Historical abortion statistics, Belarus

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Belarus

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 July 2023

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.

Belarus regional level data also available here.

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, occurences (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, occurences (AWR)
1924	159,010
1925	172,335
1926	200,344
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940	(243,000)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950	(197,200)
1951	(198,200)
1952	(191,100)
1953	(176,200)
1954	(193,100)		(8,000)
1955	(194,400)		(17,000)
1956	(199,500)		(107,000)
1957	(200,800)		(139,000)
1958	(207,700)		(155,000)
1959	(204,600)		(163,000)
1960	200,218	170,787	170,787	(170,787)		170,787		1,713	853.0	853.0	46.03	46.03
1961	194,239	178,290	178,290	(178,290)		178,290		1,709	917.9	917.9	47.86	47.86
1962	185,302	185,554	185,554	(185,554)		185,554		1,710	1,001.4	1,001.4	50.03	50.03
1963	173,889	191,137	191,137	(191,137)		191,137		1,609	1,099.2	1,099.2	52.36	52.36
1964	161,794	200,534	200,534	(200,534)		200,534		1,502	1,239.4	1,239.4	55.35	55.35
1965	153,865	205,999	205,999	(205,999)		205,999		1,494	1,338.8	1,338.8	57.24	57.24
1966	153,414	203,430	203,430	(203,430)		203,430		1,632	1,326.0	1,326.0	57.01	57.01
1967	147,501	203,722	203,722	(203,722)		203,722		1,428	1,381.2	1,381.2	58.00	58.00
1968	146,095	198,955	198,955	(198,955)		198,955		1,507	1,361.8	1,361.8	57.66	57.66
1969	142,652	191,637	191,637	(191,637)		191,637		1,344	1,343.4	1,343.4	57.33	57.33
1970	146,676	187,935	187,935	(187,935)		187,935		1,320	1,281.3	1,281.3	56.17	56.17
1971	149,135	190,169	190,169	(190,169)		190,169		1,365	1,275.1	1,275.1	56.05	56.05
1972	147,813	185,101	185,101	(185,101)		185,101		1,356	1,252.3	1,252.3	55.60	55.60
1973	144,729	193,503	193,503	(193,503)		193,503		1,314	1,337.0	1,337.0	57.21	57.21
1974	146,876	194,247	194,247	(194,247)		194,247		1,418	1,322.5	1,322.5	56.94	56.94
1975	146,517	194,710	194,710	(194,710)		194,710		1,484	1,328.9	1,328.9	57.06	57.06	92.4
1976	147,912	199,121	199,121	(199,121)		199,121		1,458	1,346.2	1,346.2	57.38	57.38
1977	148,963	202,146	202,146	(202,146)		202,146		1,337	1,357.0	1,357.0	57.57	57.57
1978	151,053	201,619	201,619	(201,619)		201,619		1,395	1,334.8	1,334.8	57.17	57.17
1979	151,800	203,446	203,446	(203,446)		203,446		1,258	1,340.2	1,340.2	57.27	57.27
1980	154,432	201,852	201,852	(201,852)		201,852		1,322	1,307.1	1,307.1	56.65	56.65	93.7
1981	157,899	202,340	202,340	(202,340)		202,340		1,192	1,281.5	1,281.5	56.17	56.17
1982	159,364	198,043	198,043	(198,043)		198,043		1,206	1,242.7	1,242.7	55.41	55.41	92.2
1983	173,510	207,461	207,461	(207,461)		207,461		1,204	1,195.7	1,195.7	54.46	54.46
1984	168,749	210,844	210,844	(210,844)		210,844		1,239	1,249.5	1,249.5	55.54	55.54	98.4
1985	165,034	200,888	200,888	(200,888)		200,888		1,267	1,217.3	1,217.3	54.90	54.90
1986	171,611	171,114	171,114	(171,114)		171,114		1,271	997.1	997.1	49.93	49.93	79.2
1987	162,937	163,761	163,761	(163,761)		163,761		1,247	1,005.1	1,005.1	50.13	50.13
1988	163,193	217,329	217,329	(217,329)		217,329		1,156	1,331.7	1,331.7	57.11	57.11	100.3
