Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Sichuan (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 | 2,090,000 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 3,026,100 | | | |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 3,276,500 | | | |
| 1973 | 3,226,500 | | | |
| 1974 | 2,971,200 | | | |
| 1975 | 2,758,700 | | | |
| 1976 | 1,988,500 | | | |
| 1977 | 1,620,800 | | | |
| 1978 | 1,269,700 | | | |
| 1979 | 1,327,300 | | | |
| 1980 | 1,171,500 | | | |
| 1981 | 1,581,900 | 1,155,000 | 730.1 | 42.20 |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 1,934,400 | 542,000 | 280.2 | 21.89 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 2,064,600 | 929,000 | 450.0 | 31.03 |
| 1991 | 1,723,900 | 827,000 | 479.7 | 32.42 |
| 1992 | 1,789,400 | 591,000 | 330.3 | 24.83 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 1,898,500 | 494,000 | 260.2 | 20.65 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 1,906,500 | 458,000 | 240.2 | 19.37 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 1,241,700 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 1,007,800 | | | |
| 2001 | 908,800 | | | |
| 2002 | 846,700 | 230,772 | 272.6 | 21.42 |
| 2003 | 750,600 | 571,395 | 761.3 | 43.22 |
| 2004 | 732,100 | 236,860 | 323.5 | 24.44 |
| 2005 | 796,600 | 551,684 | 692.5 | 40.92 |
| 2006 | 746,600 | 572,209 | 766.4 | 43.39 |
| 2007 | 748,500 | 598,111 | 799.1 | 44.42 |
| 2008 | 776,400 | 664,505 | 855.9 | 46.12 |
| 2009 | 748,900 | 507,664 | 677.9 | 40.40 |
| 2010 | 718,400 | 512,968 | 714.0 | 41.66 |
| 2011 | 789,500 | 573,461 | 726.4 | 42.07 |
| 2012 | 799,600 | 583,937 | 730.3 | 42.21 |
| 2013 | 802,800 | 595,777 | 742.1 | 42.60 |
| 2014 | 831,800 | 818,582 | 984.1 | 49.60 |
| 2015 | 844,200 | 802,619 | 950.7 | 48.74 |
| 2016 | 864,700 | 754,196 | 872.2 | 46.59 |
| 2017 | 933,300 | 733,028 | 785.4 | 43.99 |
| 2018 | 919,500 | 729,764 | 793.7 | 44.25 |
| 2019 | 893,600 | 726,443 | 812.9 | 44.84 |
| 2020 | 636,200 | | | |
| 2021 | 573,500 | | | |
| 2022 | 535,100 | | | |
| 2023 | 528,900 | | | |
| 2024 | 536,100 | | | |
| 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.
Sources:
- China Training Center, Reproductive Health and Family Care, 2011, "Total national family planning procedures performed (1971-2009)," CTC, on line [http://www.ctc-health.org.cn/file/2011shoushu.pdf].
- 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]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2007/p196.htm]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2006/p204.htm]
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- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2004/p168.htm]
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- Office of Technology Assessment, 1982, World Population and Fertility Planning Technologies: The Next 20 Years, US GPO (Washington, DC), on line at FAS [http://www.fas.org/ota/reports/8235.pdf].
- Scharping, Thomas, 2003, Birth Control in China 1949-2000: Population Policy and Demographic Development, RoutledgeCurzon (London, UK).
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- [https://data.stats.gov.cn/english/easyquery.htm?cn=E0103].
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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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