Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Jiangsu (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 | 1,636,600 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 1,706,100 | 256,000 | 150.0 | 13.05 |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 1,191,600 | | | |
| 1973 | 1,108,800 | | | |
| 1974 | 965,100 | | | |
| 1975 | 1,006,600 | | | |
| 1976 | 1,005,600 | | | |
| 1977 | 1,023,900 | | | |
| 1978 | 981,900 | | | |
| 1979 | 862,100 | | | |
| 1980 | 872,300 | | | |
| 1981 | 1,011,500 | 900,000 | 889.8 | 47.08 |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 1,032,000 | 217,000 | 210.3 | 17.37 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 1,389,900 | 667,000 | 479.9 | 32.43 |
| 1991 | 1,166,900 | 665,000 | 569.9 | 36.30 |
| 1992 | 1,085,700 | 510,000 | 469.7 | 31.96 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 967,500 | 261,000 | 269.8 | 21.25 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 861,000 | 215,000 | 249.7 | 19.98 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 787,900 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 665,300 | | | |
| 2001 | 664,500 | | | |
| 2002 | 679,100 | 597,515 | 879.9 | 46.80 |
| 2003 | 674,200 | 656,369 | 973.6 | 49.33 |
| 2004 | 710,900 | 694,165 | 976.5 | 49.40 |
| 2005 | 701,100 | 725,493 | 1,034.8 | 50.85 |
| 2006 | 716,600 | 754,288 | 1,052.6 | 51.28 |
| 2007 | 723,600 | 790,992 | 1,093.1 | 52.22 |
| 2008 | 725,000 | 872,970 | 1,204.1 | 54.63 |
| 2009 | 745,900 | 507,445 | 680.3 | 40.49 |
| 2010 | 765,700 | 520,830 | 680.2 | 40.48 |
| 2011 | 769,400 | 550,138 | 715.0 | 41.69 |
| 2012 | 766,500 | 559,613 | 730.1 | 42.20 |
| 2013 | 773,300 | 553,353 | 715.6 | 41.71 |
| 2014 | 782,600 | 843,345 | 1,077.6 | 51.87 |
| 2015 | 752,500 | 808,438 | 1,074.3 | 51.79 |
| 2016 | 818,000 | 775,574 | 948.1 | 48.67 |
| 2017 | 817,900 | 749,259 | 916.1 | 47.81 |
| 2018 | 787,200 | 757,499 | 962.3 | 49.04 |
| 2019 | 772,400 | 725,198 | 938.9 | 48.42 |
| 2020 | 563,700 | | | |
| 2021 | 480,500 | | | |
| 2022 | 445,300 | | | |
| 2023 | 410,100 | | | |
| 2024 | 424,600 | | | |
| 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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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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