Historical abortion statistics, Tibet (PR China)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Tibet (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 %
year	live births	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972	42,700
1973	39,900
1974	43,400
1975	38,000
1976	36,800
1977	39,200
1978	40,900
1979	41,000
1980	41,400
1981	45,300
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988	51,300
1989
1990	53,200
1991	53,200
1992	53,900
1993
1994	60,500
1995
1996	60,300	6,600	109.5	9.87
1997
1998	59,700
1999
2000	50,300
2001	49,100
2002	50,500	5,300	105.0	9.50
2003	47,300	4,671	98.8	8.99
2004	48,000	3,143	65.5	6.15
2005	50,200	5,565	110.9	9.98
2006	49,600	2,915	58.8	5.55
2007	47,400	2,946	62.2	5.85
2008	45,300	4,405	97.2	8.86
2009	45,300	733	16.2	1.59
2010	47,400	985	20.8	2.04
2011	47,600	1,735	36.4	3.52
2012	48,800	764	15.7	1.54
2013	50,000	1,237	24.7	2.41
2014	51,200	5,213	101.8	9.24
2015	52,000	3,163	60.8	5.73
2016	53,700	3,722	69.3	6.48
2017	55,800	4,712	84.4	7.79
2018	53,900	3,436	63.7	5.99
2019	52,700	2,883	54.7	5.19
2020	51,100
2021	51,900
2022	51,800
2023	50,100
2024	51,300
2025
year	live births	abortions	abortion ratio	abortion %
year	live births	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:

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