Historical abortion statistics, Croatia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Croatia

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.

Croatia 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 and abortions	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 and abortions	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)
1947	83,700
1948	89,700
1949	97,100
1950	95,560
1951	87,564
1952	91,612
1953	90,200
1954	89,309
1955	88,657	463	463	(463)		463				5.2	5.2	0.52	0.52
1956	86,171
1957	81,414
1958	77,771
1959	78,233
1960	76,156	10,720	10,720	(10,720)		10,720			957	140.8	140.8	12.34	12.34
1961	74,190	15,003	15,003	(15,003)		15,003			940	202.2	202.2	16.82	16.82
1962	72,267	21,309	21,309	(21,309)		21,309			862	294.9	294.9	22.77	22.77
1963	69,878	26,288	26,288	(26,288)		26,288			812	376.2	376.2	27.34	27.34
1964	68,873	30,751	30,751	(30,751)		30,751			789	446.5	446.5	30.87	30.87
1965	71,186	34,728	34,728	(34,728)		34,728			856	487.8	487.8	32.79	32.79
1966	71,325	35,240	35,240	(35,240)		35,240			797	494.1	494.1	33.07	33.07
1967	67,103	34,400	37,221	(34,400)		34,400			688	512.6	512.6	33.89	33.89
1968	65,431	38,107	38,107	(38,107)		38,107			656	582.4	582.4	36.80	36.80
1969	63,635	37,221	37,221	(37,221)		37,221			629	584.9	584.9	36.91	36.91
1970	61,103	38,529	38,529	(38,529)		38,529			610	630.6	630.6	38.67	38.67
1971	64,890	36,575	36,575	(36,575)		36,575	41,104		501	563.6	563.6	36.05	36.05
1972	66,035	37,139	37,139	(37,139)		37,139			487	562.4	562.4	36.00	36.00
1973	67,389	37,493	37,493	(37,493)		37,493			494	556.4	556.4	35.75	35.75
1974	67,251	39,441	39,441	(39,441)		39,441			446	586.5	586.5	36.97	36.97
1975	67,016	40,870	40,870	(40,870)		40,870			472	609.9	609.9	37.88	37.88	41.6
1976	67,054	41,216	41,216	(41,216)		41,216			470	614.7	614.7	38.07	38.07
1977	68,035	43,789	43,789	(43,789)		43,789			453	643.6	643.6	39.16	39.16
1978	68,704	42,332	42,332	(42,332)		42,332			417	616.2	616.2	38.12	38.12
1979	69,229	44,567	44,567	(44,567)		44,567			433	643.8	643.8	39.16	39.16
1980	68,220	47,827	47,827	(47,827)		47,827			383	701.1	701.1	41.21	41.21	50.3
1981	67,455	51,975	51,975	(51,975)		51,975	55,887		371	770.5	770.5	43.52	43.52
1982	66,737	51,534	51,534	(51,534)		51,534			387	772.2	772.2	43.57	43.57
1983	65,598	47,996	47,996	(47,996)		47,996			326	731.7	731.7	42.25	42.25
1984	64,909	48,775	48,775	(48,775)		48,775			296	751.4	751.4	42.90	42.90
1985	62,665	51,549	51,549	(51,549)		51,549			297	822.6	822.6	45.13	45.13
1986	60,226	50,058	50,058	(50,058)		50,058			307	831.2	831.2	45.39	45.39	52.6
1987	59,209	48,608	48,608	(48,608)		48,608			293	821.0	821.0	45.08	45.08
1988	58,525	42,864	42,864	(42,864)		42,864			251	732.4	732.4	42.28	42.28	44.8
1989	55,651	51,298	43,233	(51,298)		51,298			263	921.8	921.8	47.96	47.96	44.2
1990	55,409	38,644	38,644	(38,644)		38,644			246	697.4	697.4	41.09	41.09	40.1	47.46
1991	51,829	33,351	33,351	(33,351)		33,351			269	643.5	643.5	39.15	39.15	35.1	40.67
1992	46,970	26,223	26,223	(26,223)		26,223			261	558.3	558.3	35.83	35.83	30.2	32.52
