Historical abortion statistics, Lithuania

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Lithuania

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.

Lithuania 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)
1939	54,184
1940	(68,000)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945	60,392
1946	58,399
1947	59,680
1948	58,780
1949	63,034
1950	60,719
1951	58,504
1952	56,944
1953	52,610
1954	54,229
1955	55,525		(4,000)
1956	53,741		(8,000)
1957	56,223		(13,000)
1958	61,190		(20,000)
1959	62,241		28,000
1960	62,485	36,500	36,500	(36,500)		36,500			558	584.1	584.1	36.87	36.87
1961	62,775		(39,400)						565
1962	59,728		(40,200)						537
1963	57,024		(41,100)						527
1964	55,856		(43,100)						479
1965	53,818	44,492	44,492	(44,492)		44,492			482	826.7	826.7	45.26	45.26
1966	54,275	45,233	45,233	(45,233)		45,233			432	833.4	833.4	45.46	45.46
1967	53,806	44,919	44,919	(44,919)		44,919			442	834.8	834.8	45.50	45.50
1968	54,258	46,250	46,250	(46,250)		46,250			359	852.4	852.4	46.02	46.02
1969	54,263	45,840	45,840	(45,840)		45,840			368	844.8	844.8	45.79	45.79
1970	55,519	45,298	45,298	(45,298)		45,298			368	815.9	815.9	44.93	44.93
1971	56,044	46,679	46,679	(46,679)		46,679			381	832.9	832.9	45.44	45.44
1972	54,616	46,723	46,723	(46,723)		46,723			369	855.5	855.5	46.11	46.11
1973	51,944	46,288	46,288	(46,288)		46,288			388	891.1	891.1	47.12	47.12
1974	51,941	46,658	46,658	(46,658)		46,658			394	898.3	898.3	47.32	47.32
1975	51,766	45,582	45,582	(45,582)		45,582			456	880.5	880.5	46.82	46.82	61.7
1976	52,296	46,718	46,718	(46,718)		46,718			421	893.3	893.3	47.18	47.18
1977	52,166	46,384	46,384	(46,384)		46,384			399	889.2	889.2	47.07	47.07
1978	51,821	46,485	46,485	(46,485)		46,485			365	897.0	897.0	47.29	47.29
1979	51,937	45,896	45,896	(45,896)		45,896			345	883.7	883.7	46.91	46.91
1980	51,765	45,189	45,189	(45,189)		45,189			337	873.0	873.0	46.61	46.61	59.0
1981	52,249	45,551	45,551	(45,551)		45,551			358	871.8	871.8	46.58	46.58
1982	53,141	45,183	45,183	(45,183)		45,183			344	850.2	850.2	45.95	45.95	58.4
1983	57,576	44,098	44,098	(44,098)		44,098			352	765.9	765.9	43.37	43.37
1984	56,683	42,481	42,481	(42,481)		42,481			402	749.4	749.4	42.84	42.84	54.3
1985	58,454	42,026	42,026	(42,026)		42,026			363	719.0	719.0	41.83	41.83
1986	59,705	39,245	39,245	(39,245)		39,245			419	657.3	657.3	39.66	39.66	49.6
1987	59,360	37,783	37,783	(37,783)		37,783			409	636.5	636.5	38.89	38.89
1988	56,727	48,556	48,556	(48,556)		48,556			311	856.0	856.0	46.12	46.12	43.4
1989	55,782	50,117	50,117	(50,117)		50,117			298	898.4	898.4	47.33	47.33		72.58
1990	56,868	50,000	50,000	(50,000)		50,000			305	879.2	879.2	46.79	46.79	33.8	72.76
1991	56,019	45,904	45,904	(45,904)		45,904			408	819.4	819.4	45.04	45.04	50.0	67.51
1992	53,617	48,400	48,400	(48,400)		48,400			434	902.7	902.7	47.44	47.44	50.1	72.53
1993	46,727	42,023	42,023	(42,023)		42,023			372	899.3	899.3	47.35	47.35	43.0	64.35
