Historical abortion statistics, Tunisia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Tunisia

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.

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	111,084
1949	92,439
1950	106,235
1951	119,981
1952	105,469
1953	116,638
1954	119,774
1955	134,489
1956	140,505
1957	157,741
1958	181,144
1959	184,209
1960	182,221
1961	184,396
1962	181,861
1963	187,395
1964	206,046
1965	193,220	342	342	(342)		342		1.8	1.8	0.18	0.18
1966	206,717	1,396	1,396	(1,396)		1,396		6.8	6.8	0.67	0.67	1.5
1967	187,320	1,331	1,331	(1,331)		1,331		7.1	7.1	0.71	0.71	1.4
1968	188,190	2,246	2,246	(2,246)		2,246		11.9	11.9	1.18	1.18	2.4
1969	194,940	2,860	2,860	(2,860)		2,860		14.7	14.7	1.45	1.45	2.9
1970	186,360	2,705	2,705	(2,705)		2,705		14.5	14.5	1.43	1.43	2.7
1971	183,311	3,197	3,197	(3,197)		3,197		17.4	17.4	1.71	1.71	3.0
1972	199,121	4,621	4,621	(4,621)		4,621		23.2	23.2	2.27	2.27	4.2
1973	194,810	6,547	6,547	(6,547)		6,547		33.6	33.6	3.25	3.25	6.0
1974	194,600	12,427	12,427	(12,427)		12,427		63.9	63.9	6.00	6.00	10.9
1975	205,390	16,000	16,000	(16,000)		16,000		77.9	77.9	7.23	7.23	13.7
1976	208,040	20,341	20,341	(20,341)		20,341		97.8	97.8	8.91	8.91	17.1
1977	220,546	21,162	21,162	(21,162)		21,162		96.0	96.0	8.76	8.76	17.2
1978	207,342	20,999	20,999	(20,999)		20,999		101.3	101.3	9.20	9.20	16.5
1979	218,161	19,248	19,248	(19,248)		19,248		88.2	88.2	8.11	8.11	14.6
1980	225,165	20,482	20,482	(20,482)		20,482		91.0	91.0	8.34	8.34	15.1
1981	226,425	20,718	20,718	(20,718)		20,718		91.5	91.5	8.38	8.38
1982	219,393	21,009	21,009	(21,009)		21,009		95.8	95.8	8.74	8.74	14.7
1983	216,365	20,347	20,347	(20,347)		20,347		94.0	94.0	8.60	8.60
1984	227,052	20,869	20,869	(20,869)		20,869		91.9	91.9	8.42	8.42	13.7	14.98
1985	227,188	21,343	21,343	(21,343)		21,343		93.9	93.9	8.59	8.59		14.81
1986	234,736	21,913	21,913	(21,913)		21,913		93.4	93.4	8.54	8.54	13.6	14.70
1987	224,169	23,072	23,072	(23,072)		23,072		102.9	102.9	9.33	9.33		14.97
1988	215,069	23,348	23,348	(23,348)		23,348		108.6	108.6	9.79	9.79	13.6	14.66
1989	199,459	(21,100)	(21,100)	(21,100)		21,100		105.8	105.8	9.57	9.57		12.84
1990	205,315	(20,400)	(20,400)	(20,400)		20,400	2,340	99.4	99.4	9.04	9.04	11.0	12.05
1991	207,455	(20,700)	(20,700)	(20,700)		20,700	2,116	99.8	99.8	9.07	9.07	10.8	11.89
1992	211,649	(19,700)	(19,700)	(19,700)		19,700	2,259	93.1	93.1	8.52	8.52	10.0	11.02
1993	207,786	(19,200)	(19,200)	(19,200)		19,200	2,459	92.4	92.4	8.46	8.46	9.5	10.48
1994	200,223	19,999	19,999	(19,999)		19,999	2,340	99.9	99.9	9.08	9.08	9.6	10.75
1995	186,416	(20,200)	(20,200)	(20,200)		20,200	2,289	108.4	108.4	9.78	9.78	9.4	10.61
1996	178,801	19,000	19,000	(19,000)		19,000		106.3	106.3	9.61	9.61	9.0	9.77
1997	173,757	17,700	17,700	(17,700)		17,700	1,920	101.9	101.9	9.24	9.24		8.91
1998	166,718		(17,100)										(8.4)
1999	160,169		(16,500)										(8.0)
2000	163,089	15,918	15,918	(15,918)		15,918		97.6	97.6	8.89	8.89		7.58
2001	163,919	14,950	14,950	(14,950)		14,950		91.2	91.2	8.36	8.36		7.00
2002	163,011	14,232	14,232	(14,232)		14,232		87.3	87.3	8.03	8.03		6.57
2003	168,022	16,000	16,000	(16,000)		16,000	1,550	95.2	95.2	8.69	8.69	7.0	7.28
2004	166,551	14,402	14,402	(14,402)		14,402	1,525	86.5	86.5	7.96	7.96		6.48
2005	170,999	14,540	14,540	(14,540)		14,540	1,640	85.0	85.0	7.84	7.84		6.48
2006	173,390	13,495	13,495	(13,495)		13,495	1,576	77.8	77.8	7.22	7.22		5.96
2007	177,503	13,444	13,444	(13,444)		13,444	1,580	75.7	75.7	7.04	7.04		5.90
2008	182,990	18,500	18,500	(18,500)		18,500	1,582	101.1	101.1	9.18	9.18		8.08
2009	184,282	14,699	14,699	(14,699)		14,699	1,757	79.8	79.8	7.39	7.39		6.39
2010	196,039		(14,700)				1,995
2011	201,120		(14,700)				2,074
2012	217,740		(14,700)
2013	222,960		(14,700)
2014	225,890		(14,700)				2,411
2015	222,530		(14,700)				2,268
2016	219,441		(14,700)				2,475
2017	209,236		(14,700)				2,463
2018	202,694		(14,700)				2,335
2019	195,822		(14,700)				2,314
2020	174,116		(14,700)				1,852
2021	160,268		(14,700)				1,787
2022	147,978		(14,700)				1,629
2023			(14,700)
2024			(14,700)
2025			(14,700)
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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