Historical abortion statistics, French Polynesia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, French Polynesia

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 of childbearing age.
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)
1980
1981
1982
1983	5,077
1984	5,258
1985	5,472
1986	5,461
1987	5,470
1988	5,852
1989	5,560
1990	5,617
1991	5,442
1992	5,359
1993	5,326
1994	5,143
1995	4,926
1996	4,881
1997	4,740
1998	4,598
1999	4,861
2000	4,958
2001	4,905		(180)										(3.6)
2002	4,777		(360)										(7.1)
2003	4,532		(540)										(10.5)
2004	4,472	721	721					161.2	161.2	13.9	13.9		13.8
2005	4,492	1,008	1,008					224.4	224.4	18.3	18.3		19.1
2006	4,637	945	945					203.8	203.8	16.9	16.9		17.8
2007	4,458	831	831					186.4	186.4	15.7	15.7		15.5
2008	4,657	(1,000)	(1,000)					214.7	214.7	17.7	17.7		(18.6)
2009	4,580	(1,000)	(1,000)					218.3	218.3	17.9	17.9		(18.5)
2010	4,615	(1,000)	(1,000)					216.7	216.7	17.8	17.8		(18.4)
2011	4,410	(1,000)	(1,000)					226.8	226.8	18.5	18.5		(18.4)
2012	4,317	1,100	1,100					254.8	254.8	20.3	20.3		20.2
2013	4,228	1,080	1,080					255.4	255.4	20.3	20.3		19.8
2014	4,221	1,150	1,150					272.4	272.4	21.4	21.4		21.1
2015	3,944	1,090	1,090					276.4	276.4	21.7	21.7		19.9
2016	4,017	1,016	1,016					252.9	252.9	20.2	20.2		18.5
2017	3,867	1,000	1,000					258.6	258.6	20.5	20.5		18.1
2018	3,825	1,000	1,000					261.4	261.4	20.7	20.7		18.1
2019	3,609	1,000	1,000				52	277.1	277.1	21.7	21.7		18.1
2020	3,631	1,000	1,000				44	275.4	275.4	21.6	21.6		18.1
2021	3,531		(1,000)				42						(18.1)
2022	3,658		(1,000)				50						(18.2)
2023	3,530		(1,000)				37						(18.2)
2024	3,286		(1,000)				47						(18.3)
2025			(1,000)				47
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:

Aubin, Claire, Danièle Jourdain Menninger, and Laurent Chambaud, Oct. 2009, "Evaluation de la mise en oeuvre de la loi du 4 juillet 2001 relative à l'éducation à la sexualité, à la contraception et à l'interruption volontaire de grossesse en Outre-mer," *, on line https://medias.vie-publique.fr/data_storage_s3/rapport/pdf/104000050.pdf
Data.gouv.fr, 2 Jan. 2024, "Démographie de la Polynésie française: Fécondité," data.gouv.fr, on line https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/demographie-de-la-polynesie-francaise/
https://www.famillesegalite.gov.pf/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/10/rapport-PF-CEDEF-sign%25C3%25A9.pdf
Tahiti-Infos, 2017, L'interruption volontaire de grossesse légale en Polynésie depuis 2001," Tahiti-Infos, on line https://www.tahiti-infos.com/L-interruption-volontaire-de-grossesse-legale-en-Polynesie-depuis-2001_a164320.html
TNTV News, 3 Feb. 2021, "Contraception, IVG : des évolutions dans la règlementation en Polynésie," TNTV News, on line https://www.tntv.pf/tntvnews/polynesie/societe/contraception-ivg-des-evolutions-dans-la-reglementation-en-polynesie/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2025, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2020-2024," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2024, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/documents/DYB2024/table09.pdf].

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