Historical abortion statistics, Xinjiang (PR China)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Xinjiang (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	167,400
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965	329,100
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972	404,200
1973	415,600
1974	403,800
1975	382,100
1976	343,400
1977	315,200
1978	278,000
1979	283,100
1980	273,100
1981	274,800
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988	281,200	25,000	88.9	8.16
1989
1990	404,300	133,000	329.0	24.75
1991	380,200	80,000	210.4	17.38
1992	360,500	83,000	230.2	18.71
1993
1994	339,800	54,000	158.9	13.71
1995
1996	328,500	26,000	79.1	7.33
1997
1998	344,900
1999
2000	324,900
2001	315,500
2002	310,500	113,504	365.6	26.77
2003	309,600	110,211	356.0	26.25
2004	314,100	99,890	318.0	24.13
2005	330,000	99,234	300.7	23.12
2006	323,700	104,625	323.2	24.43
2007	351,800	95,218	270.7	21.30
2008	342,000	123,770	361.9	26.57
2009	345,200	55,994	162.2	13.96
2010	349,400	54,586	156.2	13.51
2011	333,500	57,733	173.1	14.76
2012	345,200	58,035	168.1	14.39
2013	361,900	61,169	169.0	14.46
2014	382,200	84,459	221.0	18.10
2015	371,800	100,947	271.5	21.35
2016	372,500	82,240	220.8	18.09
2017	393,800	83,227	211.3	17.45
2018	269,400	83,229	308.9	23.60
2019	208,300	77,483	372.0	27.11
2020	179,700
2021	159,500
2022	168,900
2023	184,500
2024	247,100
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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