Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Guangxi (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 | 560,000 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 1,036,600 | | | |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 938,900 | | | |
| 1973 | 961,600 | | | |
| 1974 | 985,400 | | | |
| 1975 | 931,500 | | | |
| 1976 | 891,000 | | | |
| 1977 | 870,500 | | | |
| 1978 | 839,900 | | | |
| 1979 | 876,600 | | | |
| 1980 | 890,600 | | | |
| 1981 | 986,300 | | | |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 906,700 | 118,000 | 130.1 | 11.52 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 860,700 | 585,000 | 679.7 | 40.46 |
| 1991 | 946,500 | 426,000 | 450.1 | 31.04 |
| 1992 | 884,300 | 707,000 | 799.5 | 44.43 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 846,500 | 550,000 | 649.7 | 39.38 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 772,300 | 355,000 | 459.7 | 31.49 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 741,900 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 646,100 | | | |
| 2001 | 660,700 | | | |
| 2002 | 641,300 | 335,733 | 523.5 | 34.36 |
| 2003 | 673,200 | 344,655 | 512.0 | 33.86 |
| 2004 | 651,200 | 342,010 | 525.2 | 34.43 |
| 2005 | 664,500 | 340,999 | 513.2 | 33.91 |
| 2006 | 681,400 | 356,810 | 523.6 | 34.37 |
| 2007 | 676,600 | 375,562 | 555.1 | 35.69 |
| 2008 | 693,500 | 417,019 | 601.3 | 37.55 |
| 2009 | 688,100 | 241,561 | 351.1 | 25.98 |
| 2010 | 651,400 | 256,189 | 393.3 | 28.23 |
| 2011 | 638,200 | 284,428 | 445.7 | 30.83 |
| 2012 | 666,500 | 292,741 | 439.2 | 30.52 |
| 2013 | 675,600 | 305,676 | 452.5 | 31.15 |
| 2014 | 671,100 | 469,622 | 699.8 | 41.17 |
| 2015 | 675,900 | 453,251 | 670.6 | 40.14 |
| 2016 | 671,200 | 467,239 | 696.1 | 41.04 |
| 2017 | 742,900 | 469,820 | 632.4 | 38.74 |
| 2018 | 698,500 | 457,986 | 655.7 | 39.60 |
| 2019 | 663,100 | 456,434 | 688.3 | 40.77 |
| 2020 | 570,200 | | | |
| 2021 | 487,600 | | | |
| 2022 | 429,500 | | | |
| 2023 | 404,200 | | | |
| 2024 | 419,600 | | | |
| 2025 | | | | |
| 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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- GSWS (PRC), on line [http://www.gsws.gov.cn/...3/.../20100316201139457.xls]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/publicfiles/business/htmlfiles/zwgkzt/ptjnj/year2010/2010t7/sheet007.htm]
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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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