Historical abortion statistics, Turkmenistan

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Turkmenistan

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	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	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)
1925
1926		826	826	(826)	826
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940	(49,000)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950	(46,300)
1951	(46,400)
1952	(49,300)
1953	(48,500)
1954	(51,200)
1955	(55,200)		(2,000)
1956	(53,500)		(4,000)
1957	(56,000)		(6,000)
1958	(59,300)		(9,000)
1959	(60,400)		(12,000)
1960	67,676		(17,000)
1961	67,790		(18,000)
1962	68,725		(20,000)
1963	70,005		(23,000)
1964	69,777		(24,000)
1965	70,258		(27,000)
1966	73,109		(28,000)
1967	71,062		(28,000)
1968	73,470		(29,000)
1969	72,892		(29,000)
1970	77,080		(31,000)
1971	78,357	32,313	32,313	(32,313)		32,313			412.4	412.4	29.20	29.20
1972	78,841	33,202	33,202	(33,202)		33,202			421.1	421.1	29.63	29.63
1973	82,111	35,095	35,095	(35,095)		35,095			427.4	427.4	29.94	29.94
1974	84,607	36,105	36,105	(36,105)		36,105			426.7	426.7	29.91	29.91
1975	87,369	34,124	34,124	(34,124)		34,124			390.6	390.6	28.09	28.09	68.4
1976	90,765	34,893	34,893	(34,893)		34,893			384.4	384.4	27.77	27.77
1977	91,826	35,235	35,235	(35,235)		35,235			383.7	383.7	27.73	27.73
1978	93,798	35,819	35,819	(35,819)		35,819			381.9	381.9	27.63	27.63
1979	97,511	34,858	34,858	(34,858)		34,858			357.5	357.5	26.33	26.33
1980	98,069	33,762	33,762	(33,762)		33,762			344.3	344.3	25.61	25.61	55.6
1981	100,627	32,453	32,453	(32,453)		32,453			322.5	322.5	24.39	24.39
1982	104,340	34,817	34,817	(34,817)		34,817			333.7	333.7	25.02	25.02	53.9
1983	108,171	33,106	33,106	(33,106)		33,106			306.1	306.1	23.43	23.43
1984	111,083	29,266	29,266	(29,266)		29,266			263.5	263.5	20.85	20.85	42.7
1985	116,285	31,139	31,139	(31,139)		31,139			267.8	267.8	21.12	21.12
1986	122,337	34,031	34,031	(34,031)		34,031			278.2	278.2	21.76	21.76	38.1
1987	126,787	35,882	35,882	(35,882)		35,882			283.0	283.0	22.06	22.06
1988	125,887	47,444	47,444	(47,444)		47,444			376.9	376.9	27.37	27.37	60.9
1989	124,992	39,068	39,068	(39,068)		39,068		1,945	312.6	312.6	23.81	23.81	40.8	52.79
1990	125,343	37,222	37,222	(37,222)		37,222		1,873	297.0	297.0	22.90	22.90	44.9	49.04
1991	126,248	35,451	35,451	(35,451)		35,451		2,415	280.8	280.8	21.92	21.92	38.0	45.57
1992	131,034	37,044	37,044	(37,044)		37,044		2,324	282.7	282.7	22.04	22.04	48.2	46.55
1993	130,708	32,857	32,857	(32,857)		32,857		2,380	251.4	251.4	20.09	20.09	32.2	40.41
1994	129,685	33,486	33,486	(33,486)		33,486		2,233	258.2	258.2	20.52	20.52	31.2	40.29
1995	126,923	33,795	33,795	(33,795)		33,795		2,047	266.3	266.3	21.03	21.03	30.3	39.92
1996	111,296	31,952	31,952	(31,952)		31,952		1,938	287.1	287.1	22.31	22.31	27.8	37.19
1997	103,590	33,800	33,800	(33,800)		33,800		2,261	326.3	326.3	24.60	24.60	28.2	38.78
1998	98,461	25,187	25,187	(25,187)		25,187		1,130	255.8	255.8	20.37	20.37	20.8	28.43
1999	120,136	20,064	20,064	(20,064)		20,064		1,040	167.0	167.0	14.31	14.31	16.2	22.24
2000	93,194	20,221	20,221	(20,221)		20,221		973	217.0	217.0	17.83	17.83	15.9	21.98
2001	85,082	17,282	17,282	(17,282)		17,282		788	203.1	203.1	16.88	16.88	13.2	18.40
2002	86,139	16,914	16,914	(16,914)		16,914		861	196.4	196.4	16.41	16.41	12.6	17.62
2003	85,280	14,735	14,735	(14,735)		14,735		731	172.8	172.8	14.73	14.73	10.7	15.05
2004	89,427	14,721	14,721	(14,721)		14,721	278	710	164.6	164.6	14.13	14.13	10.4	14.74
2005	90,566	15,555	15,555	(15,555)		15,555		773	171.8	171.8	14.66	14.66	10.7	15.28
2006	95,995	14,759	14,759	(14,759)		14,759		735	153.7	153.7	13.33	13.33	9.9	14.21
2007	103,684	12,875	12,875	(12,875)		12,875		716	124.2	124.2	11.05	11.05		12.14
2008	114,889	12,686	12,686	(12,686)		12,686		714	110.4	110.4	9.94	9.94		11.71
2009	129,873	12,101	12,101	(12,101)		12,101		930	93.2	93.2	8.52	8.52		10.94
2010	144,561	15,306	15,306	(15,306)		15,306		1,103	105.9	105.9	9.57	9.57		13.60
2011	152,795	16,273	16,273	(16,273)		16,273		975	106.5	106.5	9.63	9.63		14.25
2012	157,129	18,270	18,270	(18,270)		18,270		838	116.3	116.3	10.42	10.42		15.81
2013	161,679	11,641	11,641	(11,641)		11,641		870	72.0	72.0	6.72	6.72		9.99
2014	168,254	12,082	12,082	(12,082)		12,082		774	71.8	71.8	6.70	6.70		10.29
2015	167,750	11,465	11,465	(11,465)		11,465		852	68.3	68.3	6.40	6.40		9.71
2016	166,161	10,056	10,056	(10,056)		10,056		926	60.5	60.5	5.71	5.71		8.49
2017	160,321	9,977	9,977	(9,977)		9,977		1,009	62.2	62.2	5.86	5.86		8.40
2018	151,675	9,562	9,562	(9,562)		9,562		1,193	63.0	63.0	5.93	5.93		8.03
2019	138,622	9,246	9,246	(9,246)		9,246		1,063	66.7	66.7	6.25	6.25		7.75
2020	126,521	8,972	8,972	(8,972)		8,972		890	70.9	70.9	6.62	6.62		7.52
2021	121,603	8,775	8,775	(8,775)		8,775		832	72.2	72.2	6.73	6.73		7.36
2022	116,980	8,915	8,915	(8,915)		8,915			76.2	76.2	7.08	7.08		7.49
2023	122,734	9,526	9,526	(9,526)		9,526			77.6	77.6	7.20	7.20		8.03
2024			(9,500)
2025			(9,500)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	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	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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