Mexico abortions and live births by state, 2007-2025

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 7 September 2025

Reported abortions by state of residence, 2007-2025

Note: Data on abortion in Mexico by state/district is only available for abortions occurring in the Distrito Federal. Data for 2012 is incomplete. Estimates in parentheses.

state	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	state
Aguascalientes	6	8	12	13	16	11	9	10	8	12	14	12	10	6	(5)	(2)	9	(2)	(2)	Aguascalientes
Baja California	4	0	5	5	7	1	10	3	10	5	6	5	6	5	(9)	(3)	4	(3)	(4)	Baja California
Baja California Sur	1	1	2	3	1	4	1	2	7	6	1	5	4	1	(2)	(1)	1	0	0	Baja California Sur
Campeche	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	(2)	(3)	Campeche
Chiapas	2	0	6	2	7	5	5	5	10	14	3	10	5	3	(3)	(1)	8	(12)	(13)	Chiapas
Chihuahua	0	7	4	3	6	5	6	0	3	7	9	6	10	2	(3)	(2)	7	(7)	(3)	Chihuahua
Coahuila de Zaragoza	2	4	4	2	8	4	3	0	5	7	5	2	1	4	(2)	(2)	2	(1)	(1)	Coahuila de Zaragoza
Colima	1	4	0	4	2	3	2	1	1	4	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	(1)	(1)	Colima
Distrito Federal	4,179	10,137	12,221	12,217	14,395	14,449	14,923	14,731	12,792	11,712	11,185	10,906	9,480	7,310	7,835	(8,170)	8,619	(8,310)	(4,420)	Distrito Federal
Durango	1	0	1	4	2	3	5	4	3	8	2	7	3	4	(1)	(1)	1	(1)	(2)	Durango
Guanajuato	3	34	29	45	54	30	24	32	30	42	39	48	42	31	(25)	(26)	17	(26)	(19)	Guanajuato
Guerrero	1	14	8	12	28	22	32	28	34	26	33	34	22	20	(10)	(16)	4	(43)	(42)	Guerrero
Hidalgo	3	35	68	56	88	114	93	121	117	136	141	124	122	71	(75)	(60)	55	(60)	(41)	Hidalgo
Jalisco	14	43	36	40	52	31	45	48	60	54	73	69	69	29	(28)	(29)	12	(23)	(14)	Jalisco
Mexico	540	2,865	3,780	4,064	5,186	5,326	5,175	5,133	5,284	5,560	5,586	5,474	4,858	3,485	4,027	(4,000)	4,524	(4,010)	(1,890)	Mexico
Michoacan de Ocampo	2	26	40	49	47	48	42	36	39	55	40	51	35	28	(24)	(21)	32	(35)	(27)	Michoacan de Ocampo
Morelos	6	26	41	74	69	77	67	67	88	93	83	82	77	49	(39)	(48)	61	(47)	(33)	Morelos
Nayarit	1	2	5	3	4	3	1	4	4	8	7	3	10	2	(5)	(3)	5	(1)	(1)	Nayarit
Nuevo Leon	4	7	4	10	7	7	10	11	14	13	16	18	14	10	(10)	(12)	13	(14)	(6)	Nuevo Leon
Oaxaca	2	22	19	34	32	39	31	32	40	35	27	41	26	10	(8)	(6)	16	(63)	(69)	Oaxaca
Puebla	8	49	66	134	124	127	110	120	137	116	118	129	151	69	(73)	(73)	74	(101)	(81)	Puebla
Queretaro	6	39	44	55	42	53	30	33	42	76	54	63	71	31	(41)	(38)	39	(43)	(24)	Queretaro
Quintana Roo	1	6	5	8	6	4	9	13	13	18	13	18	21	10	(12)	(6)	6	(7)	(6)	Quintana Roo
San Luis Potosi	1	16	9	15	19	14	16	13	22	18	11	19	16	9	(12)	(13)	14	(12)	(8)	San Luis Potosi
Sinaloa	3	2	0	3	3	2	0	3	7	2	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	(3)	(4)	Sinaloa
Sonora	0	3	3	4	7	2	4	4	1	3	2	8	2	2	(5)	(2)	2	(3)	(4)	Sonora
Tabasco	0	2	5	2	5	5	6	5	4	7	6	6	5	3	(2)	(3)	6	(6)	(4)	Tabasco
Tamaulipas	0	4	1	3	8	3	5	3	6	9	5	8	3	4	(6)	(8)	10	(8)	(6)	Tamaulipas
Tlaxcala	0	12	14	27	27	25	29	39	27	41	41	34	37	28	(15)	(24)	17	(23)	(19)	Tlaxcala
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	1	17	34	37	45	44	41	36	43	61	57	55	54	34	(18)	(16)	22	(54)	(55)	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
Yucatan	0	2	1	1	3	5	4	0	6	7	1	6	6	3	(5)	(3)	2	0	0	Yucatan
Zacatecas	0	8	4	6	10	7	9	6	8	11	13	7	8	5	(4)	(4)	4	(7)	(4)	Zacatecas
FOREIGN	2	8	4	10	5	6	7	5	3	5	5	0	0	2	0	(1)		(3)	(2)	FOREIGN
UNKNOWN	5	0	0	0	2	0	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		(53)	(62)	UNKNOWN
MEXICO TOTAL	4,799	13,404	16,475	16,945	20,319	20,482	20,765	20,559	18,851	18,163	17,595	17,259	15,180	11,271	12,307	12,884	13,692	13,054	6,875	MEXICO TOTAL