1994	42,376	30,355	30,355	(30,355)		30,355	36,893	6,538	295	716.3	716.3	41.74	41.74	37.1	46.94
1995	41,180	31,278	31,278	(31,278)		31,278	37,655	6,377	285	759.5	759.5	43.17	43.17	38.2	48.55
1996	39,066	27,832	27,832	(27,832)		27,832	34,019	6,187	234	712.4	712.4	41.60	41.60	34.4	43.35
1997	37,812	22,680	22,680	(22,680)		22,680	30,559	7,879	248	599.8	599.8	37.49	37.49	32.68	35.43
1998	37,019	21,022	21,022	(21,022)		21,022	28,450	7,428	240	567.9	567.9	36.22	36.22	30.28	32.92
1999	36,415	18,846	18,846	(18,846)		18,846	26,759	7,913	207	517.5	517.5	34.10	34.10	28.35	29.56
2000	34,149	16,259	16,259	(16,259)		16,259	23,683	7,424	221	476.1	476.1	32.25	32.25	26.70	25.58
2001	31,546	13,677	13,677	13,677		13,677	20,513	6,836	167	433.6	433.6	30.24	30.24	15.40	21.63
2002	30,014	12,495	12,495	12,495		12,495	18,907	6,412	193	416.3	416.3	29.39	29.39	14.05	19.90
2003	30,598	11,513	11,513	11,513		11,513	17,851	6,338	168	376.3	376.3	27.34	27.34	12.95	18.56
2004	30,419	10,644	10,644	10,644		10,644	16,797	6,153	150	349.9	349.9	25.92	25.92	11.96	17.49
2005	30,541	9,972	9,972	9,972		9,972	15,912	5,940	152	326.5	326.5	24.61	24.61	11.22	16.87
2006	31,265	9,536	9,536	9,536		9,536	14,976	5,440	137	305.0	305.0	23.37	23.37	10.77	16.54
2007	32,346	9,596	9,596	9,596		9,596	14,667	5,071	161	296.7	296.7	22.88	22.88	10.87	16.91
2008	35,065	9,031	9,031	9,031		9,031	14,212	5,181	164	257.6	257.6	20.48	20.48	10.31	16.17
2009	36,682	8,024	8,024	8,024		8,024	12,790	4,766	151	218.7	218.7	17.95	17.95	9.30	14.70
2010	35,626	6,989	6,989	6,989		6,989	11,590	4,601	147	196.2	196.2	16.40	16.40	8.38	13.45
2011	34,385	6,205	6,205	6,205		6,205	10,466	4,261	148	180.5	180.5	15.29	15.29	8.50	12.65
2012	30,459	6,033	6,033	6,033		6,033	10,312	4,279	117	198.1	198.1	16.53	16.53	8.52	12.76
2013	29,885	5,353	5,353	5,353		5,353	9,150	3,797	143	179.1	179.1	15.19	15.19	7.7	11.62
2014	31,276	5,231	5,231	5,231	4	5,235	9,253	4,022	139	167.4	167.3	14.34	14.33	7.7	11.58
2015	31,475	4,735	4,735	4,735	4	4,739	8,155	3,420	126	150.6	150.4	13.09	13.08	7.2	10.70
2016	30,623	3,735	3,735	3,735		3,735	7,478	3,743	130	122.0	122.0	10.87	10.87	5.8	8.69
2017	28,696	3,440	3,440	3,440	2	3,442	7,055	3,613	102	119.9	119.9	10.71	10.70	5.6	8.32
2018	28,517	3,146	3,146	3,146		3,146	6,247	3,101	115	110.3	110.3	9.94	9.94	5.2	7.85
2019	27,393	2,925	2,925	2,925	3	2,928	6,436	3,508	113	106.9	106.8	9.66	9.65	5.0	7.42
2020	25,144	2,370	2,370	2,370		2,370	5,570	3,200	82	94.3	94.3	8.61	8.61	4.1	6.07
2021	24,337	2,134	2,134	2,134		2,134	5,349	3,215	88	87.7	87.7	8.06	8.06	3.6	5.49
2022	22,068	2,085	2,085	2,085		2,085	5,101	3,016	86	94.5	94.5	8.63	8.63	3.5	5.28
2023	20,623	2,021	2,021	2,021		2,021			69	98.0	98.0	8.93	8.93	3.4	5.03
2024	19,086	1,928	1,928	1,928		1,928			62	101.0	101.0	9.17	9.17	3.2	4.82
2025	17,500		(1,800)
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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