Belgium abortions and live births by region, 1993-20237

Belgium abortions and live births by region, 1993-2023

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 30 August 2025

Reported abortions by region of residence, 1993-2023

Note: abortion figures are derived from reported percentage breakdowns by region

province 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 province

Flanders (region) 5,377 5,502 6,078 6,568 6,432 6,735 6,899 6,981 7,432 7,648 7,807 8,205 7,849 8,205 7,955 8,068 7,930 8,125 7,803 7,907 7,867 7,970 7,733 7,834 8,954 9,516 Flanders (region)

Antwerp 1,707 1,801 1,805 1,781 1,846 2,264 2,435 2,478 2,432 2,661 2,797 2,791 3,063 2,963 3,063 3,061 3,076 2,951 2,993 2,809 2,852 2,803 2,937 2,638 2,649 3,003 3,180 Antwerp

East Flanders 1,044 1,133 1,135 1,336 1,379 1,443 1,543 1,421 1,482 1,557 1,447 1,642 1,787 1,697 1,787 1,723 1,750 1,692 1,845 1,806 1,862 1,848 1,846 1,807 1,887 2,072 2,263 East Flanders

Flemish Brabant 686 625 702 743 913 998 1,082 1,149 1,125 1,158 1,069 1,158 1,047 1,121 1,187 1,213 1,151 1,099 1,142 1,096 1,324 1,320 1,554 1,524 Flemish Brabant

Limburg 139 135 224 551 605 815 874 945 914 874 961 989 989 988 989 985 1,005 920 927 931 921 921 932 808 915 1,024 1,115 Limburg

West Flanders 692 760 833 1,023 1,047 1,208 1,140 1,142 1,155 1,258 1,294 1,260 1,208 1,132 1,208 1,139 1,116 1,180 1,147 1,106 1,173 1,153 1,159 1,156 1,063 1,301 1,434 West Flanders

Wallonia (region) 4,121 4,260 4,327 4,280 4,716 4,840 4,809 5,327 5,346 5,449 11,095 6,487 6,309 6,487 6,845 6,858 6,727 6,555 5,883 5,666 6,497 6,366 5,883 5,851 6,353 6,972 Wallonia (region)

Hainaut 1,506 1,594 1,645 1,678 1,788 2,005 1,892 1,657 2,031 1,867 1,936 2,052 2,605 2,375 2,605 2,762 2,746 2,685 2,488 1,935 1,943 2,715 2,604 2,619 2,444 2,621 3,030 Hainaut

Liege 1,371 1,432 1,377 1,423 1,396 1,503 1,571 1,659 1,769 1,820 1,910 2,064 1,947 2,146 1,947 2,247 2,234 2,202 2,103 2,104 1,948 1,988 1,890 1,224 1,569 1,721 1,837 Liege

Luxembourg 163 205 218 216 219 254 320 372 342 367 335 379 420 426 420 408 421 382 397 387 439 426 437 410 358 462 444 Luxembourg

Namur 380 343 377 440 481 519 567 589 657 669 652 643 813 774 813 802 831 822 842 781 721 776 759 951 856 901 989 Namur

Walloon Brabant 364 376 435 490 532 528 623 616 5,957 702 588 702 626 626 636 725 676 615 592 676 679 624 648 672 Walloon Brabant

Brabant (former province) 3,105 3,089 3,409 3,293 3,607 4,306 4,861 5,363 5,618 6,271 6,387 11,844 6,623 6,412 6,623 5,909 6,244 6,120 6,130 5,851 5,274 5,504 5,347 4,791 4,794 5,245 5,173 Brabant (former province)

Brussels Capital Region 2,243 2,606 2,980 3,516 3,169 3,628 3,918 4,092 4,566 4,622 4,762 4,763 4,755 4,763 4,236 4,497 4,297 4,192 4,024 3,560 3,770 3,575 2,788 2,850 3,043 2,977 Brussels Capital Region

BELGIUM TOTAL 10,270 10,708 11,211 12,628 12,266 11,741 12,368 13,382 14,361 14,317 15,203 15,626 16,400 17,344 17,719 18,304 19,455 18,913 19,455 19,036 19,423 18,954 18,872 17,710 17,133 18,134 17,911 16,404 16,535 18,350 19,465 BELGIUM TOTAL

FOREIGN 163 216 188 252 365 374 408 466 379 392 295 296 314 291 123 182 123 119 128 153 141 168 124 139 116 154 135 163 159 FOREIGN

