Historical abortion statistics, Bavaria (Germany)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Bavaria (Germany)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 October 2025

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by lander residents.
Fetal deaths includes stillbirths.
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 15-49.

year	live births	abortions	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate
year	live births	all to residents	fetal deaths	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976	108,995	1,320		12.1	1.20
1977	106,633	5,889		55.2	5.23
1978	106,145	6,196		58.4	5.52
1979	107,667	5,645		52.4	4.98
1980	114,451	5,998		52.4	4.98
1981		5,457
1982	116,576	7,213		61.9	5.83
1983		5,995
1984	111,183	5,011		45.1	4.31
1985		6,160
1986	118,439	6,088		51.4	4.89
1987	119,623	6,947		58.1	5.49
1988	126,409	5,844		46.2	4.42
1989	127,029	4,668		36.7	3.54
1990	136,122	5,053	407	37.1	3.58
1991	134,400	5,721	379	42.6	4.08
1992	133,946	5,234	384	39.1	3.76
1993	133,897	6,285	379	46.9	4.48
1994	127,828	9,772	466	76.4	7.10
1995	125,995	9,643	478	76.5	7.11
1996	129,376	12,726	560	98.4	8.96
1997	130,517	14,768	547	113.2	10.16
1998	126,529	15,838	462	125.2	11.12
1999	123,244	15,681	458	127.2	11.29
2000	120,765	16,603	447	137.5	12.09
2001	115,964	16,464	408	142.0	12.43
2002	113,818	15,885	401	139.6	12.25
2003	111,536	15,563	391	139.5	12.24
2004	111,164	16,155	389	145.3	12.69
2005	107,308	14,294	355	133.2	11.75
2006	104,822	13,593	332	129.7	11.48
2007	106,870	13,364	322	125.0	11.11
2008	106,298	12,736	352	119.8	10.70
2009	103,710	12,054	341	116.2	10.41
2010	105,251	11,696	358	111.1	10.00
2011	103,668	12,325	317	118.9	10.63
2012	107,039	12,040	303	112.5	10.11
2013	109,562	11,886	344	108.5	9.79
2014	113,935	12,102	367	106.2	9.60
2015	118,228	11,821	391	100.0	9.09
2016	125,686	11,483	444	91.4	8.37
2017	126,187	12,143	457	96.2	8.78
2018	127,616	11,868	444	93.0	8.51
2019	128,227	12,131	444	94.6	8.64
2020	128,764	12,487	478	97.0	8.84
2021	134,321	11,344	543	84.5	7.79
2022	124,897	12,046	474	96.4	8.80
2023	116,505	12,637	484	108.5	9.79	4.55
2024	114,365	12,235	478	107.0	9.66
year	live births	abortions	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate
year	live births	all to residents	fetal deaths	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents

Notes:

Sources:

Arbeitskreis Lebensrecht, 26 March 2009, "Statistik der Schwangerschaftsabbrüche 1996 – 2008," Arbeitskreis Lebensrecht, on line [http://www.ak-lebensrecht.de/info/stat_tab.html].
Federal Health Monitoring System, August 2013, "Live births with low birth weight," Gesundheitsberichterstattung des Bundes, on line [http://www.gbe-bund.de/oowa921-install/servlet/oowa/aw92/dboowasys921.xwdevkit/xwd_init?gbe.isgbetol/xs_start_neu/&p_aid=3&p_aid=46893278&nummer=854&p_sprache=E&p_indsp=-&p_aid=91054487].
Federal Statistical Office, 9 March 2005, "Abortions in Germany, 1999 to 2004, by the land of the place of residence and ratio per 1,000 births," DeStatis, on line [http://www.destatis.de/basis/e/gesu/gesutab18.htm].
Federal Statistical Office, 2009, "Abortions: years from 2002 to 2008, by place of residence of the women and quota every 1,000 births," DeStatis, on line [http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/EN/Content/Statistics/Gesundheit/Abortions/Tabellen/Content75/StateOfResidence,templateId=renderPrint.psml].
Federal Statistical Office, 2013, "Abortions," DeStatis, on line [https://www.destatis.de/EN/FactsFigures/SocietyState/Health/Abortions/Tables/StateOfResidence.html;jsessionid=D0FF256B3B067B8A38AC6E9333A725DE.cae4].
Statistisches Bundesamt, Aug. 1997 (on line 12 March 2007), "Gesundheitswesen: Schwangerschaftsabbrüche," Destatis, on line [].
Statistisches Bundesamt, 2025, "Totgeborene: Bundeslander, Jahre," Destatis, on line [https://www-genesis.destatis.de/datenbank/online/statistic/12612/table/12612-0106/table-toolbar].
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© 2025 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 11 October 2025.
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