Historical abortion statistics, Greenland

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Greenland

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.

Greenland 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	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)
1948	883
1949	989
1950	1,065
1951	999
1952	1,034
1953	1,109
1954	1,135
1955	1,234
1956	1,293
1957	1,361
1958	1,410
1959	1,490
1960	1,586
1961	1,644
1962	1,609
1963	1,671
1964	1,795
1965	1,738
1966	1,781
1967	1,685	106	106	(106)		106		62.9	62.9	5.92	5.92
1968	1,576	84	84	(84)		84		53.3	53.3	5.06	5.06
1969	1,310	95	95	(95)		95		72.5	72.5	6.76	6.76
1970	1,144	138	138	(138)		138		120.6	120.6	10.76	10.76
1971	1,028	152	152	(152)		152		147.9	147.9	12.88	12.88
1972	948		(200)
1973	940	248	248	(248)		248		263.8	263.8	20.88	20.88
1974	866	336	336	(336)		336		388.0	388.0	27.95	27.95
1975	868	381	381	(381)		381		438.9	438.9	30.50	30.50
1976	859	359	359	(359)		359		417.9	417.9	29.47	29.47
1977	918	388	388	(388)		388		422.7	422.7	29.71	29.71
1978	870	379	379	(379)		379		435.6	435.6	30.34	30.34	29.0
1979	900	450	450	(450)		450		500.0	500.0	33.33	33.33	34.6
1980	1,028	470	470	(470)		470		457.2	457.2	31.38	31.38	35.5
1981	1,051	539	539	(539)		539		512.8	512.8	33.90	33.90	39.3
1982	1,066	561	561	(561)		561		526.3	526.3	34.48	34.48	39.7
1983	985	576	576	(576)		576		584.8	584.8	36.90	36.90	39.8
1984	1,054	642	642	(642)		642		609.1	609.1	37.85	37.85	43.5
1985	1,140	654	654	(654)		654		573.7	573.7	36.45	36.45	44.0
1986	1,070	748	748	(748)		748		699.1	699.1	41.14	41.14	50.1
1987	1,090	823	823	(823)		823	6	755.0	755.0	43.02	43.02	55.2
1988	1,213	841	841	(841)		841		693.3	693.3	40.94	40.94	56.0
1989	1,210	894	894	(894)		894	14	738.8	738.8	42.49	42.49	59.3
1990	1,257	913	913	(913)		913	8	726.3	726.3	42.07	42.07	60.5	76.3
1991	1,192	962	962	(962)		962	8	807.0	807.0	44.66	44.66	64.0	81.6
1992	1,200	921	921	(921)		921		767.5	767.5	43.42	43.42	62.0	79.3
1993	1,180	979	979	(979)		979		829.7	829.7	45.35	45.35	67.1	85.4
1994	1,156	1,002	1,002	(1,002)		1,002	11	866.8	866.8	46.43	46.43	68.7	87.9
1995	1,120	880	880	(880)		880	8	785.7	785.7	44.00	44.00	60.3	77.8
1996	1,066	862	862	(862)		862	4	808.6	808.6	44.71	44.71	59.1	77.0
1997	1,100	865	865	(865)		865	4	786.4	786.4	44.02	44.02	57.8	77.9
1998	986	915	915	(915)		915	3	928.0	928.0	48.13	48.13	62.8	83.3
1999	947	842	842	(842)		842		889.1	889.1	47.07	47.07	57.6	78.0
2000	885	944	944	944		944		1,066.7	1,066.7	51.61	51.61	64.6	88.5
2001	937	814	814	814		814		868.7	868.7	46.49	46.49	55.5	77.0
2002	940	822	822	822		822		874.5	874.5	46.65	46.65	55.7	78.9
2003	895	869	869	869		869		970.9	970.9	49.26	49.26	58.5	84.4
2004	893	905	905	905		905		1,013.4	1,013.4	50.33	50.33	60.5	88.9
2005	887	899	899	899		899	3	1,013.5	1,013.5	50.34	50.34	59.8	89.2
2006	842	904	904	904		904	8	1,073.6	1,073.6	51.78	51.78	60.2	90.8
2007	850	887	887	887		887	3	1,043.5	1,043.5	51.07	51.07	59.3	90.4
2008	834	904	904	904		904	5	1,083.9	1,083.9	52.01	52.01	60.6	92.9
2009	895	799	799	799		799		892.7	892.7	47.17	47.17	54.2	82.7
2010	868	860	860	860		860		990.8	990.8	49.77	49.77	58.1	88.8
2011	821	785	785	785		785		956.2	956.2	48.88	48.88	50.3	80.6
2012	786	868	868	868		868		1,104.3	1,104.3	52.48	52.48	53.4	88.2
2013	820	875	873	875		875		1,067.1	1,067.1	51.62	51.62	62.4	87.8
2014	805	865	860	865		865		1,074.5	1,074.5	51.80	51.80		85.7
2015	854	864	864	864		864		1,011.7	1,011.7	50.29	50.29		85.7
2016	830	855	855	855		855		1,030.1	1,030.1	50.74	50.74		84.5
2017	853	883	883	883		883		1,035.2	1,035.2	50.86	50.86		86.8
2018	819	931	931	931		931		1,136.8	1,136.8	53.20	53.20		91.1
2019	849	902	902	902		902		1,062.4	1,062.4	51.51	51.51		88.1
2020	835	889	889	889		889		1,064.7	1,064.7	51.57	51.57		86.5
2021	761	842	842	842		842		1,106.4	1,106.4	52.53	52.53		81.9
2022	748	870	870	870		870		1,163.1	1,163.1	53.77	53.77		84.7
2023	716	1,034	1,034	1,034		1,034		1,444.1	1,444.1	59.09	59.09		100.7
2024	684		(1,000)
2025			(1,000)
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.

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