Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Hunan (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 | 1,043,000 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 1,650,300 | 50,000 | 30.3 | 2.94 |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 1,406,900 | | | |
| 1973 | 1,404,900 | | | |
| 1974 | 1,328,600 | | | |
| 1975 | 1,249,800 | | | |
| 1976 | 1,014,400 | | | |
| 1977 | 950,800 | | | |
| 1978 | 898,900 | | | |
| 1979 | 931,800 | | | |
| 1980 | 855,000 | | | |
| 1981 | 965,400 | | | |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 1,373,800 | 165,000 | 120.1 | 10.72 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 1,466,400 | 763,000 | 520.3 | 34.22 |
| 1991 | 1,272,800 | 866,000 | 680.4 | 40.49 |
| 1992 | 1,046,600 | 837,000 | 799.7 | 44.44 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 882,100 | 318,000 | 360.5 | 26.50 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 823,400 | 198,000 | 240.5 | 19.39 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 800,400 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 751,300 | | | |
| 2001 | 778,300 | | | |
| 2002 | 766,300 | 224,383 | 292.8 | 22.65 |
| 2003 | 787,600 | 225,501 | 286.3 | 22.26 |
| 2004 | 796,400 | 184,775 | 232.0 | 18.83 |
| 2005 | 752,800 | 194,499 | 258.4 | 20.53 |
| 2006 | 756,000 | 200,939 | 265.8 | 21.00 |
| 2007 | 760,100 | 216,651 | 285.0 | 22.18 |
| 2008 | 809,000 | 279,473 | 345.5 | 25.68 |
| 2009 | 836,000 | 204,574 | 244.7 | 19.66 |
| 2010 | 860,700 | 205,667 | 239.0 | 19.29 |
| 2011 | 878,600 | 212,919 | 242.3 | 19.51 |
| 2012 | 894,900 | 207,540 | 231.9 | 18.83 |
| 2013 | 891,000 | 209,998 | 235.7 | 19.07 |
| 2014 | 893,800 | 379,845 | 425.0 | 29.82 |
| 2015 | 898,300 | 385,583 | 429.2 | 30.03 |
| 2016 | 899,000 | 359,214 | 399.6 | 28.55 |
| 2017 | 880,200 | 351,325 | 399.1 | 28.53 |
| 2018 | 808,800 | 384,594 | 475.5 | 32.23 |
| 2019 | 689,900 | 357,815 | 518.6 | 34.15 |
| 2020 | 566,800 | | | |
| 2021 | 472,100 | | | |
| 2022 | 411,400 | | | |
| 2023 | 394,100 | | | |
| 2024 | 385,100 | | | |
| 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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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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