Historical abortion statistics, Kyrgyzstan

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Kyrgyzstan

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.

Kyrgyzstan 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)
1940	(51,000)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950	(56,500)
1951	(59,800)
1952	(57,600)
1953	(60,800)
1954	(63,800)
1955	(63,900)		(4,000)
1956	(65,700)		(8,000)
1957	(68,600)		(13,000)
1958	(70,500)		(19,000)
1959	(70,500)		(26,000)
1960	80,209		(38,000)
1961	80,671		(41,000)
1962	79,010		(43,000)
1963	80,279		(47,000)
1964	79,342		(49,000)
1965	80,812		(54,000)
1966	81,771		(55,000)
1967	83,609		(57,000)
1968	86,741		(59,000)
1969	87,210		(60,000)
1970	90,442		(63,000)
1971	95,932	67,167	67,167	(67,167)		67,167				700.2	700.2	41.18	41.18
1972	94,923	65,901	65,901	(65,901)		65,901				694.3	694.3	40.98	40.98
1973	97,421	64,943	64,943	(64,943)		64,943				666.6	666.6	40.00	40.00
1974	99,433	63,442	63,442	(63,442)		63,442				638.0	638.0	38.95	38.95
1975	101,287	63,963	63,963	(63,963)		63,963				631.5	631.5	38.71	38.71	96.0
1976	106,606	65,025	65,025	(65,025)		65,025				610.0	610.0	37.89	37.89
1977	104,971	66,503	66,503	(66,503)		66,503				633.5	633.5	38.78	38.78
1978	106,176	66,052	66,052	(66,052)		66,052				622.1	622.1	38.35	38.35
1979	107,091	64,351	64,351	(64,351)		64,351				600.9	600.9	37.54	37.54
1980	107,278	64,957	64,957	(64,957)		64,957			786	605.5	605.5	37.71	37.71	84.0
1981	113,434	65,291	65,291	(65,291)		65,291				575.6	575.6	36.53	36.53
1982	117,235	67,555	67,555	(67,555)		67,555			854	576.2	576.2	36.56	36.56	83.9
1983	120,708	68,690	68,690	(68,690)		68,690			854	569.1	569.1	36.27	36.27
1984	124,718	66,227	66,227	(66,227)		66,227			948	531.0	531.0	34.68	34.68	79.0
1985	128,460	69,382	69,382	(69,382)		69,382				540.1	540.1	35.07	35.07
1986	133,728	73,802	73,802	(73,802)		73,802			1,184	551.9	551.9	35.56	35.56	84.2
1987	136,588	74,060	74,060	(74,060)		74,060			1,316	542.2	542.2	35.16	35.16
1988	133,710	80,809	80,809	(80,809)		80,809			1,156	604.4	604.4	37.67	37.67	87.6
1989	131,508	87,212	87,212	(87,212)		87,212			1,245	663.2	663.2	39.87	39.87	86.3	97.22
1990	128,810	53,641	53,641	(53,641)		53,641	73,795	20,154	1,184	416.4	416.4	29.40	29.40	82.3	58.63
1991	129,536	48,813	48,813	(48,813)		48,813	66,427	17,614	1,149	376.8	376.8	27.37	27.37	63.5	52.63
1992	128,352	43,867	43,867	(43,867)		43,867	59,394	15,527	1,004	341.8	341.8	25.47	25.47	56.2	47.20
1993	116,795	37,267	37,267	(37,267)		37,267	52,724	15,457	807	319.1	319.1	24.19	24.19	47.3	40.66
1994	110,113	31,389	31,389	(31,389)		31,389	49,325	17,936	684	285.1	285.1	22.18	22.18	42.1	34.56
1995	117,340	27,111	27,111	(27,111)		27,111	42,518	15,407	703	231.0	231.0	18.77	18.77	36.0	29.60
1996	108,007	24,187	24,187	(24,187)		24,187	34,113	9,926	701	223.9	223.9	18.30	18.30	28.5	25.99
1997	102,050	21,671	21,671	(21,671)		21,671	31,598	9,927	619	212.4	212.4	17.52	17.52	26.0	22.85
1998	104,183	19,431	19,431	(19,431)		19,431	28,090	8,659	654	186.5	186.5	15.72	15.72	22.8	20.09
1999	104,068	17,890	17,890	(17,890)		17,890	25,790	7,900	660	171.9	171.9	14.67	14.67	20.6	18.14
2000	96,770	14,128	14,128	14,128		14,128	22,044	7,916	608	146.0	146.0	12.74	12.74	19.28	14.07
2001	98,138	15,827	15,827	15,827		15,827	23,390	7,563	617	161.3	161.3	13.89	13.89	20.02	15.52
2002	101,012	11,588	11,588	11,588		11,588	18,995	7,407	759	114.7	114.7	10.29	10.29	15.73	11.18
2003	105,490	12,437	12,437	12,437		12,437	19,225	6,788	879	117.9	117.9	10.55	10.55	15.74	11.80
2004	98,138	13,171	13,171	13,171		13,171	19,984	6,813	1,437	134.2	134.2	11.83	11.83	16.01	12.24
2005	109,839	14,088	14,088	14,088		14,088	20,035	5,947	1,586	128.3	128.3	11.37	11.37	15.72	12.83
2006	120,737	14,045	14,045	14,045		14,045	19,762	5,717	1,621	116.3	116.3	10.42	10.42	15.18	12.56
2007	123,251	14,934	14,934	14,934		14,934	21,884	6,950	1,762	121.2	121.2	10.81	10.81	16.62	13.15
2008	127,332	14,422	14,422	14,422		14,422	20,800	6,378	1,703	113.3	113.3	10.17	10.17	15.66	12.57
2009	123,251	15,567	15,567	15,567		15,567	22,088	6,521	1,702	126.3	126.3	11.21	11.21	16.44	13.44
2010	146,123	14,709	14,709	14,709		14,709	21,675	6,966	1,634	100.7	100.7	9.15	9.15	16.01	12.60
2011	149,612	14,582	14,582	14,582		14,582	23,728	9,146	1,675	97.5	97.5	8.88	8.88	17.47	12.44
2012	154,918	14,480	14,480	14,480		14,480	23,547	9,067	1,575	93.5	93.5	8.55	8.55	17.16	12.33
2013	155,520	12,536	12,536	12,536		12,536	21,673	9,137	1,549	80.6	80.6	7.46	7.46	15.55	10.65
2014	161,813	14,513	14,513	14,513		14,513	24,456	9,943	1,555	89.7	89.7	8.23	8.23	17.38	12.27
2015	163,452	13,005	13,005	13,005		13,005	22,084	9,079	1,498	79.6	79.6	7.37	7.37	15.51	10.95
2016	158,160	11,543	11,543	11,543		11,543	20,783	9,240	1,430	73.0	73.0	6.80	6.80	14.45	9.71
2017	153,620	9,705	9,705	9,705		9,705	19,486	9,780	1,379	63.2	63.2	5.94	5.94	13.43	8.14
2018	171,149		(9,600)				19,176		1,420					13.11	8.0
2019	173,484		(10,400)				20,172		1,394					13.69	8.7
2020	158,112		(6,000)		14,906		14,906		1,425					10.04	5.0
2021	150,164		(8,400)				17,075		1,398					11.3	7.0
2022	150,225		(10,200)				18,645		1,207					12.1	8.4
2023	145,977		(11,600)				19,787		1,111						9.6
2024	140,419		(13,000)				20,009		991
2025	137,982		(14,000)
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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