Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Zhejiang (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 | 816,600 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 1,079,400 | | | |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 844,800 | 355,000 | 420.2 | 29.59 |
| 1973 | 816,400 | 392,000 | 480.2 | 32.44 |
| 1974 | 744,900 | 387,000 | 519.5 | 34.19 |
| 1975 | 704,500 | 303,000 | 430.1 | 30.07 |
| 1976 | 693,700 | 388,000 | 559.3 | 35.87 |
| 1977 | 702,100 | 393,000 | 559.7 | 35.89 |
| 1978 | 681,600 | 429,000 | 629.4 | 38.63 |
| 1979 | 681,900 | 559,000 | 819.8 | 45.05 |
| 1980 | 596,600 | 626,000 | 1,049.3 | 51.20 |
| 1981 | 694,200 | | | |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 648,000 | 117,000 | 180.6 | 15.29 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 639,000 | 371,000 | 580.6 | 36.73 |
| 1991 | 608,400 | 329,000 | 540.8 | 35.10 |
| 1992 | 623,500 | 262,000 | 420.2 | 29.59 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 568,500 | 182,000 | 320.1 | 24.25 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 525,100 | 142,000 | 270.4 | 21.29 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 282,100 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 482,000 | | | |
| 2001 | 473,800 | | | |
| 2002 | 476,600 | 385,099 | 808.0 | 44.69 |
| 2003 | 469,200 | 625,269 | 1,332.6 | 57.13 |
| 2004 | 527,500 | 683,613 | 1,295.9 | 56.45 |
| 2005 | 554,000 | 720,699 | 1,300.9 | 56.54 |
| 2006 | 521,900 | 786,669 | 1,507.3 | 60.12 |
| 2007 | 535,100 | 823,123 | 1,538.3 | 60.60 |
| 2008 | 531,600 | 917,276 | 1,725.5 | 63.31 |
| 2009 | 539,200 | 604,658 | 1,121.4 | 52.86 |
| 2010 | 559,400 | 633,002 | 1,131.6 | 53.09 |
| 2011 | 527,500 | 642,819 | 1,218.6 | 54.93 |
| 2012 | 575,300 | 627,088 | 1,090.0 | 52.15 |
| 2013 | 579,000 | 611,268 | 1,055.7 | 51.36 |
| 2014 | 619,000 | 890,003 | 1,437.8 | 58.98 |
| 2015 | 629,600 | 831,297 | 1,320.4 | 56.90 |
| 2016 | 681,300 | 822,685 | 1,207.5 | 54.70 |
| 2017 | 735,500 | 787,575 | 1,070.8 | 51.71 |
| 2018 | 691,300 | 755,547 | 1,092.9 | 52.22 |
| 2019 | 670,000 | 731,528 | 1,091.8 | 52.20 |
| 2020 | 461,200 | | | |
| 2021 | 451,300 | | | |
| 2022 | 413,000 | | | |
| 2023 | 384,400 | | | |
| 2024 | 411,500 | | | |
| 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]
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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].
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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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