UNKNOWN 3,041 2,291 1,999 1,589 1,204 6 6 8 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 32 61 62 UNKNOWN

TOTAL 13,474 13,215 13,398 14,533 13,857 13,582 13,937 13,762 14,775 14,791 15,595 16,024 16,696 17,640 18,033 18,595 19,578 19,095 19,578 19,155 19,551 19,107 19,013 17,878 17,257 18,273 18,027 16,585 16,702 18,574 19,686 TOTAL

Reported live births by region, 1993-2024

province 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 province

Flanders (region) 63,042 61,906 61,877 60,645 59,725 59,964 62,374 63,906 65,655 65,689 68,925 69,290 68,549 67,491 67,211 65,606 65,992 64,501 64,336 63,721 62,798 65,747 63,284 62,338 61,781 Flanders (region)

Antwerp 17,579 20,672 21,093 21,153 20,668 20,786 20,052 20,264 20,066 19,844 19,760 18,846 19,960 19,010 18,941 18,882 Antwerp

East Flanders 14,454 16,350 16,268 15,881 15,521 15,460 15,317 15,010 14,705 14,844 14,405 14,679 15,658 14,898 14,547 14,594 East Flanders

Flemish Brabant 10,562 11,414 11,319 11,383 11,607 11,441 11,128 11,343 11,163 10,933 11,122 11,126 11,474 11,110 10,953 10,643 Flemish Brabant

Limburg 8,029 8,858 8,945 8,794 8,461 8,521 8,234 8,254 7,956 7,687 7,728 7,456 7,679 7,559 7,355 7,322 Limburg

West Flanders 11,253 11,631 11,665 11,338 11,234 11,003 10,875 11,121 10,611 11,028 10,706 10,691 10,976 10,707 10,542 10,340 West Flanders

Wallonia (region) 38,326 38,322 39,380 39,014 37,571 37,517 38,071 38,604 39,513 38,813 40,196 40,064 39,882 39,064 38,690 37,893 37,246 36,892 36,087 36,528 35,094 36,477 35,565 33,873 32,539 Wallonia (region)

Hainaut 15,040 15,055 14,978 14,871 14,615 14,437 14,009 13,664 13,619 13,309 13,416 12,998 13,394 13,328 12,591 12,269 Hainaut

Liege 11,581 12,351 12,434 12,350 11,975 12,028 11,725 11,790 11,644 11,387 11,486 10,824 11,207 10,923 10,468 9,992 Liege

Luxembourg 3,366 3,250 3,283 3,357 3,246 3,160 3,130 2,949 2,982 2,885 3,154 2,903 3,044 3,041 2,899 2,787 Luxembourg

Namur 5,454 5,438 5,496 5,370 5,325 5,169 5,091 5,010 4,804 4,850 4,756 4,801 4,995 4,694 4,496 4,262 Namur

Walloon Brabant 3,939 4,102 3,873 3,934 3,903 3,896 3,938 3,833 3,843 3,656 3,716 3,568 3,837 3,579 3,419 3,229 Walloon Brabant

Brabant (former province) 28,127 33,692 33,493 33,879 33,817 33,851 33,280 33,099 32,715 31,966 31,692 30,541 31,001 29,433 28,359 27,702 Brabant (former province)

Brussels Capital Region 12,908 13,241 13,626 14,513 13,929 14,668 15,173 15,492 16,214 16,161 18,176 18,301 18,562 18,307 18,514 18,214 17,923 17,709 17,377 16,854 15,847 15,690 14,744 13,987 13,830 Brussels Capital Region

BELGIUM TOTAL 120,848 116,449 115,361 114,226 115,214 114,276 113,469 114,883 114,172 111,225 112,149 115,618 118,002 121,382 120,663 127,205 127,297 129,909 127,655 126,993 124,862 124,415 121,713 121,161 119,102 117,800 117,103 113,739 117,914 113,593 110,198 108,150 BELGIUM TOTAL

Sources (incomplete):

