Historical abortion statistics, Cuba

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Cuba

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 12 April 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	abortions, illegal	miscarriages and abortions	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	abortions, illegal	miscarriages and abortions	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)
1948	157,364
1949	160,628
1950	163,122
1951	142,693
1952	143,750
1953
1954
1955
1956	170,607
1957	170,946
1958	176,510
1959	191,207
1960	211,620
1961	231,811
1962	249,113
1963	260,224
1964	266,554
1965	267,611		(29,000)
1966	264,022		(58,000)
1967	257,942		(86,000)
1968	251,857	71,909	115,333	(71,909)		71,909	43,424	43,424		285.5	285.5	22.21	22.21	16.7
1969	246,005	93,500	140,920	(93,500)		93,500	47,420	47,420		380.1	380.1	27.54	27.54	26.6
1970	237,019	113,006	155,491	(113,006)		113,006	42,485	42,485		476.8	476.8	32.29	32.29	40.2
1971	256,014	121,047	157,271	(121,047)		121,047	36,224	36,224		472.8	472.8	32.10	32.10	47.4
1972	247,997	134,101	168,157	(134,101)		134,101	34,056	34,056		540.7	540.7	35.10	35.10	54.9
1973	226,005	144,176	176,245	(144,176)		144,176	32,069	32,069		637.9	637.9	38.95	38.95	60.3
1974	203,066	165,254	198,972	(165,254)		165,254	33,718	33,718		813.8	813.8	44.87	44.87	69.5
1975	192,941	159,617	193,127	(159,617)		159,617	33,510	33,510		827.3	827.3	45.27	45.27	65.7
1976	187,555	152,454	183,493	(152,454)		152,454	31,039	31,039		812.8	812.8	44.84	44.84	61.5
1977	168,960	145,476	176,123	(145,476)		145,476	30,647	30,647		861.0	861.0	46.27	46.27	56.6
1978	148,220	137,851	165,271	(137,851)		137,851	27,420	27,420		930.0	930.0	48.19	48.19	52.9
1979	143,551	132,095	157,641	(132,095)		132,095	25,546	25,546		920.2	920.2	47.92	47.92	49.7
1980	136,900	128,870	128,870	(128,870)		128,870	24,896	24,896		941.3	941.3	48.49	48.49	47.2
1981	136,211	108,559	132,667	(108,559)		108,559	24,108	24,108		797.0	797.0	44.35	44.35	48.3	65.33
1982	159,759	126,745	152,558	(126,745)		126,745	25,813	25,813		793.4	793.4	44.24	44.24	55.3	73.25
1983	165,284	124,791	124,791	(124,791)		124,791		25,853		755.0	755.0	43.02	43.02	53.5	58.53
1984	166,281	139,588	139,588	(139,588)		139,588		26,994		839.5	839.5	45.64	45.64	58.9	64.11
1985	182,067	138,671	138,671	(138,671)		138,671				761.6	761.6	43.23	43.23		62.50
1986	166,049	160,926	160,926	(160,926)		160,926				969.1	969.1	49.22	49.22	62.6	71.32
1987	179,477	152,704	152,704	(152,704)		152,704			2,126	850.8	850.8	45.97	45.97		66.69
1988	187,911	155,325	155,325	(155,325)		155,325			2,223	826.6	826.6	45.25	45.25	58.0	66.98
1989	184,891	151,146	151,146	(151,146)		151,146			2,192	817.5	817.5	44.98	44.98		64.51
1990	186,658	147,530	147,530	(147,530)		147,530			2,109	790.4	790.4	44.15	44.15	87.2	62.48
1991	173,896	124,059	124,059	(124,059)		124,059			1,891	713.4	713.4	41.64	41.64	86.6	52.32
1992	157,349	111,107	111,107	(111,107)		111,107			1,713	706.1	706.1	41.39	41.39	85.3	46.83
