Historical abortion statistics, Fujian (PR China)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Fujian (PR China)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 July 2026

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

Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by prefecture residents.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).

year	live births	abortions	abortion ratio	abortion %
year	live births	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents
1956	435,800
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965	723,300
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972	723,500
1973	712,900
1974	661,300
1975	666,100
1976	663,200
1977	649,800
1978	602,700
1979	534,200
1980	481,700
1981	537,200
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988	579,000	41,000	70.8	6.61
1989
1990	742,200	379,000	510.6	33.80
1991	616,700	506,000	820.5	45.07
1992	566,500	397,000	700.8	41.20
1993
1994	516,900	269,000	520.4	34.23
1995
1996	431,100	125,000	290.0	22.48
1997
1998	380,400
1999
2000	395,600
2001	398,200
2002	394,500	139,969	354.8	26.19
2003	400,300	129,109	322.5	24.39
2004	408,700	156,653	383.3	27.71
2005	412,600	147,320	357.1	26.31
2006	430,200	163,961	381.1	27.60
2007	429,800	176,978	411.8	29.17
2008	444,000	222,009	500.0	33.33
2009	447,300	154,364	345.1	25.66
2010	416,200	162,638	390.8	28.10
2011	431,800	167,078	386.9	27.90
2012	489,300	189,510	387.3	27.92
2013	474,000	183,044	386.2	27.86
2014	540,500	321,708	595.2	37.31
2015	553,800	330,374	596.6	37.37
2016	582,300	333,039	571.9	36.38
2017	609,800	325,234	533.3	34.78
2018	541,700	351,850	649.5	39.38
2019	533,700	350,189	656.2	39.62
2020	383,200
2021	345,800
2022	296,100
2023	284,900
2024	291,400
2025
year	live births	abortions	abortion ratio	abortion %
year	live births	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents

Notes:

Live births are estimated from reported populations and raw birth rates.
Abortion data are generally estimated from reported abortion ratios and estimated live births and may be incomplete.

Sources:

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