compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 May 2025

Scotland abortions by council area of residence, 1991-2023

council area	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	council area
Aberdeen City						847	872	855	784	703	691	767	733	774	776	757	868	890	808	753	736	798	793	767	736	678	700	699	742	731	678	871	997	Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire						474	480	437	435	386	436	431	478	471	434	468	523	481	516	492	455	466	449	434	431	418	426	460	473	479	509	597	602	Aberdeenshire
Angus						271	243	302	273	268	263	279	314	278	287	256	290	263	290	266	251	248	241	245	253	232	246	267	269	289	290	364	382	Angus
Argyll and Bute						135	159	143	136	113	131	140	106	98	88	99	82	82	72	106	119	77	101	96	104	87	91	112	111	113	151	138	175	Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire						92	103	99	99	100	98	103	109	115	117	117	128	113	110	132	128	122	137	117	114	136	145	144	177	159	138	185	185	Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway	243	251	216	233	221	219	253	245	236	257	260	231	262	281	259	296	288	293	294	292	294	257	231	253	235	256	257	262	254	266	271	313	353	Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City						552	588	603	556	561	507	528	628	580	584	592	656	597	586	537	540	566	505	547	548	534	564	635	579	591	620	729	754	Dundee City
East Aryshire						198	181	216	210	218	225	218	215	222	229	244	276	273	231	261	236	248	225	247	255	263	239	271	226	252	238	297	313	East Aryshire
East Dunbartonshire						203	195	202	176	160	188	170	173	175	176	213	202	195	171	191	179	183	185	161	168	172	205	183	193	217	215	234	261	East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian						222	224	241	216	190	234	227	241	243	216	216	259	259	235	255	259	260	301	260	276	246	269	292	261	343	307	307	387	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire						127	117	152	128	143	152	136	140	115	139	149	143	144	129	153	133	147	129	133	160	130	167	143	179	196	192	220	261	East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh City						1,705	1,744	1,776	1,805	1,746	1,761	1,589	1,689	1,659	1,673	1,686	1,692	1,743	1,617	1,439	1,562	1,579	1,486	1,457	1,501	1,472	1,501	1,607	1,590	1,620	1,586	1,819	2,051	Edinburgh City
Falkirk						304	288	315	288	299	286	282	272	289	312	305	333	353	352	355	314	315	330	346	334	365	347	413	421	394	389	487	516	Falkirk
Fife	815	749	757	751	752	736	680	784	770	823	809	844	850	824	801	864	967	1,022	951	898	885	909	876	804	849	859	879	866	910	876	848	974	998	Fife
Glasgow City						1,764	1,795	1,778	1,751	1,744	1,817	1,717	1,698	1,845	1,998	2,128	2,196	2,172	2,049	1,961	1,863	1,817	1,775	1,824	1,831	1,803	1,923	2,044	2,135	2,202	2,237	2,645	2,732	Glasgow City
Highland	585	572	605	548	499	444	455	459	441	413	426	387	417	410	401	435	489	439	399	447	433	414	389	405	411	409	392	442	450	427	391	497	536	Highland
Inverclyde						151	160	172	158	156	164	128	157	122	134	120	142	145	144	143	135	123	107	104	112	135	114	138	168	163	169	170	234	Inverclyde
Islands	73	103	96	103	102	96	92	87	92	86	63	92	87	82	66	73	73	67	81	50	64	68	64	66	52	60	67	51	72	77	70	77	105	Islands
(Eilean Siar)						28	26	30	32																									(Eilean Siar)
(Orkney Islands)						30	33	23	27																									(Orkney Islands)
(Shetland Islands)						38	33	34	33																									(Shetland Islands)
Midlothian						211	210	227	237	236	234	231	230	252	264	231	248	261	253	236	262	250	286	262	242	264	242	291	285	319	284	334	376	Midlothian
Moray						133	124	139	124	125	139	131	141	155	144	117	166	164	144	160	148	161	150	124	139	141	122	155	163	175	162	189	233	Moray
North Aryshire						254	256	257	262	250	233	247	278	270	270	315	309	311	310	312	280	302	250	264	263	253	282	321	301	294	267	311	364	North Aryshire
North Lanarkshire						553	540	593	627	642	666	629	637	685	699	767	781	847	803	829	809	789	683	749	726	753	818	881	839	894	964	1,174	1,337	North Lanarkshire
Perth and Kinross						305	315	347	282	342	296	281	342	291	370	343	353	333	337	318	349	297	265	272	276	284	286	287	283	311	304	382	414	Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire						350	384	350	361	333	370	372	354	349	348	362	355	375	373	389	349	309	265	300	329	351	358	378	416	454	464	580	667	Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders	179	181	164	190	147	163	195	177	152	168	155	176	201	208	191	238	203	207	150	214	208	189	177	162	142	183	192	193	197	174	204	240	249	Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire						234	213	227	230	225	206	198	209	240	223	251	219	228	193	244	214	236	222	213	228	169	208	228	230	207	198	224	265	South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire						500	492	526	548	558	583	572	532	614	617	633	653	717	668	720	591	663	670	629	611	673	657	705	760	799	845	1,079	1,223	South Lanarkshire
Stirling						172	178	187	222	209	187	181	190	190	186	205	173	221	179	189	182	181	181	186	186	202	216	227	215	189	195	251	271	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire						173	173	174	177	143	184	162	181	182	187	219	193	219	197	209	187	188	189	171	222	198	221	253	251	278	286	332	340	West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian						365	372	376	369	382	350	391	404	400	416	414	473	458	431	377	367	381	264	310	404	402	420	413	495	489	459	584	620	West Lothian
SCOTLAND UNKNOWN	755	619	470	391	308	346	345	482	348	345	337	337	368	359	330	384	377	297	277	254	233	212	182	162	174	180	187	171	179	123	150	176		SCOTLAND UNKNOWN
SCOTLAND TOTAL	11,758	11,364	11,500	11,734	11,422	12,286	12,409	12,835	12,488	12,321	12,445	12,177	12,635	12,778	12,935	13,493	14,110	14,169	13,350	13,182	12,765	12,755	12,108	12,070	12,312	12,308	12,741	13,532	13,824	14,101	14,081	16,780	18,201	SCOTLAND TOTAL

