Historical abortion statistics, Kerala (India)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Kerala (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.

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		(664,000)
1972		(678,000)
1973		(646,000)
1974		(603,000)
1975		(641,000)	19,969		19,969			31.2	31.2	3.02	3.02
1976		(648,000)	25,392		25,392			39.2	39.2	3.77	3.77
1977		(612,000)	28,752		28,752			47.0	47.0	4.49	4.49
1978		(608,000)	23,789		23,789			39.1	39.1	3.77	3.77
1979		(634,000)	32,597		32,597			51.4	51.4	4.89	4.89
1980		(668,000)	36,212		36,212			54.2	54.2	5.14	5.14
1981		(652,000)	35,033		35,033			53.7	53.7	5.10	5.10
1982		(676,000)	38,936		38,936			57.6	57.6	5.45	5.45
1983		(651,000)	40,047		40,047			61.5	61.5	5.80	5.80
1984		(607,000)	43,957		43,957			72.4	72.4	6.75	6.75
1985		(626,000)	32,222		32,222			51.5	51.5	4.90	4.90
1986		(612,000)	29,264		29,264			47.8	47.8	4.56	4.56
1987		(599,000)	29,794		29,794			49.7	49.7	4.74	4.74
1988		(567,000)	22,666		22,666			40.0	40.0	3.84	3.84
1989		(575,000)	24,353		24,353			42.4	42.4	4.06	4.06
1990		(563,000)	22,197		22,197			39.4	39.4	3.79	3.79
1991		(533,000)	36,727		36,727			68.9	68.9	6.45	6.45
1992		(524,000)	35,372		35,372			67.5	67.5	6.32	6.32
1993		(521,000)	34,433		34,433			66.1	66.1	6.20	6.20
1994		(526,000)	39,337		39,337			74.8	74.8	6.96	6.96
1995		(549,000)	33,926		33,926			61.8	61.8	5.82	5.82
1996		(554,000)	34,028		34,028			61.4	61.4	5.79	5.79
1997		(556,000)	33,361		33,361			60.0	60.0	5.66	5.66
1998		(573,000)	34,710		34,710			60.6	60.6	5.71	5.71
1999		(568,000)	43,368		43,368			76.4	76.4	7.09	7.09
2000		(568,000)	39,850		39,850			70.2	70.2	6.56	6.56
2001		(551,000)	38,587		38,587			70.0	70.0	6.54	6.54
2002		(541,000)	33,733		33,733			62.4	62.4	5.87	5.87
2003		(537,000)	29,232					54.4		5.16
2004		(491,000)	27,918					56.9		5.38
2005		(487,000)	23,437					48.1		4.59
2006		(486,000)	18,447					38.0		3.66
2007		(482,000)	14,227					29.5		2.87
2008		(481,000)	12,375					25.7		2.51
2009	491,207	(486,000)	11,746					23.9		2.34
2010	378,829	(492,000)	12,090				1,792	24.6		2.40
2011	484,086	(507,000)	11,689				2,338	23.1		2.25
2012	492,595	(501,000)	11,041				2,363	22.0		2.16
2013	498,269	(499,000)	11,192				2,259	22.4		2.19
2014	490,794	(506,000)	2,293				2,099	4.5		0.45
2015	477,139	(510,000)	2,105			(34,000)	2,104	4.1		0.41
2016	452,958	(496,000)	2,069			13,741	2,011	4.2		0.42
2017	492,964	(496,000)	9,458			12,175	2,057	19.1		1.87
2018	487,790	(488,000)	10,510			13,123	2,028	21.5		2.11
2019		(477,000)	11,078					23.2		2.27
2020		(468,000)	8,525					18.2		1.79
2021	430,674	(459,000)	10,989			(38,000)	1,962	23.9		2.34
2022		(443,000)	14,519					32.8		3.17
2023		(441,000)	20,179					45.8		4.38
2024		(399,000)	25,884					64.9		6.09
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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