Historical abortion statistics, Peru

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Peru

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)
1948	192,478
1949	230,826
1950	250,823
1951	258,556
1952	268,053
1953	287,426
1954	300,107
1955	313,437
1956	315,786
1957	327,680
1958	346,945
1959	366,399
1960	376,356
1961	374,499
1962	398,702
1963	421,901
1964	439,568
1965	457,033
1966	477,287
1967	411,391
1968	430,145
1969	422,800
1970	559,595
1971	567,026
1972	574,458
1973	582,922
1974	591,386
1975	599,850
1976	608,314
1977	616,778
1978	618,799
1979	620,820
1980	622,842
1981	624,863
1982	626,884
1983	628,636
1984	630,388
1985	632,139
1986	633,891
1987	523,492
1988	555,003
1989	644,939
1990	649,588
1991	654,236
1992	658,884
1993	661,061
1994	663,239
1995	617,300
1996	615,300
1997	613,500
1998	648,075
1999	642,874
2000	636,064
2001	630,947
2002	626,714
2003	383,919
2004	344,804
2005	310,611
2006	307,779
2007	508,384
2008	359,140
2009	396,616
2010	402,493
2011	396,839
2012	414,081
2013	475,349
2014	492,008
2015	529,029	417	417	(417)		417		0.8	0.8	0.08	0.08		0.07
2016	522,269	280	280	(280)		280		0.5	0.5	0.05	0.05		0.05
2017	511,867	245	245	(245)		245		0.5	0.5	0.05	0.05		0.04
2018	511,960	214	214	(214)		214		0.4	0.4	0.04	0.04		0.03
2019	485,269	206	206	(206)		206		0.4	0.4	0.04	0.04		0.03
2020	461,691	281	281	(281)		281		0.6	0.6	0.06	0.06		0.04
2021	462,658	64	64	(64)		64		0.1	0.1	0.01	0.01		0.01
2022	465,421		(60)
2023	410,438		(60)
2024			(60)
2025			(60)
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:

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2012, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2007-2011," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2009-2010, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2011/Table09.pdf].

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