country | year range of reported data | total reported abortions | estimated total for missing data, underreporting | estimated additional abortions to Dec 2013 | most recent annual abortion figure | estimated total abortions through Dec 2013 |
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Albania | 1975-2011 | 618,087 | 54,668 | 14,084 | 7,042 | 686,839 |
Andorra | 1995 | 99 | 0 | 1,782 | 99 | 1,881 |
Anguilla | 2002-2005 | 98 | 0 | 168 | 21 | 266 |
Armenia | 1992-2011 | 344,019 | 0 | 24,260 | 12,130 | 368,279 |
Australia | 1970-2013* | 2,127,075 | 0 | 11,161 | 62,315 | 2,138,236 |
Austria | 1960-2000 | 591,761 | 0 | 30,940 | 2,380 | 622,701 |
Azerbaijan | 1992-2012 | 517,972 | 0 | 28,779 | 28,779 | 546,751 |
Bahrain | 1997-2011 | 29,551 | 0 | 4,904 | 2,452 | 34,455 |
Bangladesh | 2000 | 119,600 | 0 | 1,554,800 | 119,600 | 1,674,400 |
Barbados | 1992-1995 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 7,200 | 400 | 9,200 |
Belarus | 1992-2012 | 2,278,662 | 0 | 28,600 | 28,600 | 2,307,262 |
Belgium | 1979-2011 | 413,818 | 81,253 | 39,156 | 19,578 | 534,227 |
Belize | 1985-1996 | 8,609 | 7,186 | 44,251 | 2,603 | 60,046 |
Bermuda | 1983-2012 | 2,393 | 1,395 | 272 | 272 | 4,060 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2001 | 1,201 | 278,452 | 14,412 | 1,201 | 294,065 |
Botswana | 1980-1984 | 66 | 18 | 493 | 17 | 577 |
Bulgaria | 1953-2011 | 5,765,720 | 0 | 63,432 | 31,716 | 5,829,152 |
Canada | 1970-2011 | 3,386,003 | 0 | 185,048 | 92,524 | 3,571,051 |
Chile | 1986-2005 | 9,707 | 4,014 | 14,728 | 1,841 | 28,449 |
ROC Taiwan | 1967-1999 | 45,884 | 667,395 | 591,948 | 42,282 | 1,305,227 |
PR China | 1963-2011 | 340,363,542 | 16,498,025 | 12,222,750 | 6,111,375 | 369,084,317 |
Cocos Islands | 1978 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 72 |
Costa Rica | 1995-2010 | 137,568 | 0 | 23,091 | 7,697 | 160,659 |
Croatia | 1992-2011 | 291,228 | 0 | 8,694 | 4,347 | 299,922 |
Cuba | 1968-2011 | 4,880,051 | 105,482 | 167,886 | 83,943 | 5,153,419 |
Czech Republic | 1993-2012 | 810,260 | 0 | 24,218 | 24,218 | 834,478 |
Czechoslovakia | 1953-1992 | 3,676,501 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,676,501 |
Denmark | 1939-2011 | 903,714 | 0 | 32,724 | 16,362 | 936,438 |
Dominican Republic | 1995-2005 | 221,990 | 51,255 | 233,336 | 29,167 | 506,581 |
East Germany | 1948-1989 | 1,744,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,744,200 |
Estonia | 1992-2012 | 302,947 | 0 | 6,056 | 6,056 | 309,003 |
Faeroe Islands | 1966-2010 | 1,027 | 747 | 99 | 33 | 1,873 |
Finland | 1951-2012 | 673,791 | 0 | 10,060 | 10,060 | 683,851 |
France | 1936-2011 | 6,823,225 | 402,197 | 418,582 | 209,291 | 7,644,004 |
French Guiana | 1984-2011 | 34,390 | 1,916 | 3,912 | 1,956 | 40,218 |
