Historical abortion statistics, Puducherry (India)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Puducherry (India)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 26 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.

Puducherry is a territory renamed from the territory of Pondicherry in 2007.

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		(13,700)
1972		(15,000)
1973		(13,600)
1974		(13,700)
1975		(14,800)	784		784			53.0	53.0	5.03	5.03
1976		(16,600)	926		926			55.8	55.8	5.28	5.28
1977		(15,900)	1,030		1,030			64.8	64.8	6.08	6.08
1978		(15,400)	1,328		1,328			86.2	86.2	7.94	7.94
1979		(15,400)	1,404		1,404			91.2	91.2	8.36	8.36
1980		(15,300)	1,548		1,548			101.2	101.2	9.19	9.19
1981		(13,100)	1,227		1,227			93.7	93.7	8.56	8.56
1982		(14,800)	1,343		1,343			90.7	90.7	8.32	8.32
1983		(15,100)	1,499		1,499			99.3	99.3	9.03	9.03
1984		(16,700)	1,509		1,509			90.4	90.4	8.29	8.29
1985		(15,000)	1,405		1,405			93.7	93.7	8.56	8.56
1986		(15,700)	1,505		1,505			95.9	95.9	8.75	8.75
1987		(16,100)	1,586		1,586			98.5	98.5	8.97	8.97
1988		(16,700)	1,891		1,891			113.2	113.2	10.17	10.17
1989		(16,100)	2,086		2,086			129.6	129.6	11.47	11.47
1990		(16,000)	2,107		2,107			131.7	131.7	11.64	11.64
1991		(15,500)	2,181		2,181			140.7	140.7	12.34	12.34
1992		(16,700)	2,037		2,037			122.0	122.0	10.87	10.87
1993		(13,400)	1,826		1,826			136.3	136.3	11.99	11.99
1994		(15,900)	1,980		1,980			124.5	124.5	11.07	11.07
1995		(18,100)	1,744		1,744			96.4	96.4	8.79	8.79
1996		(16,600)	1,689		1,689			101.7	101.7	9.24	9.24
1997		(17,200)	1,574		1,574			91.5	91.5	8.38	8.38
1998		(17,300)	1,414		1,414			81.7	81.7	7.56	7.56
1999		(17,000)	1,371		1,371			80.6	80.6	7.46	7.46
2000		(17,300)	1,412		1,412			81.6	81.6	7.55	7.55
2001		(17,400)	1,502		1,502			86.3	86.3	7.95	7.95
2002		(17,900)	1,486		1,486			83.0	83.0	7.67	7.67
2003		(17,900)	1,322					73.9		6.88
2004		(17,800)	1,683					94.6		8.64
2005		(17,400)	1,996					114.7		10.29
2006		(17,300)	1,726					99.8		9.07
2007		(17,000)	1,579					92.9		8.50
2008		(19,000)	1,230					64.7		6.08
2009	41,397	(19,600)	1,996					48.2		4.60
2010	42,276	(20,300)	916				1,056	21.7		2.12
2011	38,916	(20,000)	680				923	17.5		1.72
2012	34,473	(19,800)	604				926	17.5		1.72
2013	39,928	(19,900)	848				741	21.2		2.08
2014	41,153	(18,600)	998				751	24.3		2.37
2015	41,028	(17,700)	1,009			(490)	641	24.6		2.40
2016	40,064	(18,000)	1,188			158	556	29.7		2.88
2017	42,529	(17,200)				1,136	486
2018	43,695	(18,000)	635			1,026	510	14.5		1.43
2019		(17,700)
2020		(17,600)	757					43.0		4.12
2021	31,497	(17,400)	990			(1,700)	385	31.4		3.05
2022		(17,000)	1,472					86.6		7.97
2023		(16,700)	1,123					67.2		6.30
2024		(16,700)	1,760					105.4		9.53
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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