Historical abortion statistics, Comoros

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Comoros

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 15-44.
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)
1982			(10)										(0.2)
1983			(20)										(0.3)
1984			(30)										(0.5)
1985			(40)										(0.6)
1986			(50)										(0.7)
1987			(60)										(0.8)
1988			(70)										(0.9)
1989			(80)										(1.0)
1990			(90)										(1.1)
1991			(100)										(1.2)
1992			(110)										(1.3)
1993			(120)										(1.4)
1994			(130)										(1.4)
1995			(130)										(1.4)
1996			(200)										(2.1)
1997			(200)										(2.0)
1998			(200)										(1.9)
1999			(300)										(2.8)
2000			(300)										(2.7)
2001			(300)										(2.6)
2002			(400)										(3.4)
2003			(400)										(3.3)
2004			(400)										(3.2)
2005	(23,400)		(500)										(3.9)
2006	(24,000)		(500)										(3.8)
2007	(24,000)	509	509	(509)		509		21.2	21.2	2.08	2.08	(3.9)	3.77
2008	21,000	475	475	(475)		475		22.6	22.6	2.21	2.21	(3.5)	3.42
2009	(23,000)	382	382	(382)		382		16.6	16.6	1.63	1.63	(2.7)	2.69
2010	(25,200)	139	139	(139)		139		5.5	5.5	0.55	0.55	(0.9)	0.96
2011	(25,500)	40	(150)	(40)		40		1.6	1.6	0.16	0.16		(1.0)
2012	26,000		(150)
2013	(22,800)		(150)
2014	(22,300)		(150)
2015			(150)
2016			(150)
2017	(23,000)		(150)
2018			(150)
2019			(150)
2020			(150)
2021			(150)
2022			(150)
2023			(150)
2024			(150)
2025			(150)
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:

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