Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, West Bengal (India)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 7 June 2026

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

yearlive births, reportedlive births, estimatedabortions, reportedabortions, estimated (medication)abortions, estimated (total)miscarriagesfetal deathsabortion ratio (reported)abortion ratio (estimated)abortion % (reported)abortion % (estimated)abortion rate (reported)abortion rate (estimated)
1970             
1971             
1972  2,200 2,200        
1973  3,375 3,375        
1974  11,623 11,623        
1975  18,655 18,655        
1976  19,436 19,436        
1977  13,778 13,778        
1978  19,180 19,180        
1979  25,472 25,472        
1980 (1,695,000)20,293 20,293  12.012.01.181.18  
1981 (1,812,000)31,225 31,225  17.217.21.691.69  
1982 (1,802,000)33,904 33,904  18.818.81.851.85  
1983 (1,826,000)39,802 39,802  21.821.82.132.13  
1984 (1,773,000)34,458 34,458  19.419.41.911.91  
1985 (1,753,000)38,567 38,567  22.022.02.152.15  
1986 (1,810,000)43,699 43,699  24.124.12.362.36  
1987 (1,913,000)41,112 41,112  21.521.52.102.10  
1988 (1,809,000)37,930 37,930  21.021.02.052.05  
1989 (1,772,000)50,564 50,564  28.528.52.772.77  
1990 (1,878,000)41,054 41,054  21.921.92.142.14  
1991 (1,838,000)55,673 55,673  30.330.32.942.94  
1992 (1,743,000)36,803 36,803  21.121.12.072.07  
1993 (1,841,000)64,273 64,273  34.934.93.373.37  
1994 (1,839,000)50,687 50,687  27.627.62.682.68  
1995 (1,752,000)51,926 51,926  29.629.62.882.88  
1996 (1,721,000)48,635 48,635  28.328.32.752.75  
1997 (1,718,000)41,229 41,229  24.024.02.342.34  
1998 (1,658,000)40,800 40,800  24.624.62.402.40  
1999 (1,633,000)36,354 36,354  22.322.32.182.18  
2000 (1,646,000)32,479 32,479  19.719.71.941.94  
2001 (1,652,000)42,941 42,941  26.026.02.532.53  
2002 (1,665,000)42,154 42,154  25.325.32.472.47  
2003 (1,671,000)44,310    26.5 2.58   
2004 (1,609,000)43,635    27.1 2.64   
2005 (1,588,000)45,632    28.7 2.79   
2006 (1,575,000)47,005    29.8 2.90   
2007 (1,552,000)46,753    30.1 2.92   
2008 (1,537,000)50,460    32.8 3.18   
20091,422,559(1,531,000)58,916    38.5 3.71   
20101,462,731(1,515,000)58,774   7,90638.8 3.73   
20111,458,575(1,489,000)48,661   25,35332.7 3.16   
20121,401,559(1,485,000)50,882   23,28234.3 3.31   
20131,496,602(1,490,000)50,220   23,79133.6 3.25   
20141,378,357(1,467,000)53,504   23,00036.5 3.52   
20151,352,404(1,471,000)54,422  (82,000)22,10237.0 3.57   
20161,342,997(1,476,000)55,989  30,88521,12737.9 3.65   
20171,306,391(1,470,000)   77,82021,722      
20181,313,809(1,458,000)34,907  81,34620,75823.9 2.34   
2019 (1,455,000)           
2020 (1,432,000)36,973    25.8 2.52   
20211,254,407(1,437,000)37,983  (100,000)19,07526.4 2.58   
2022 (1,433,000)34,017    23.7 2.32   
2023 (1,389,000)32,976    23.7 2.32   
2024 (1,384,000)27,068    19.6 1.92   
2025             
yearlive births, reportedlive births, estimatedabortions, reportedabortions, estimated (medication)abortions, estimated (total)miscarriagesfetal deathsabortion ratio (reported)abortion ratio (estimated)abortion % (reported)abortion % (estimated)abortion rate (reported)abortion rate (estimated)

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