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 June 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 ages 15-49.
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	miscarriages	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	miscarriages	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)
1926	46,697	223	223	223		223			4.8	4.8	0.48	0.48
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940	(55,000)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950	(43,500)
1951	(49,900)
1952	(54,100)
1953	(51,400)
1954	(58,300)
1955	(59,400)		(4,000)
1956	(62,300)		(9,000)
1957	(67,100)		(15,000)
1958	(71,500)		(24,000)
1959	(72,400)		(33,000)
1960	74,825		(45,000)
1961	72,377		(46,000)
1962	69,505		(46,000)
1963	67,382		(47,000)
1964	64,454		(48,000)
1965	62,969		(49,000)
1966	61,594		(49,000)
1967	57,031		(45,000)
1968	57,503		(46,000)
1969	56,203		(46,000)
1970	55,694		(46,000)					545
1971	58,188	48,138	48,138	(48,138)		48,138			827.3	827.3	45.27	45.27
1972	59,313	48,813	48,813	(48,813)		48,813			823.0	823.0	45.14	45.14
1973	59,593	46,654	46,654	(46,654)		46,654			782.9	782.9	43.91	43.91
1974	60,419	45,869	45,869	(45,869)		45,869			759.2	759.2	43.16	43.16
1975	62,866	45,483	45,483	(48,483)		45,483		585	723.5	723.5	41.98	41.98	69.1
1976	65,065	39,647	39,647	(39,647)		39,647			609.3	609.3	37.86	37.86
1977	65,830	39,136	39,136	(39,136)		39,136			594.5	594.5	37.28	37.28
1978	66,698	37,022	37,022	(37,022)		37,022			555.1	555.1	35.69	35.69
1979	69,786	35,745	35,745	(35,745)		35,745			512.2	512.2	33.87	33.87
1980	70,324	32,604	32,604	(32,604)		32,604		667	463.6	463.6	31.68	31.68	43.2
1981	73,682	32,105	32,105	(32,105)		32,105		700	435.7	435.7	30.35	30.35
1982	74,225	32,004	32,004	(32,004)		32,004		750	431.2	431.2	30.13	30.13	42.0
1983	76,436	33,158	33,158	(33,158)		33,158		747	433.8	433.8	30.26	30.26
1984	79,767	33,385	33,385	(33,385)		33,385		832	418.5	418.5	29.50	29.50	43.3
1985	80,306	33,896	33,896	(33,896)		33,896		961	422.1	422.1	29.68	29.68
1986	81,192	38,116	38,116	(38,116)		38,116		994	469.5	469.5	31.95	31.95	48.4
1987	78,492	32,587	32,587	(32,587)		32,587		870	415.2	415.2	29.34	29.34
1988	74,707	29,149	29,149	(29,149)		29,149		983	390.2	390.2	28.07	28.07	35.8
1989	75,250	26,141	26,141	(26,141)		26,141		905	347.4	347.4	25.78	25.78	29.4	35.27
1990	79,882	26,094	26,094	(26,094)		26,094		854	326.7	326.7	24.62	24.62	31.1	34.82
1991	77,825	27,264	27,264	(27,264)		27,264		746	350.3	350.3	25.94	25.94	32.2	36.01
1992	70,581	27,958	27,958	(27,958)		27,958		616	396.1	396.1	28.37	28.37	32.7	38.08
1993	59,041	27,907	27,907	(27,907)		27,907		378	472.7	472.7	32.10	32.10	32.3	40.35
1994	51,143	30,571	30,571	(30,571)		30,571		366	597.8	597.8	37.41	37.41	35.1	46.21
1995	48,959	30,726	30,726	(30,726)		30,726		331	627.6	627.6	38.56	38.56	35.0	47.73