Georgia | 1992-2012 | 562,077 | 0 | 39,225 | 39,225 | 601,302 |
FR Germany | 1944-2012 | 4,003,127 | 48,831 | 106,815 | 106,815 | 4,158,773 |
Greece | 1970-2008 | 433,248 | 0 | 81,760 | 16,352 | 515,008 |
Greenland | 1967-2010 | 28,566 | 200 | 2,580 | 860 | 31,346 |
Guadeloupe | 1976-2011 | 104,743 | 4,100 | 8,300 | 4,150 | 117,143 |
Guernsey | 1997-2009 | 1,098 | 360 | 388 | 97 | 1,846 |
Guyana | 1970-2007 | 45,746 | 137,740 | 12,792 | 2,132 | 196,278 |
Hong Kong | 1973-2011 | 568,304 | 19,557 | 23,726 | 11,863 | 611,587 |
Hungary | 1949-2012 | 6,188,731 | 0 | 36,118 | 36,118 | 6,224,849 |
Iceland | 1960-2012 | 30,818 | 0 | 980 | 980 | 31,798 |
India | 1972-2012 | 22,163,443 | 0 | 636,306 | 636,306 | 22,799,749 |
Isle of Man | 2007 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 35 |
Israel | 1979-2012 | 617,909 | 0 | 20,063 | 20,063 | 637,972 |
Italy | 1978-2012 | 5,483,320 | 0 | 105,968 | 105,968 | 5,589,288 |
Japan | 1949-2011 | 38,219,453 | 10,000,000 | 404,212 | 202,106 | 48,623,665 |
Jersey | 1990-2007 | 2,402 | 2,518 | 1,200 | 200 | 6,120 |
Kazakhstan | 1992-2012 | 3,337,199 | 0 | 95,654 | 95,654 | 3,432,853 |
ROK South Korea | 1961-2010 | 8,680,733 | 9,107,415 | 507,000 | 169,000 | 18,295,148 |
Kosovo | 2005-2006 | 4,054 | 12,015 | 11,557 | 1,651 | 27,626 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1992-2011 | 570,120 | 0 | 33,372 | 16,686 | 603,492 |
Latvia | 1992-2012 | 365,340 | 0 | 6,200 | 6,200 | 371,540 |
Lithuania | 1992-2012 | 372,410 | 0 | 6,033 | 6,033 | 378,443 |
Macedonia | 1992-2011 | 200,481 | 0 | 10,648 | 5,324 | 211,129 |
Martinique | 1976-2011 | 70,042 | 5,554 | 4,804 | 2,402 | 80,400 |
Mayotte | 1992-2006 | 6,563 | 4,290 | 10,416 | 1,488 | 21,269 |
Mexico | 1995-2012 | 120,623 | 0 | 20,485 | 20,485 | 141,108 |
Moldova | 1992-2012 | 614,393 | 0 | 14,838 | 14,838 | 629,231 |
Mongolia | 1984-2010 | 389,336 | 0 | 37,476 | 12,492 | 426,812 |
Montenegro | 2006-2011 | 7,187 | 0 | 1,646 | 823 | 8,833 |
Nagorno-Karabakh | 2002-2007 | 7,308 | 0 | 7,932 | 1,322 | 15,240 |
Netherlands | 1970-2012 | 1,570,963 | 0 | 30,577 | 30,577 | 1,601,540 |
New Caledonia | 1997-2006 | 7,148 | 3,819 | 9,800 | 1,400 | 20,767 |
New Zealand | 1964-2011 | 442,508 | 3,375 | 31,726 | 15,863 | 477,609 |
Norway | 1954-2012 | 648,673 | 23,448 | 15,216 | 15,216 | 687,337 |
Palestine | 2009 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 88 |
Panama | 1972-2000 | 159 | 218 | 143 | 11 | 520 |
Panama Canal Zone | 1970-1978 | 398 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 503 |
Poland | 1955-2011 | 6,386,543 | 0 | 1,338 | 669 | 6,387,881 |
Portugal | 1984-2012 | 109,650 | 4,290 | 18,408 | 18,408 | 132,348 |
Puerto Rico | 1991-2006 | 91,763 | 139,200 | 38,766 | 5,538 | 269,729 |
Qatar | 1995-2005 | 1,339 | 0 | 1,352 | 169 | 2,691 |
