Historical abortion statistics, Tokyo (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Tokyo (Japan)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 22 May 2025

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

Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by prefecture 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
1899	53,060		5,322
1900	55,461		5,447
1901	60,327		5,883
1902	59,017		5,861
1903	60,115		5,549
1904	61,046		5,512
1905	65,561		5,624
1906	56,750		6,019
1907	77,010		6,890
1908	74,769		7,320
1909	77,557		7,382
1910	81,357		7,391
1911	82,629		7,310
1912	85,727		7,082
1913	88,110		7,289
1914	92,853		7,233
1915	93,701		6,998
1916	91,243		7,134
1917	97,246		7,241
1918	95,188		7,230
1919	105,564		7,548
1920	110,131		8,020
1921	120,742		8,196
1922	120,670		8,330
1923	117,705		8,092
1924	123,526		8,227
1925	144,230		9,248
1926	137,856		8,882
1927	145,653		8,842
1928	152,251		9,334
1929	147,889		8,920
1930	151,493		9,160
1931	158,235		9,086
1932	161,178		9,570
1933	164,067		9,464
1934	154,044		9,044
1935	175,890		9,872
1936	170,620		9,557
1937	172,171		9,713
1938	157,466		9,277
1939	165,548		9,637
1940	192,555		10,437
1941	223,337		10,951
1942	223,583		10,272
1943	238,061		10,101
1944
1945
1946
1947	157,306		7,656
1948	161,476		8,648
1949	167,697		11,047
1950	148,423		12,263
1951	137,295		12,498
1952	133,336		12,327
1953	125,859		12,505
1954	126,303		13,418
1955	127,847	69,385	13,418	542.7	35.18	30.5
1956	127,153		14,153
1957	131,115		14,855
1958	146,080		16,602
1959	152,933		16,968
1960	164,826	68,644	18,070	416.5	29.40	23.6
1961	172,128		18,601
1962	183,009		18,829
1963	193,553		19,032
1964	207,567		18,613
1965	225,492	61,673	18,117	273.5	21.48	18.2
1966	177,354		16,284
1967	235,583		15,738
1968	229,042		15,239
1969	229,174		14,784
1970	229,687	63,201	14,081	275.2	21.58	18.2
1971	232,695		13,410
1972	230,584		12,384
1973	226,372		11,325
1974	209,244		10,367
1975	186,701	58,100	9,347	311.2	23.73	17.3
1976	173,538		9,592
1977	164,459		8,223
1978	157,066		7,744
1979	148,543		7,265
1980	139,953	47,427	6,877	338.9	25.31	14.6
1981	136,753		6,880
1982	133,777		6,783
1983	132,052		6,209
1984	131,151		6,232
1985	126,178	42,683	5,885	338.3	25.28	13.3
1986	121,745		5,435
1987	118,509		5,474
1988	114,422		4,968
1989	106,480		4,562
1990	103,983	37,132	4,543	357.1	26.31	11.8
1991	103,226	36,330	4,333	351.9	26.03
1992	100,965	34,534	3,992	342.0	25.49
1993	98,291	32,428	3,559	329.9	24.81
1994	101,998	30,446	3,362	298.5	22.99
1995	96,823	28,354	3,189	292.8	22.65	9.3
1996	97,954	27,252	3,190	278.2	21.77
1997	97,906	27,812	3,131	284.1	22.12
1998	98,960	28,002	3,107	283.0	22.06
1999	97,959	27,906	3,143	284.9	22.17
2000	100,209	28,589	2,995	285.3	22.20	9.7
2001	98,421	28,899	2,907	293.6	22.70	9.8
2002	100,118	29,141	2,908	291.1	22.54	9.8
2003	98,534	29,143	2,938	295.8	22.83	9.8
2004	99,272	28,388	2,923	286.0	22.24	9.5
2005	96,542	28,628	2,839	296.5	22.87	9.5
2006	101,674	28,393	2,782	279.3	21.83	9.4
2007	103,837	27,878	2,621	268.5	21.17	9.2
2008	106,015	26,593	2,724	250.8	20.05	8.8
2009	106,613	26,462	2,482	248.2	19.89	8.8
2010	108,135	26,660	2,587	246.5	19.78	8.5
2011	106,027	26,581	2,484	250.7	20.04	8.4
2012	107,401	26,612	2,325	247.8	19.86	8.4
2013	109,986	26,068	2,441	237.0	19.16	8.2
2014	110,629	25,846	2,460	233.6	18.94	8.1
2015	113,194	26,672	2,406	235.6	19.07	8.5
2016	111,964	26,501	2,365	236.7	19.14	8.2
2017	108,990	26,421	2,298	242.4	19.51	8.2
2018	107,150	26,867	2,201	250.7	20.05	8.3
2019	101,818	27,192	2,303	267.1	21.08	8.4
2020	99,661	24,064	2,076	241.5	19.45	7.6
2021	95,404	22,341	1,975	234.2	18.97	7.0
2022	91,097	24,475	1,773	268.7	21.18	7.7
2023	86,348	25,326	1,934	293.3	22.68
2024
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:

Abortion data may be significantly incomplete.

Sources:

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2000, "Trends in vital statistics by prefecture over the past 100 years" (in Japanese), MHLW, on line [https://www.mhlw.go.jp/www1/toukei/kjd100_8/index.html#data]
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2024, "Table 56: Number and rate of induced abortions by year (per 1,000 women aged 15-49) by prefecture" (in Japanese), Tottori Prefecture, on line [https://www.pref.tottori.lg.jp/secure/1350626/%25E4%25BB%25A4%25E5%2592%258C%25EF%25BC%2594%25EF%25BC%258856%25E8%25A1%25A8%25EF%25BC%2589%25E5%25B9%25B4%25E6%25AC%25A1%25E5%2588%25A5%25E4%25BA%25BA%25E5%25B7%25A5%25E5%25A6%258A%25E5%25A8%25A0%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E7%25B5%25B6%25E4%25BB%25B6%25E6%2595%25B0%25E3%2580%2581%25E7%258E%2587%25EF%25BC%258815%25EF%25BD%259E49%25E6%25AD%25B3%25E5%25A5%25B3%25E5%25AD%2590%25E4%25BA%25BA%25E5%258F%25A3%25E5%258D%2583%25E5%25AF%25BE%25EF%25BC%2589%25EF%25BC%2588%25E9%2583%25BD%25E9%2581%2593%25E5%25BA%259C%25E7%259C%258C%25E5%2588%25A5%25EF%25BC%2589.xls].
National Statistics Center, 2024, "Vital statistics of Japan, Volume 1: Natality Table 4.3 Trends in live births by each prefecture: Japan," e-Stat, on line [https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/].
National Statistics Center, 2025, "Vital statistics, stillbirths" (in Japanese), e-Stat, on line [https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0003411801].
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© 2025 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 22 May 2025.
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