Historical abortion statistics, Berlin (Germany)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Berlin (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		3,371
1973		9,312
1974		7,886
1975		7,176
1976		8,077
1977		10,844
1978		11,103
1979		12,360
1980		12,160
1981		12,007
1982		12,563
1983		11,414
1984		11,608
1985		11,339
1986		11,707
1987		13,391
1988		12,322
1989		11,681
1990	37,596	10,089	129	268.4	21.16
1991	30,562	5,025	82	164.4	14.12
1992	29,667	4,487	77	151.2	13.14
1993	28,724	8,220	79	286.2	22.25
1994	28,503	9,678	105	339.5	25.35
1995	28,648	8,619	127	300.9	23.13
1996	29,905	11,762	163	393.3	28.23
1997	30,369	11,741	171	386.6	27.88
1998	29,612	11,396	146	384.8	27.79
1999	29,856	11,949	166	400.2	28.58
2000	29,695	11,955	162	402.6	28.70
2001	28,624	11,605	118	405.4	28.85
2002	28,801	11,344	131	393.9	28.26
2003	28,723	10,881	128	378.8	27.47
2004	29,446	10,994	156	373.4	27.19
2005	28,976	10,637	122	367.1	26.85
2006	29,627	10,024	110	338.3	25.28
2007	31,174	9,621	118	308.6	23.58
2008	31,936	9,648	130	302.1	23.20
2009	32,104	9,402	112	292.9	22.65
2010	33,393	9,503	161	284.6	22.15
2011	33,075	9,393	145	284.0	22.12
2012	34,678	9,269	156	267.3	21.09
2013	35,038	8,800	175	251.2	20.07
2014	37,368	8,643	167	231.3	18.78
2015	38,030	8,494	179	223.3	18.26
2016	41,086	8,871	150	215.9	17.76
2017	40,160	9,289	170	231.3	18.79
2018	40,203	9,525	162	236.9	19.15
2019	39,503	9,645	181	244.2	19.62
2020	38,693	9,790	167	253.0	20.19
2021	39,168	8,770	184	223.9	18.29
2022	35,729	10,007	172	280.1	21.88
2023	34,120	9,824	173	287.9	22.36	10.99
2024	33,749	10,280	152	304.6	23.35
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 [].
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