Historical abortion statistics, Goa (India)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Goa (India)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 July 2026

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

Abortions, reported include all abortions obtained by residents.
Abortions, estimated (medication) are estimates of non-surgical medication-induced abortions.
Abortions, estimated (total) are totals for reported abortions and estimated medication-induced abortions.
Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/spontaneous abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
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.

Goa became a state in 1987; it was the territory of Goa, Daman and Diu from 1961 until 1987 and included Daman and Diu.

year	live births, reported	live births, estimated	abortions, reported	abortions, estimated (medication)	abortions, estimated (total)	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio (reported)	abortion ratio (estimated)	abortion % (reported)	abortion % (estimated)	abortion rate (reported)	abortion rate (estimated)
1970
1971		(22,500)
1972		(22,000)
1973		(22,400)
1974		(22,200)
1975		(22,100)	679		679			30.7	30.7	2.98	2.98
1976		(23,600)	825		825			35.0	35.0	3.38	3.38
1977		(19,700)	788		788			40.0	40.0	3.85	3.85
1978		(21,300)	846		846			39.7	39.7	3.82	3.82
1979		(20,300)	958		958			47.2	47.2	4.51	4.51
1980		(19,200)	1,105		1,105			57.6	57.6	5.44	5.44
1981		(16,800)	13,557		13,557			807.0	807.0	44.66	44.66
1982		(23,400)	1,857		1,857			79.4	79.4	7.35	7.35
1983		(23,500)
1984		(23,000)	1,662		1,662			72.3	72.3	6.74	6.74
1985		(20,700)	1,429		1,429			69.0	69.0	6.46	6.46
1986		(22,800)	1,427		1,427			62.6	62.6	5.89	5.89
1987		(21,500)	1,088		1,088			50.6	50.6	4.82	4.82
1988		(20,300)	1,840		1,840			90.6	90.6	8.31	8.31
1989		(18,100)	1,482		1,482			81.9	81.9	7.57	7.57
1990		(18,300)	1,407		1,407			76.9	76.9	7.14	7.14
1991		(19,700)	1,559		1,559			79.1	79.1	7.33	7.33
1992		(17,600)	1,456		1,456			82.7	82.7	7.64	7.64
1993		(17,800)	1,637		1,637			92.0	92.0	8.42	8.42
1994		(17,500)	1,504		1,504			85.9	85.9	7.91	7.91
1995		(18,300)	1,385		1,385			75.7	75.7	7.04	7.04
1996		(18,100)	696		696			38.5	38.5	3.70	3.70
1997		(18,100)	1,164		1,164			64.3	64.3	6.04	6.04
1998		(18,500)	426		426			23.0	23.0	2.25	2.25
1999		(18,800)	573		573			30.5	30.5	2.96	2.96
2000		(19,100)	589		589			30.8	30.8	2.99	2.99
2001		(19,100)	995		995			52.1	52.1	4.95	4.95
2002	22,683	(19,000)	1,783		1,783			78.6		7.29
2003		(19,000)	1,641					86.4		7.95
2004	22,386	(19,000)	1,666					74.4		6.93
2005		(20,600)	2,045					99.3		9.03
2006	24,801	(21,200)	1,195					48.7		4.60
2007	22,396	(20,800)	930					41.5		3.99
2008	22,577	(19,400)	1,175					52.0		4.95
2009	21,744	(19,400)	978					45.0		4.30
2010	21,168	(19,100)	919				176	43.4		4.16
2011	21,995	(19,400)	963				331	43.8		4.19
2012	22,339	(19,200)	1,103				247	49.4		4.71
2013	21,667	(19,200)	603				297	27.8		2.71
2014	21,415	(19,200)	439				336	20.5		2.01
2015	21,727	(19,000)	664			(1,000)	348	30.6		2.97
2016	21,610	(19,400)	609			216	210	28.2		2.74
2017	18,883	(18,900)	662			604	153	35.0		3.38
2018	21,440	(18,900)	757			533	166	35.3		3.41
2019	19,736	(18,900)	1,084				152	54.9		5.21
2020	18,316	(18,800)	771				142	41.0		3.94
2021	15,396	(18,300)	1,068			(2,200)	129	58.4		5.51
2022	18,065	(17,100)	2,088				163	115.6		10.36
2023	17,240	(17,000)	2,593					150.4		13.07
2024		(16,900)	3,107					183.8		15.53
2025
year	live births, reported	live births, estimated	abortions, reported	abortions, estimated (medication)	abortions, estimated (total)	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio (reported)	abortion ratio (estimated)	abortion % (reported)	abortion % (estimated)	abortion rate (reported)	abortion rate (estimated)

Notes:

Abortion data may be significantly incomplete.

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