1993	48,535	25,179	25,179	(25,179)		25,179	31,239	3,339	199	518.8	518.8	34.16	34.16	26.9	31.46
1994	48,584	19,673	19,673	(19,673)		19,673	26,014	3,396	221	404.9	404.9	28.82	28.82	22.4	24.49
1995	50,182	14,282	14,282	(14,282)		14,282	19,950	3,021	215	284.6	284.6	22.16	22.16	17.1	17.97
1996	53,811	12,339	12,339	(12,339)		12,339	19,634	3,520	235	229.3	229.3	18.65	18.65	18.1	15.80
1997	51,820	10,036	10,036	(10,010)		10,010	16,400	3,377	253	193.2	193.7	16.19	16.22	14.8	13.04
1998	47,068	8,907	8,907	(8,880)		8,880	15,292	3,180	225	188.7	189.2	15.87	15.91	14.1	11.74
1999	45,179	8,604	8,604	(8,582)		8,582	14,700	2,894	205	190.0	190.4	15.96	16.00	13.3	11.44
2000	43,746	7,534	7,534	(7,518)		7,518	13,870	2,666	229	171.9	172.2	14.67	14.69	13.1	10.05
2001	40,993	6,574	6,574	(6,564)		6,564	12,814	2,521	216	160.1	160.4	13.80	13.82	12.1	8.74
2002	40,094	6,191	6,191	(6,182)		6,182	12,002	2,313	189	154.2	154.4	13.36	13.38	11.1	8.20
2003	39,668	5,923	5,923	(5,917)		5,917	10,999	1,971	180	149.2	149.3	12.98	12.99	10.2	7.88
2004	40,307	5,232	5,232	(5,226)		5,226	10,288	1,802	179	129.7	129.8	11.48	11.49	9.6	6.98
2005	42,492	4,563	4,563	(4,554)		4,554	10,255	1,906	186	107.2	107.4	9.68	9.70	9.6	6.11
2006	41,446	4,733	4,733	(4,723)		4,723	10,224	1,803	182	114.0	114.2	10.23	10.25	9.6	6.38
2007	41,910	4,573	4,573	(4,567)		4,567	10,609	1,804	160	109.0	109.1	9.83	9.84	10.1	6.21
2008	43,753	4,497	4,497	(4,492)		4,492	10,616	1,691	176	102.7	102.8	9.31	9.32	4.3	6.15
2009	44,577	4,450	4,450	(4,438)		4,438	10,417	1,442	177	99.6	99.8	9.05	9.08	4.3	6.12
2010	43,361	4,043	4,043	(4,030)		4,030	10,150	1,413	185	92.9	93.2	8.50	8.53	3.7	5.59
2011	41,197	4,347	4,347	(4,329)		4,329	10,401	1,501	145	105.1	105.5	9.51	9.54	4.9	6.04
2012	41,771	3,572	3,572	(3,558)		3,558	10,088	1,696	130	85.2	85.5	7.85	7.88	4.1	4.99
2013	39,939	3,161	3,161	(3,146)		3,146	8,922	1,772	144	78.8	79.1	7.30	7.33	3.7	4.44
2014	39,566	3,020	3,020	(3,002)		3,002	9,103	1,681	150	75.9	76.3	7.05	7.09		4.29
2015	37,503	3,002	3,002	(2,993)		2,993	8,362	1,319	163	79.8	80.0	7.39	7.41		4.34
2016	37,537	2,520	2,520	(2,505)		2,505	6,904	944	169	66.7	67.1	6.26	6.29		3.71
2017	36,556	2,416	2,416	(2,408)		2,408	6,141	1,322	149	65.9	66.1	6.18	6.20		3.65
2018	36,945	2,558	2,558	(2,552)	54	2,606	7,064	1,288	164	70.5	69.2	6.59	6.48		3.96
2019	36,135	2,703	2,703	(2,693)	28	2,721	7,687	1,412	161	75.3	74.8	7.00	6.96		4.27
2020	35,845	2,594	2,594	2,589		2,589	7,485	1,464	142	72.2	72.4	6.74	6.75		4.18
2021	36,508	2,671	2,671	2,657		2,657	7,712		133	72.8	73.2	6.78	6.82		4.39
2022	33,883	3,038	3,038	3,010		3,010			144	88.8	89.7	8.16	8.23		5.07
2023	32,170	3,015	3,015	2,993		2,993			155	93.0	93.7	8.51	8.57		5.10
2024	32,069		(3,100)						135						(5.1)
2025	32,385		(3,200)						135
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	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 and abortions	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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