Historical abortion statistics, Nepal

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Nepal

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 is abortions 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	live births, estimated	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	live births, estimated	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)
1990		(748,000)
1991		(757,000)
1992		(768,000)
1993		(791,000)
1994		(795,000)
1995		(797,000)
1996		(787,000)
1997		(773,000)
1998		(768,000)
1999		(760,000)
2000		(754,000)
2001	494,813	(739,000)
2002		(724,000)
2003		(719,000)
2004		(707,000)	719	719	(719)		719		1.0	1.0	0.10	0.10		0.14
2005		(687,000)	10,561	10,561	(10,561)		10,561		15.4	15.4	1.51	1.51		2.03
2006		(666,000)	47,451	47,451	(47,451)		47,451		71.2	71.2	6.65	6.65		8.89
2007		(650,000)	73,474	73,474	(73,474)		73,474		113.0	113.0	10.16	10.16		13.42
2008		(637,000)	97,378	97,378	(97,378)		97,378		152.9	152.9	13.26	13.26		17.36
2009		(625,000)	83,978	83,978	(83,978)		83,978		134.4	134.4	11.84	11.84		14.61
2010		(617,000)	88,938	88,938	(88,938)		88,938		144.1	144.1	12.60	12.60		15.07
2011	326,725	(614,000)	95,305	95,305	(95,305)		95,305		155.2	155.2	13.44	13.44		15.75
2012		(615,000)	91,696	91,696	(91,696)		91,696		149.1	149.1	12.98	12.98		14.82
2013		(613,000)	84,092	84,092	(84,092)		84,092		137.2	137.2	12.06	12.06		13.31
2014		(614,000)	78,101	78,101	(78,101)		78,101		127.2	127.2	11.28	11.28		12.13
2015		(611,000)	78,611	78,611	(78,611)		78,611		128.7	128.7	11.40	11.40		12.01
2016		(607,000)	89,214	89,214	(89,214)		89,214		147.0	147.0	12.81	12.81		13.43
2017		(603,000)	96,417	96,417	(96,417)		96,417		159.9	159.9	13.79	13.79		14.31
2018		(600,000)	98,640	98,640	(98,640)		98,640		164.4	164.4	14.12	14.12		14.47
2019		(602,000)	95,746	95,746	(95,746)		95,746		159.0	159.0	13.72	13.72		13.90
2020		(603,000)	87,869	87,869	(87,869)		87,869		145.7	145.7	12.72	12.72		12.64
2021	412,935	(610,000)	79,952	79,952	(79,952)		79,952		131.1	131.1	11.59	11.59		11.42
2022		(617,000)	90,733	90,733	(90,733)		90,733		147.1	147.1	12.82	12.82		12.88
2023		(613,000)	93,463	93,463	(93,463)		93,463		152.5	152.5	13.23	13.23		13.21
2024		(530,000)	102,357	102,357	(102,357)		102,357		193.1	193.1	16.19	16.19		14.42
2025				(105,000)
year	live births	live births, estimated	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	live births, estimated	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:

Popinchalk, Anna, Cynthia Beavin, Lorraine Kwok, and Jonathan Bearak, 30 Aug. 2021, “Global Abortion Incidence Dataset,” Guttmacher Institute, on line at OSFHome [https://osf.io/5k7fp/].
Samadan, Ghazaleh, Merrill Wolf, Indira Basnett, Alyson Hyman, and Kathryn Andersen, 2012, "Implementation of legal abortion in Nepal: A model for rapid scale-up of high-quality care," Reproductive Health, 9:7.
Sedgh, Gilda, Stanley K. Henshaw, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, and Taylor Haas, Sept. 2007, "Legal abortion worldwide: incidence and recent trends," International Family Planning Perspectives, 33:106-116, on line at AGI [http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3310607.html].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2012, "Population and Vital Statistics Report, Statistical Papers, Series A, Vol. LXIV," United Nations Statistics Division, on line [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/Sets/Series_A_2012.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 12 Aug. 2015, "3. Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (2000-2014)," United Nations Statistics Division, on line [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf].
Department of Health Services (Nepal), 2023, "Annual report 2078/79 (2021/22)," DOHS, on line http://dohs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/Annual_Report.pdf

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