1989	153,449	256,041	256,041	(256,041)		256,041		1,011	1,668.6	1,668.6	62.53	62.53	101.9	133.84
1990	142,167	260,839	260,839	(260,839)		260,839		954	1,834.7	1,834.7	64.72	64.72	106.0	136.89
1991	132,045	241,138	241,138	(241,138)		241,138		876	1,826.2	1,826.2	64.62	64.62	95.5	126.90
1992	127,971	240,387	240,387	(240,387)		240,387		753	1,878.4	1,878.4	65.26	65.26	94.6	126.58
1993	117,384	217,957	217,957	(217,957)		217,957		1,151	1,856.8	1,856.8	65.00	65.00	84.8	114.64
1994	110,599	212,533	212,533	(212,533)		212,533		1,032	1,921.7	1,921.7	65.77	65.77	81.6	111.94
1995	101,144	193,280	193,280	(193,280)		193,280		878	1,910.9	1,910.9	65.65	65.65	75.4	102.20
1996	95,798	174,098	174,098	(174,098)		174,098		698	1,817.3	1,817.3	64.51	64.51	67.5	92.43
1997	89,547	152,660	152,660	(152,660)		152,660		668	1,704.8	1,704.8	63.03	63.03	56.9	81.45
1998	92,645	145,339	145,339	(145,339)		145,339		628	1,568.8	1,568.8	61.07	61.07	53.7	77.81
1999	92,975	135,829	135,829	(135,829)		135,829		573	1,460.9	1,460.9	59.36	59.36	49.7	72.85
2000	93,691	121,895	121,895	(121,895)		121,895		548	1,301.0	1,301.0	56.54	56.54	46.2	65.57
2001	91,720	101,402	101,402	(101,402)		101,402		570	1,105.6	1,105.6	52.51	52.51	38.4	54.71
2002	88,743	89,895	89,895	(89,895)		89,895	216	497	1,013.0	1,013.0	50.32	50.32	34.0	48.61
2003	88,512	80,174	80,174	(80,174)		80,174	218	495	905.8	905.8	47.53	47.53	35.0	43.44
2004	88,943	71,700	71,700	(71,700)		71,700	193	488	806.1	806.1	44.63	44.63	27.2	38.90
2005	90,307	64,655	64,655	(64,655)		64,655	148	465	715.9	715.9	41.72	41.72	24.7	35.15
2006	96,721	58,516	58,516	(58,516)		58,516		472	605.0	605.0	37.69	37.69	22.6	31.92
2007	103,626	46,285	46,285	(46,285)		46,285		407	446.7	446.7	30.87	30.87	18.1	25.36
2008	107,300	42,197	42,197	(42,197)		42,197		386	393.3	393.3	28.23	28.23	16.7	23.25
2009	109,263	35,967	35,967	(35,967)		35,967		358	329.2	329.2	24.77	24.77	14.4	19.95
2010	108,050	33,262	33,262	(33,262)		33,262		296	307.8	307.8	23.54	23.54	13.5	18.62
2011	109,147	32,031	32,031	(32,031)		32,031		275	293.5	293.5	22.69	22.69	15.0	18.16
2012	115,893	28,628	28,628	(28,628)		28,628		275	247.0	247.0	19.81	19.81	13.6	16.47
2013	117,997	31,206	31,206	(31,206)		31,206		284	264.5	264.5	20.92	20.92	13.3	18.25
2014	118,534	29,797	29,797	(29,797)		29,797		279	251.4	251.4	20.09	20.09	13.0	17.69
2015	119,028	29,217	29,217	(29,217)		29,217		291	245.5	245.5	19.71	19.71		17.61
2016	117,779	27,467	27,467	(27,467)		27,467		296	233.2	233.2	18.91	18.91		16.82
2017	102,556	25,249	25,249	(25,249)		25,249		225	246.2	246.2	19.76	19.76		15.73
2018	94,042	23,305	23,305	(23,305)		23,305		238	247.8	247.8	19.86	19.86		14.78
2019	87,851	21,289	21,289	(21,289)		21,289		259	242.3	242.3	19.51	19.51		13.76
2020	84,000	18,180	18,180	(18,180)		18,180			216.4	216.4	17.79	17.79		11.99
2021	79,400	16,861	16,861	(16,861)		16,861			212.4	212.4	17.52	17.52		11.34
2022			(15,000)											(10.3)
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, occurences (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, occurences (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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