Senat et Chambre des Representants de Belgique, 1 Sept. 2004, "Commisssion Nationale D'Evaluation de la loi du 3 Avril 1990 Relative a L'Interruption de Grossessee," on line [https://www.senate.be/www/?MIval=publications/viewPubDoc&TID=50336618&LANG=FR].
Sensoa, Oct. 2004, "Feiten & Cijfers: Abortus in Belgie," Sensoa, on line [http://www.sensoa.be/pdf/feiten_en_cijfers/abortus_in_belgie_2004.pdf].
Sensoa, Aug. 2007, "Feiten & Cijfers: Abortus in Belgie," Sensoa, on line [http://www.sensoa.be/pdf/feiten_en_cijfers/feiten_en_cijfers_abortus_in_belgie_2007.pdf].
Sensoa, Oct. 2009, "Feiten & Cijfers: Abortus in Belgie," Sensoa, on line [http://www.sensoa.be/pdf/feiten_en_cijfers/feiten_en_cijfers_abortus_in_belgie_2009.pdf].
Statistics Belgium, 2009, "Mouvement de la population etrangere en Belgique (1988-2007)," Statistics Belgium, on line [http://statbel.fgov.be/fr/binaries/pop1988_2007mov_fr_tcm326-34262.xls].
van Bussel, Johan, 1 Sept. 2006, "Zwangerschapsafbreking in Belgie (1993-2005), Leuven," CRZ, on line [http://www.crz.be/downloads/Zwangerschapsafbreking-1993-2005.pdf].

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province	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	province
Flanders (region)						5,377	5,502	6,078	6,568	6,432	6,735	6,899	6,981	7,432	7,648	7,807	8,205	7,849	8,205	7,955	8,068	7,930	8,125	7,803	7,907	7,867	7,970	7,733	7,834	8,954	9,516	Flanders (region)
Antwerp	1,707	1,801	1,805			1,781	1,846			2,264	2,435	2,478	2,432	2,661	2,797	2,791	3,063	2,963	3,063	3,061	3,076	2,951	2,993	2,809	2,852	2,803	2,937	2,638	2,649	3,003	3,180	Antwerp
East Flanders	1,044	1,133	1,135			1,336	1,379			1,443	1,543	1,421	1,482	1,557	1,447	1,642	1,787	1,697	1,787	1,723	1,750	1,692	1,845	1,806	1,862	1,848	1,846	1,807	1,887	2,072	2,263	East Flanders
Flemish Brabant						686	625			702	743	913	998	1,082	1,149	1,125	1,158	1,069	1,158	1,047	1,121	1,187	1,213	1,151	1,099	1,142	1,096	1,324	1,320	1,554	1,524	Flemish Brabant
Limburg	139	135	224			551	605			815	874	945	914	874	961	989	989	988	989	985	1,005	920	927	931	921	921	932	808	915	1,024	1,115	Limburg
West Flanders	692	760	833			1,023	1,047			1,208	1,140	1,142	1,155	1,258	1,294	1,260	1,208	1,132	1,208	1,139	1,116	1,180	1,147	1,106	1,173	1,153	1,159	1,156	1,063	1,301	1,434	West Flanders
Wallonia (region)						4,121	4,260	4,327	4,280	4,716	4,840	4,809	5,327	5,346	5,449	11,095	6,487	6,309	6,487	6,845	6,858	6,727	6,555	5,883	5,666	6,497	6,366	5,883	5,851	6,353	6,972	Wallonia (region)
Hainaut	1,506	1,594	1,645			1,678	1,788			2,005	1,892	1,657	2,031	1,867	1,936	2,052	2,605	2,375	2,605	2,762	2,746	2,685	2,488	1,935	1,943	2,715	2,604	2,619	2,444	2,621	3,030	Hainaut
Liege	1,371	1,432	1,377			1,423	1,396			1,503	1,571	1,659	1,769	1,820	1,910	2,064	1,947	2,146	1,947	2,247	2,234	2,202	2,103	2,104	1,948	1,988	1,890	1,224	1,569	1,721	1,837	Liege
Luxembourg	163	205	218			216	219			254	320	372	342	367	335	379	420	426	420	408	421	382	397	387	439	426	437	410	358	462	444	Luxembourg
Namur	380	343	377			440	481			519	567	589	657	669	652	643	813	774	813	802	831	822	842	781	721	776	759	951	856	901	989	Namur
Walloon Brabant						364	376			435	490	532	528	623	616	5,957	702	588	702	626	626	636	725	676	615	592	676	679	624	648	672	Walloon Brabant
Brabant (former province)	3,105	3,089	3,409			3,293	3,607			4,306	4,861	5,363	5,618	6,271	6,387	11,844	6,623	6,412	6,623	5,909	6,244	6,120	6,130	5,851	5,274	5,504	5,347	4,791	4,794	5,245	5,173	Brabant (former province)
Brussels Capital Region						2,243	2,606	2,980	3,516	3,169	3,628	3,918	4,092	4,566	4,622	4,762	4,763	4,755	4,763	4,236	4,497	4,297	4,192	4,024	3,560	3,770	3,575	2,788	2,850	3,043	2,977	Brussels Capital Region
BELGIUM TOTAL	10,270	10,708	11,211	12,628	12,266	11,741	12,368	13,382	14,361	14,317	15,203	15,626	16,400	17,344	17,719	18,304	19,455	18,913	19,455	19,036	19,423	18,954	18,872	17,710	17,133	18,134	17,911	16,404	16,535	18,350	19,465	BELGIUM TOTAL
FOREIGN	163	216	188			252	365	374	408	466	379	392	295	296	314	291	123	182	123	119	128	153	141	168	124	139	116	154	135	163	159	FOREIGN
UNKNOWN	3,041	2,291	1,999			1,589	1,204	6	6	8	13	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	32	61	62	UNKNOWN
TOTAL	13,474	13,215	13,398	14,533	13,857	13,582	13,937	13,762	14,775	14,791	15,595	16,024	16,696	17,640	18,033	18,595	19,578	19,095	19,578	19,155	19,551	19,107	19,013	17,878	17,257	18,273	18,027	16,585	16,702	18,574	19,686	TOTAL