1993	152,238	86,906	86,906	(86,906)		86,906			1,695	570.9	570.9	36.34	36.34	71.1	36.74
1994	147,265	89,421	89,421	(89,421)		89,421			1,622	607.2	607.2	37.78	37.78	75.3	38.07
1995	147,170	83,963	83,963	(83,963)		83,963			1,597	570.5	570.5	36.33	36.33	76.8	36.06
1996	140,276	209,900	83,827	(209,900)		209,900			1,439	1,496.3	1,496.3	59.94	59.94	78.0	36.17
1997	152,000	80,097	80,097	(80,097)		80,097			1,655	527.0	527.0	34.51	34.51		34.63
1998	151,080	75,109	75,109	(75,109)		75,109			1,680	497.1	497.1	33.21	33.21		32.55
1999	150,785	80,037	80,037	(80,037)		80,037			1,643	530.8	530.8	34.67	34.67		34.82
2000	143,528	76,293	76,293	(76,293)		76,293			1,629	531.6	531.6	34.71	34.71		33.35
2001	138,718	69,563	69,563	(69,563)		69,563			1,982	501.5	501.5	33.40	33.40		30.68
2002	141,276	70,823	70,823	(70,823)		70,823			1,983	501.3	501.3	33.39	33.39		31.64
2003	136,795	65,628	65,628	(65,628)		65,628			1,868	479.8	479.8	32.42	32.42		29.74
2004	127,192	151,500	67,277	(151,500)		151,500			1,675	1,191.1	1,191.1	54.36	54.36	57.0	30.97
2005	120,716	62,530	62,530	(62,530)		62,530			1,642	518.0	518.0	34.12	34.12		29.28
2006	111,323	67,903	67,903	(67,903)		67,903			1,680	610.0	610.0	37.89	37.89		32.37
2007	112,472	66,008	66,008	(66,008)		66,008			1,395	586.9	586.9	36.98	36.98		32.11
2008	122,569	74,905	74,905	(74,905)		74,905			1,513	611.1	611.1	37.93	37.93		37.26
2009	130,036	84,724	84,724	(84,724)		84,724			1,697	651.5	651.5	39.45	39.45		43.11
2010	127,746	71,398	71,398	(71,398)		71,398			1,569	558.9	558.9	35.85	35.85		37.15
2011	133,067	83,943	83,943	(83,943)		83,943			1,365	630.8	630.8	38.68	38.68		44.68
2012	125,674	83,682	83,682	(83,682)		83,682			1,266	665.9	665.9	39.97	39.97		45.52
2013	125,880	84,373	84,373	(84,373)		84,373			1,273	670.3	670.3	40.13	40.13		46.78
2014	122,643	85,782	85,782	(85,782)		85,782			1,135	699.4	699.4	41.16	41.16		48.30
2015	125,064	91,500	91,500	(91,500)		91,500			1,190	731.6	731.6	42.25	42.25		52.22
2016	116,872	85,445	85,445	(85,445)		85,445			1,251	731.1	731.1	42.23	42.23		49.41
2017	114,971	83,904	83,904	(83,904)		83,904			1,312	729.8	729.8	42.19	42.19		48.85
2018	116,333	85,045	85,045	85,045		85,045			1,350	731.0	731.0	42.23	42.23		49.54
2019	109,716	73,661	73,661	73,661		73,661			1,149	671.4	671.4	40.17	40.17		43.04
2020	105,038	61,886	61,886	61,886		61,886			1,125	589.2	589.2	37.07	37.07		36.29
2021	99,096	51,488	51,488	51,488		51,488			1,586	519.6	519.6	34.19	34.19		30.60
2022	95,403	55,402	55,402	55,402		55,402			1,141	580.7	580.7	36.74	36.74		35.26
2023	90,392	82,184	82,184	82,184		82,184			1,102	909.2	909.2	47.62	47.62		57.10
2024	71,358	64,764	64,764	64,764		64,764				907.6	907.6	47.58	47.58		47.15
2025			(65,000)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages and abortions	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	abortions, illegal	miscarriages and abortions	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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