Reported live births by state, 2007-2023

Note: Estimates in parentheses.

state	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	state
Aguascalientes	25,822	26,509	(26,400)	26,583	27,427	26,933	26,434	27,080	26,486	26,388	26,955	25,938	25,011	20,370	23,067	21,206	20,096	Aguascalientes
Baja California	66,114	65,060	(64,400)	63,559	65,631	62,871	61,840	63,183	63,805	62,608	61,840	60,174	56,554	47,945	59,015	60,676	62,903	Baja California
Baja California Sur	13,110	13,993	(14,000)	13,988	13,412	12,864	12,489	12,667	12,526	12,545	12,573	11,917	11,761	10,081	10,242	11,128	10,519	Baja California Sur
Campeche	16,962	18,105	(19,200)	20,380	22,138	18,343	18,998	19,304	17,862	17,361	17,034	16,247	14,867	10,729	14,295	13,890	13,380	Campeche
Coahuila de Zaragoza	58,898	58,575	(57,800)	56,972	58,882	59,966	62,490	62,966	62,807	62,011	58,393	56,718	52,912	45,815	47,128	46,306	43,840	Coahuila de Zaragoza
Colima	12,765	12,723	(13,200)	13,796	14,054	13,422	13,287	13,303	12,344	11,867	11,756	11,375	10,805	8,948	9,552	9,125	8,849	Colima
Chiapas	155,885	153,738	(164,300)	175,382	168,256	144,423	164,102	164,912	145,526	140,356	131,638	130,200	140,265	98,098	146,298	151,564	149,935	Chiapas
Chihuahua	76,154	82,263	(77,700)	74,063	69,376	69,735	66,516	66,110	63,395	62,313	63,475	58,617	59,797	48,095	54,971	51,689	50,521	Chihuahua
Distrito Federal	160,735	160,377	(160,300)	160,057	156,549	153,631	145,302	145,609	135,828	128,227	119,227	111,130	103,154	65,703	94,339	88,399	85,376	Distrito Federal
Durango	40,284	39,292	(40,800)	42,514	41,922	40,269	39,298	40,337	39,738	37,801	37,897	36,157	32,981	27,988	31,059	30,107	29,865	Durango
Guanajuato	127,270	125,187	(126,000)	126,741	124,003	122,412	119,083	114,890	114,269	117,281	116,531	116,207	110,755	85,259	107,409	98,146	92,498	Guanajuato
Guerrero	116,033	101,554	(110,300)	119,780	113,692	98,285	102,077	90,352	80,336	87,127	79,244	73,750	77,125	59,150	65,587	71,895	64,318	Guerrero
Hidalgo	67,543	64,237	(63,100)	62,185	63,380	59,924	59,045	54,108	54,124	52,629	50,255	48,096	44,563	37,498	39,431	37,970	36,797	Hidalgo
Jalisco	157,334	156,782	(159,200)	161,543	163,123	161,217	159,748	158,592	151,578	148,377	151,950	146,960	139,173	119,604	127,453	131,130	127,037	Jalisco
Mexico	346,720	342,830	(338,700)	335,898	327,165	326,412	317,834	316,088	303,778	295,635	286,204	271,684	253,938	184,447	219,399	220,353	210,167	Mexico
Michoacan de Ocampo	104,550	107,123	(111,600)	116,260	111,362	104,885	105,158	104,370	98,543	96,217	95,287	91,526	91,294	73,115	81,215	80,713	75,669	Michoacan de Ocampo
Morelos	40,061	38,295	(39,300)	40,210	40,230	37,446	37,335	36,666	37,089	35,632	33,159	30,225	29,727	24,662	25,668	26,933	24,264	Morelos