1996	48,134	31,323	31,323	(31,323)		31,323		361	650.7	650.7	39.42	39.42	35.4	49.02
1997	43,929	25,266	25,266	(25,266)		25,266		316	575.2	575.2	36.51	36.51	24.3	39.80
1998	39,366	18,286	18,286	(18,286)		18,286		283	464.5	464.5	31.72	31.72	17.4	29.00
1999	36,502	14,403	14,403	(14,403)		14,403		292	394.6	394.6	28.29	28.29	13.5	22.91
2000	34,276	11,769	11,769	(11,769)		11,769	3,687	289	343.4	343.4	25.56	25.56	12.9	18.76
2001	32,065	10,419	10,419	(10,419)		10,419	2,817	269	324.9	324.9	24.52	24.52	11.6	16.63
2002	32,229	9,767	9,767	(9,767)		9,767	2,641	236	303.1	303.1	23.26	23.26	10.8	15.62
2003	35,793	10,730	10,730	(10,730)		10,730	2,951	289	299.8	299.8	23.06	23.06	11.8	17.21
2004	37,520	10,645	10,645	(10,645)		10,645	3,062	290	283.7	283.7	22.10	22.10	11.6	17.06
2005	37,499	10,925	10,925	(10,925)		10,925	3,188	666	291.3	291.3	22.56	22.56	11.9	17.49
2006	37,639	11,132	11,132	(11,132)		11,132	3,344	708	295.8	295.8	22.83	22.83	12.0	17.74
2007	40,105	11,501	11,501	(11,501)		11,501	3,567	622	286.8	286.8	22.29	22.29	12.4	18.25
2008	41,185	12,469	12,469	(12,469)		12,469	3,437	639	302.8	302.8	23.24	23.24	13.5	19.78
2009	44,413	13,797	13,797	(13,797)		13,797	3,648	802	310.7	310.7	23.70	23.70	15.0	21.96
2010	44,825	12,295	12,295	(12,295)		12,295	3,718	855	274.3	274.3	21.52	21.52	13.5	19.61
2011	43,340	12,130	12,130	(12,130)		12,130	3,796	850	279.9	279.9	21.87	21.87	13.5	19.44
2012	42,480	13,730	13,730	(13,730)		13,730	4,277	808	323.2	323.2	24.43	24.43	16.8	22.17
2013	41,790	12,871	12,871	(12,871)		12,871	4,160	711	308.0	308.0	23.55	23.55	15.9	21.00
2014	43,183	12,019	12,019	(12,019)		12,019	3,640	746	278.3	278.3	21.77	21.77	15.1	19.83
2015	41,763	11,259	11,259	(11,259)		11,259	2,752	796	269.6	269.6	21.23	21.23	14.4	18.82
2016	40,592	8,501	8,501	(8,501)		8,501	2,235	699	209.4	209.4	17.32	17.32	13.9	14.43
2017	37,700	8,130	8,130	(8,130)		8,130	2,098	634	215.6	215.6	17.74	17.74	13.4	14.02
2018	36,574	8,978	8,978	(8,978)		8,978	1,669	623	245.5	245.5	19.71	19.71	14.1	15.74
2019	36,041	8,869	8,869	(8,869)		8,869	2,479	606	246.1	246.1	19.75	19.75	11.3	15.83
2020	36,353	9,256	9,256	(9,256)		9,256	1,963	473	254.6	254.6	20.29	20.29	11.8	16.85
2021	36,623	9,000	9,000	(9,000)		9,000	2,214	501	245.7	245.7	19.73	19.73	11.0	16.72
2022	36,375	9,394	9,394	(9,394)		9,394	1,920	427	258.3	258.3	20.52	20.52	10.7	17.83
2023	36,590	8,927	8,927	(8,927)		8,927	1,739	423	244.0	244.0	19.61	19.61	10.4	17.33
2024	33,593	9,062	9,062	(9,062)		9,062	1,762		269.8	269.8	21.24	21.24	10.3	18.06
2025			(9,000)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages	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	miscarriages	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.

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