Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Guangdong (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 % |
|---|
| all to residents | all to residents | all to residents |
|---|
| 1956 | 1,293,700 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 1,535,100 | 123,000 | 80.1 | 7.42 |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 1,507,000 | | | |
| 1973 | 1,483,200 | | | |
| 1974 | 1,378,200 | | | |
| 1975 | 1,237,100 | | | |
| 1976 | 1,159,800 | | | |
| 1977 | 1,154,300 | 367,000 | 317.9 | 24.12 |
| 1978 | 1,261,700 | | | |
| 1979 | 1,352,600 | | | |
| 1980 | 1,349,100 | 592,000 | 438.8 | 30.50 |
| 1981 | 1,470,400 | | | |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 1,239,000 | 124,000 | 100.1 | 9.10 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 1,412,600 | 848,000 | 600.3 | 37.51 |
| 1991 | 1,322,600 | 913,000 | 690.3 | 40.84 |
| 1992 | 1,260,000 | 869,000 | 689.7 | 40.82 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 1,217,400 | 791,000 | 649.7 | 39.38 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 1,256,500 | 691,000 | 549.9 | 35.48 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 1,179,300 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 1,325,200 | | | |
| 2001 | 1,218,300 | | | |
| 2002 | 1,175,100 | 1,001,481 | 852.3 | 46.01 |
| 2003 | 1,224,300 | 995,578 | 813.2 | 44.85 |
| 2004 | 1,196,300 | 966,682 | 808.1 | 44.69 |
| 2005 | 1,075,700 | 1,039,850 | 966.7 | 49.15 |
| 2006 | 1,112,300 | 1,005,404 | 903.9 | 47.48 |
| 2007 | 1,155,300 | 1,050,956 | 909.7 | 47.64 |
| 2008 | 1,167,400 | 1,432,268 | 1,226.9 | 55.09 |
| 2009 | 1,193,300 | 996,532 | 835.1 | 45.51 |
| 2010 | 1,167,300 | 1,051,168 | 900.5 | 47.38 |
| 2011 | 1,124,000 | 1,078,720 | 959.7 | 48.97 |
| 2012 | 1,280,800 | 1,068,625 | 834.3 | 45.48 |
| 2013 | 1,207,000 | 817,337 | 677.2 | 40.38 |
| 2014 | 1,240,800 | 1,281,145 | 1,032.5 | 50.80 |
| 2015 | 1,298,600 | 1,349,305 | 1,039.0 | 50.96 |
| 2016 | 1,411,100 | 1,339,248 | 949.1 | 48.69 |
| 2017 | 1,660,900 | 1,313,272 | 790.7 | 44.16 |
| 2018 | 1,579,300 | 1,282,048 | 811.8 | 44.81 |
| 2019 | 1,566,100 | 1,259,468 | 804.2 | 44.57 |
| 2020 | 1,297,700 | | | |
| 2021 | 1,186,000 | | | |
| 2022 | 1,050,500 | | | |
| 2023 | 1,031,700 | | | |
| 2024 | 1,136,100 | | | |
| 2025 | 1,003,000 | | | |
| year | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % |
|---|
| 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.
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© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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