Nayarit	24,548	24,972	(24,900)	24,639	24,949	25,731	24,163	22,930	23,663	21,714	21,688	20,273	18,266	16,524	17,342	18,185	17,519	Nayarit
Nuevo Leon	91,855	91,247	(92,500)	94,119	93,747	94,440	93,710	93,225	93,123	92,978	89,115	93,886	90,651	74,471	82,114	82,459	79,749	Nuevo Leon
Oaxaca	122,579	118,307	(113,900)	109,624	98,888	95,505	92,503	88,364	85,492	83,564	78,673	79,436	76,323	52,031	72,012	59,276	68,560	Oaxaca
Puebla	158,165	164,257	(162,500)	160,571	146,865	147,296	140,507	150,633	141,121	132,823	136,271	127,695	124,669	104,228	114,803	112,321	106,335	Puebla
Queretaro	43,459	42,460	(41,800)	40,863	41,714	41,567	41,817	42,231	41,904	39,634	39,400	38,559	37,780	33,211	32,801	32,393	30,890	Queretaro
Quintana Roo	29,110	29,311	(29,200)	28,999	28,848	28,736	28,103	30,563	30,841	30,367	29,442	29,306	30,707	24,063	26,116	27,086	25,125	Quintana Roo
San Luis Potosi	60,223	59,365	(59,000)	58,583	57,549	55,847	54,488	54,112	52,250	49,688	48,693	47,738	46,706	41,812	43,068	42,411	40,808	San Luis Potosi
Sinaloa	60,668	61,559	(61,400)	61,233	60,208	57,543	56,267	55,371	53,461	53,247	51,850	51,523	49,245	38,971	44,433	46,669	44,481	Sinaloa
Sonora	55,481	55,372	(54,600)	54,110	54,756	53,768	52,825	51,894	48,925	46,785	45,951	43,729	44,229	30,904	40,561	38,373	37,471	Sonora
Tabasco	54,978	51,979	(51,000)	49,844	49,575	48,806	52,478	52,508	49,785	50,310	48,725	43,911	43,759	28,943	43,129	39,597	36,872	Tabasco
Tamaulipas	76,472	74,492	(71,900)	69,211	66,892	63,263	59,933	62,358	60,263	58,914	57,282	56,944	55,423	44,297	49,048	47,287	44,338	Tamaulipas
Tlaxcala	29,011	27,522	(27,300)	27,076	27,867	28,203	27,060	25,832	26,166	25,057	26,589	24,842	23,779	20,610	20,295	19,618	19,481	Tlaxcala
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	184,287	187,560	(180,700)	174,086	171,417	164,174	161,019	162,156	144,842	137,338	126,623	124,673	118,488	92,325	105,037	109,111	99,782	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
Yucatan	37,872	38,562	(38,100)	37,703	36,860	36,427	38,588	37,579	37,117	35,381	35,017	35,158	33,336	29,321	28,064	27,932	26,501	Yucatan
Zacatecas	35,722	35,277	(35,600)	35,974	36,629	35,625	35,089	34,031	33,833	33,677	34,460	33,098	31,437	26,309	28,442	26,770	25,078	Zacatecas
UNKNOWN	4,413	7,225		7,362	8,921	8,911	9,303	9,096	10,776	7,856	10,842	14,843	12,734	3,684	8,785	10,670	11,864	UNKNOWN
MEXICO TOTAL	2,655,083	2,636,110	(2,630,700)	2,643,908	2,586,287	2,498,880	2,478,889	2,463,420	2,353,596	2,293,708	2,234,039	2,162,535	2,092,214	1,629,211	1,912,178	1,891,388	1,820,888	MEXICO TOTAL

Sources (incomplete):

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