Scotland live births by council area of residence, 1991-2023

Note: birth figures for 2011-2016 are estimated based on figures for reporting years which run from 1 April to 31 March.

council area	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	council area
Aberdeen City						2,396	2,366	2,339	2,311	2,088	2,097	2,098	2,003	2,075	2,061	2,200	2,417	2,596	2,564	2,599	2,608	2,688	2,500	2,565	2,609	2,521	2,402	2,337	2,260	2,007	2,041	1,939	2,092	Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire						2,577	2,594	2,594	2,501	2,320	2,247	2,326	2,368	2,388	2,465	2,589	2,690	2,771	2,903	2,727	2,695	2,867	2,697	2,836	2,891	2,811	2,659	2,697	2,400	2,287	2,339	2,159	2,072	Aberdeenshire
Angus						1,219	1,236	1,180	1,085	1,049	1,103	1,014	1,089	1,071	1,095	1,110	1,152	1,194	1,165	1,096	1,155	1,156	1,111	1,146	1,065	1,025	1,054	964	965	860	915	918	821	Angus
Argyll and Bute						956	948	850	834	792	780	755	732	807	773	781	741	807	815	763	745	765	709	727	688	699	665	648	631	592	599	579	579	Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire						598	570	537	544	490	529	480	468	501	528	546	634	644	610	620	564	627	550	557	553	505	536	465	414	444	498	444	436	Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway	1,673	1,632	1,698	1,706	1,615	1,612	1,568	1,514	1,402	1,369	1,283	1,343	1,307	1,431	1,407	1,471	1,507	1,430	1,507	1,445	1,396	1,390	1,327	1,286	1,256	1,318	1,248	1,198	1,153	1,137	1,083	1,093	1,123	Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City						1,729	1,732	1,652	1,522	1,462	1,468	1,436	1,548	1,539	1,545	1,567	1,668	1,801	1,768	1,745	1,765	1,718	1,590	1,715	1,555	1,576	1,493	1,488	1,417	1,287	1,255	1,340	1,315	Dundee City
East Aryshire						1,396	1,381	1,351	1,290	1,228	1,198	1,157	1,236	1,271	1,258	1,316	1,304	1,371	1,362	1,334	1,362	1,358	1,342	1,254	1,327	1,275	1,151	1,176	1,176	1,113	1,122	1,019	1,042	East Aryshire
East Dunbartonshire						1,167	1,169	1,117	1,057	972	983	942	948	889	930	922	892	970	929	924	924	894	925	927	971	951	1,036	950	910	884	898	849	826	East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian						1,086	1,085	1,008	968	1,013	940	910	953	950	1,054	1,056	1,101	1,182	1,062	1,123	1,126	1,079	1,057	1,012	1,061	1,041	971	1,020	973	960	975	1,022	939	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire						1,010	1,039	1,013	953	931	954	916	883	941	898	858	893	868	848	872	807	881	880	853	871	861	886	854	808	797	790	745	799	East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh City						5,131	5,110	4,857	4,764	4,643	4,489	4,477	4,577	4,568	4,691	4,894	5,056	5,440	5,475	5,552	5,560	5,606	5,486	5,554	5,274	5,300	5,033	4,899	4,683	4,548	4,653	4,405	4,194	Edinburgh City
Falkirk						1,677	1,639	1,700	1,603	1,555	1,448	1,507	1,595	1,735	1,738	1,757	1,892	1,949	1,874	1,874	1,757	1,806	1,668	1,716	1,594	1,565	1,567	1,493	1,460	1,432	1,466	1,413	1,316	Falkirk
Fife	4,368	4,273	4,302	4,107	3,991	3,830	3,824	3,854	3,660	3,498	3,642	3,536	3,642	3,735	3,831	3,999	4,076	4,349	4,135	4,172	4,268	4,019	3,872	3,889	3,755	3,739	3,465	3,479	3,325	3,144	3,157	2,990	2,939	Fife
Glasgow City						7,701	7,609	7,146	6,830	6,578	6,645	6,386	6,573	6,612	6,833	6,617	7,154	7,371	7,512	7,565	7,631	7,543	7,254	7,465	7,086	6,833	6,852	3,548	6,553	5,867	5,929	6,112	5,977	Glasgow City
Highland	2,609	2,682	2,512	2,466	2,395	2,379	2,443	2,451	2,223	2,153	2,131	1,977	2,085	2,175	2,233	2,159	2,332	2,482	2,374	2,467	2,345	2,380	2,233	2,310	2,220	2,150	2,089	2,005	1,966	1,866	1,885	1,909	1,788	Highland