Reunion | 1976-2011 | 154,754 | 0 | 9,016 | 4,508 | 163,770 |
Romania | 1958-2012 | 21,739,518 | 826,149 | 87,477 | 87,477 | 22,653,144 |
Russia | 1992-2012 | 42,842,499 | 0 | 1,070,980 | 1,070,980 | 43,913,479 |
Saint Helena | 1985-1990 | 61 | 0 | 115 | 5 | 176 |
Serbia | 1992-2011 | 1,081,728 | 0 | 42,308 | 21,154 | 1,124,036 |
Seychelles | 1986-2010 | 6,391 | 1,855 | 1,668 | 556 | 9,914 |
Singapore | 1970-2012 | 621,314 | 0 | 10,624 | 10,624 | 631,938 |
Slovakia | 1993-2012 | 486,913 | 0 | 16,377 | 16,377 | 503,290 |
Slovenia | 1992-2011 | 157,147 | 0 | 8,526 | 4,263 | 165,673 |
South Africa | 1975-2013* | 1,156,695 | 60,302 | 0 | 85,302 | 1,216,997 |
Spain | 1941-2011 | 1,775,259 | 692,358 | 236,718 | 118,359 | 2,704,335 |
Suriname | 1994 | 262 | 0 | 4,978 | 262 | 5,240 |
Sweden | 1939-2012* | 1,525,339 | 0 | 18,843 | 37,750 | 1,544,182 |
Switzerland | 1966-2011 | 457,016 | 184,451 | 22,158 | 11,079 | 663,625 |
Tajikistan | 1992-2012 | 507,190 | 0 | 16,600 | 16,600 | 523,790 |
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands | 1970 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Tunisia | 1965-2009 | 656,702 | 33,618 | 58,796 | 14,699 | 749,116 |
Turkey | 1993-2011 | 1,391,277 | 1,699,210 | 138,880 | 69,440 | 3,229,367 |
Turkmenistan | 1992-2011 | 441,613 | 0 | 32,546 | 16,273 | 474,159 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1996-2005 | 188 | 202 | 256 | 32 | 646 |
Ukraine | 1992-2012 | 8,978,181 | 0 | 141,000 | 141,000 | 9,119,181 |
USSR | 1922-1991 | 282,429,483 | 8,658,708 | 0 | 0 | 291,088,191 |
United Kingdom | 1958-2012 | 8,057,895 | 0 | 203,419 | 203,419 | 8,261,314 |
United States | 1926-2013* | 53,151,564 | 1,986,944 | 1,085,072 | 1,090,000 | 56,223,580 |
Uzbekistan | 1992-2011 | 1,506,052 | 0 | 74,500 | 37,250 | 1,580,552 |
Venezuela | 1968 | 3,085 | 0 | 138,825 | 3,085 | 141,910 |
Vietnam | 1976-2011 | 23,522,428 | 1,356,602 | 3,400,000 | 1,700,000 | 28,279,030 |
Yugoslavia | 1955-1991 | 5,737,126 | 3,209,207 | 0 | 0 | 8,946,333 |
Zambia | 1983 | 1,200 | 0 | 36,000 | 1,200 | 37,200 |
WORLD TOTAL | 1922-2013 | 937,972,610 | 56,381,644 | 25,063,472 | 13,347,553 | 1,019,417,726 |
Note: estimated underreporting includes estimates for missing years in reported year range and estimates for underreporting for some nations. Year ranges indicated by (*) include one or two years of incomplete data after the last year of complete data.
TOTAL, 1922 - 2013: 938,000,000 reported abortions, estimated 1,019,000,000 total abortions
Estimated current global monthly average: 1,112,000 abortions
Updated from section VIII of "Global Abortion Summary,"
© 2000-2012, 2013 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 12 December 2013.
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