province	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	province
Flanders (region)						63,042	61,906	61,877	60,645	59,725	59,964	62,374	63,906	65,655	65,689		68,925		69,290	68,549	67,491	67,211	65,606	65,992	64,501	64,336	63,721	62,798	65,747	63,284	62,338	61,781	Flanders (region)
Antwerp								17,579									20,672		21,093	21,153	20,668	20,786	20,052	20,264	20,066	19,844	19,760	18,846	19,960	19,010	18,941	18,882	Antwerp
East Flanders								14,454									16,350		16,268	15,881	15,521	15,460	15,317	15,010	14,705	14,844	14,405	14,679	15,658	14,898	14,547	14,594	East Flanders
Flemish Brabant								10,562									11,414		11,319	11,383	11,607	11,441	11,128	11,343	11,163	10,933	11,122	11,126	11,474	11,110	10,953	10,643	Flemish Brabant
Limburg								8,029									8,858		8,945	8,794	8,461	8,521	8,234	8,254	7,956	7,687	7,728	7,456	7,679	7,559	7,355	7,322	Limburg
West Flanders								11,253									11,631		11,665	11,338	11,234	11,003	10,875	11,121	10,611	11,028	10,706	10,691	10,976	10,707	10,542	10,340	West Flanders
Wallonia (region)						38,326	38,322	39,380	39,014	37,571	37,517	38,071	38,604	39,513	38,813		40,196		40,064	39,882	39,064	38,690	37,893	37,246	36,892	36,087	36,528	35,094	36,477	35,565	33,873	32,539	Wallonia (region)
Hainaut								15,040									15,055		14,978	14,871	14,615	14,437	14,009	13,664	13,619	13,309	13,416	12,998	13,394	13,328	12,591	12,269	Hainaut
Liege								11,581									12,351		12,434	12,350	11,975	12,028	11,725	11,790	11,644	11,387	11,486	10,824	11,207	10,923	10,468	9,992	Liege
Luxembourg								3,366									3,250		3,283	3,357	3,246	3,160	3,130	2,949	2,982	2,885	3,154	2,903	3,044	3,041	2,899	2,787	Luxembourg
Namur								5,454									5,438		5,496	5,370	5,325	5,169	5,091	5,010	4,804	4,850	4,756	4,801	4,995	4,694	4,496	4,262	Namur
Walloon Brabant								3,939									4,102		3,873	3,934	3,903	3,896	3,938	3,833	3,843	3,656	3,716	3,568	3,837	3,579	3,419	3,229	Walloon Brabant
Brabant (former province)								28,127									33,692		33,493	33,879	33,817	33,851	33,280	33,099	32,715	31,966	31,692	30,541	31,001	29,433	28,359	27,702	Brabant (former province)
Brussels Capital Region						12,908	13,241	13,626	14,513	13,929	14,668	15,173	15,492	16,214	16,161		18,176		18,301	18,562	18,307	18,514	18,214	17,923	17,709	17,377	16,854	15,847	15,690	14,744	13,987	13,830	Brussels Capital Region
BELGIUM TOTAL	120,848	116,449	115,361	114,226	115,214	114,276	113,469	114,883	114,172	111,225	112,149	115,618	118,002	121,382	120,663	127,205	127,297	129,909	127,655	126,993	124,862	124,415	121,713	121,161	119,102	117,800	117,103	113,739	117,914	113,593	110,198	108,150	BELGIUM TOTAL