Inverclyde						1,016	980	910	947	863	850	787	830	898	902	846	857	860	813	791	814	766	754	744	711	706	667	689	615	615	605	654	618	Inverclyde
Islands	856	873	820	865	817	766	813	733	737	606	647	615	677	624	640	755	697	749	699	698	682	714	708	660	647	682	617	607	587	542	552	552	513	Islands
(Eilean Siar)	314	314	273	307	305	281	252	274	265	228	226	242	255	223	233	274	263	257	227	235	235	237	246	226	222	238	215	206	200	183	181	182	174	(Eilean Siar)
(Orkney Islands)	232	237	241	245	231	215	224	194	188	152	174	164	171	171	180	213	190	214	199	197	205	201	201	181	191	178	184	186	182	183	171	163	162	(Orkney Islands)
(Shetland Islands)	310	322	306	313	281	270	286	265	284	226	247	209	251	230	227	268	244	278	273	266	242	276	261	253	234	266	218	215	205	176	200	207	177	(Shetland Islands)
Midlothian						899	942	964	962	924	922	863	847	881	867	887	937	938	947	994	979	1,060	1,016	1,033	1,082	1,088	1,107	1,075	1,057	979	1,071	1,040	970	Midlothian
Moray						1,077	1,084	1,034	973	912	869	876	824	854	878	899	1,001	956	966	928	973	915	956	931	905	939	856	825	816	855	846	736	760	Moray
North Aryshire						1,581	1,636	1,540	1,414	1,393	1,421	1,379	1,382	1,406	1,379	1,501	1,528	1,481	1,498	1,450	1,452	1,346	1,307	1,284	1,255	1,244	1,193	1,125	1,124	1,107	1,069	1,054	986	North Aryshire
North Lanarkshire						4,086	4,090	4,078	3,869	3,832	3,676	3,664	3,771	4,005	3,834	4,001	4,045	4,182	4,067	3,929	3,993	3,740	3,738	3,719	3,716	3,511	3,558	3,387	3,438	3,051	3,296	3,146	3,073	North Lanarkshire
Perth and Kinross						1,387	1,436	1,364	1,372	1,335	1,334	1,245	1,292	1,285	1,347	1,331	1,391	1,443	1,425	1,466	1,447	1,277	1,320	1,357	1,357	1,325	1,210	1,217	1,197	1,186	1,194	1,153	1,133	Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire						2,122	2,194	2,014	1,980	2,007	1,796	1,797	1,785	1,885	1,869	1,838	1,898	2,012	1,869	1,995	1,828	1,960	1,791	1,813	1,712	1,773	1,794	1,697	1,693	1,539	1,647	1,754	1,663	Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders	1,234	1,165	1,116	1,127	1,155	1,133	1,132	1,038	1,054	1,068	1,066	1,021	1,048	1,052	1,047	1,111	1,170	1,138	1,159	1,161	1,108	1,140	1,138	1,081	1,037	1,005	989	984	916	845	852	847	825	Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire						1,157	1,150	1,165	1,036	1,050	1,056	955	984	1,030	976	1,012	1,029	1,067	1,054	1,035	1,073	997	998	1,033	1,030	976	937	932	837	817	774	739	815	South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire						3,535	3,560	3,303	3,342	3,162	3,161	3,076	3,092	3,358	3,322	3,524	3,452	3,689	3,467	3,418	3,502	3,375	3,272	3,402	3,185	3,315	3,205	3,153	3,109	2,918	3,109	3,163	3,048	South Lanarkshire
Stirling						915	969	921	882	876	840	833	866	934	873	908	878	862	863	836	833	821	807	841	792	807	804	757	737	696	670	673	662	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire						1,198	1,157	1,116	1,051	1,008	972	939	984	999	1,000	1,044	1,105	1,104	1,082	1,044	1,064	1,054	979	986	924	958	891	885	845	771	769	852	783	West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian						1,972	2,035	1,976	1,996	1,899	1,980	1,960	2,043	2,058	2,112	2,191	2,284	2,335	2,234	2,168	2,134	2,085	2,029	2,029	1,969	1,989	1,926	1,754	1,798	1,663	1,727	1,660	1,828	West Lothian
SCOTLAND TOTAL	66,740	65,046	63,293	61,506	60,096	59,308	59,440	57,319	55,251	53,076	52,527	51,270	52,432	53,957	54,386	55,690	57,781	60,041	59,046	58,791	58,590	58,027	56,014	56,725	55,098	54,488	52,861	51,308	49,863	46,809	47,786	46,959	45,935	SCOTLAND TOTAL