country | year range of reported data | total reported abortions | estimated total for missing data, underreporting | estimated additional abortions to Dec 2014 | most recent annual abortion figure | estimated total abortions through Dec 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albania | 1975-2012 | 489,596 | 54,668 | 4,715 | 1,766 | 548,979 |
Andorra | 1995 | 99 | 0 | 1,947 | 99 | 2,046 |
Anguilla | 2002-2005 | 98 | 0 | 203 | 21 | 301 |
Armenia | 1992-2014 | 382,639 | 0 | 8,052 | 12,019 | 390,691 |
Australia | 1970-2015 | 2,226,048 | 0 | 6,217 | 57,373 | 2,232,265 |
Austria | 1989-2001 | 36,364 | 0 | 31,523 | 2,306 | 67,887 |
Azerbaijan | 1992-2014 | 575,342 | 0 | 18,237 | 27,220 | 593,579 |
Bahrain | 1997-2013 | 34,319 | 0 | 3,849 | 2,305 | 38,168 |
Bangladesh | 2000 | 119,600 | 0 | 1,754,532 | 119,600 | 1,874,132 |
Barbados | 1984-2006 | 11,526 | 4,000 | 4,681 | 540 | 20,207 |
Belarus | 1992-2013 | 2,309,896 | 0 | 52,114 | 31,206 | 2,362,010 |
Belgium | 1979-2011 | 413,818 | 81,253 | 71,851 | 19,578 | 566,922 |
Belize | 1985-1996 | 8,609 | 7,186 | 48,598 | 2,603 | 64,393 |
Bermuda | 1983-2013 | 2,705 | 1,395 | 459 | 275 | 4,559 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2001 | 1,201 | 278,452 | 16,417 | 1,201 | 296,070 |
Botswana | 1980-1984 | 66 | 18 | 521 | 17 | 605 |
Bulgaria | 1953-2013 | 5,825,217 | 0 | 49,273 | 29,505 | 5,874,490 |
Canada | 1970-2013 | 3,701,104 | 47,423 | 178,690 | 107,000 | 3,927,217 |
Chile | 1986-2005 | 9,707 | 4,014 | 17,802 | 1,841 | 31,523 |
PR China | 1963-2012 | 350,046,418 | 14,662,480 | 17,862,372 | 6,690,027 | 382,571,270 |
Cocos Islands | 1978 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 75 |
Comoros | 2007-2011 | 1,545 | 0 | 146 | 40 | 1,691 |
Costa Rica | 1995-2010 | 137,568 | 0 | 35,944 | 7,697 | 173,512 |
Croatia | 1992-2013 | 298,615 | 0 | 6,372 | 3,816 | 304,987 |
Cuba | 1968-2012 | 4,963,733 | 105,482 | 223,430 | 83,682 | 5,292,645 |
Czech Republic | 1993-2013 | 834,239 | 0 | 40,044 | 23,979 | 874,283 |
Czechoslovakia | 1953-1992 | 3,676,501 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,676,501 |
Denmark | 1939-2014 | 950,177 | 0 | 10,114 | 15,097 | 960,291 |
Dominican Republic | 1995-2005 | 221,990 | 51,255 | 282,044 | 29,167 | 555,289 |
East Germany | 1948-1989 | 1,744,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,744,200 |
Estonia | 1992-2014 | 313,972 | 0 | 3,475 | 5,188 | 317,447 |
Faeroe Islands | 1966-2013 | 1,117 | 747 | 38 | 23 | 1,902 |
Finland | 1951-2013 | 684,119 | 0 | 16,900 | 10,120 | 701,019 |
France | 1936-2013 | 7,247,042 | 402,197 | 361,883 | 216,697 | 8,011,122 |
French Guiana | 1984-2013 | 37,664 | 1,916 | 2,722 | 1,630 | 42,302 |
Georgia | 1992-2014 | 633,564 | 0 | 22,424 | 33,469 | 655,988 |
FR Germany | 1944-2015 | 4,256,544 | 48,831 | 15,909 | 99,715 | 4,321,284 |
Greece | 1970-2008 | 433,248 | 0 | 109,067 | 16,352 | 542,315 |
Greenland | 1967-2012 | 30,227 | 200 | 2,317 | 868 | 32,744 |
Guadeloupe | 1976-2013 | 112,282 | 4,100 | 6,389 | 3,826 | 122,771 |
Guam | 2000-2014 | 2,281 | 43 | 140 | 209 | 2,464 |
Guernsey | 1997-2012 | 1,446 | 360 | 293 | 110 | 2,099 |
Guyana | 1970-2007 | 45,746 | 137,740 | 16,352 | 2,132 | 199,838 |
Hong Kong | 1973-2011 | 568,304 | 19,557 | 43,537 | 11,863 | 631,398 |
Hungary | 1949-2014 | 6,256,285 | 0 | 21,884 | 32,663 | 6,278,169 |
Iceland | 1960-2013 | 31,784 | 0 | 1,613 | 966 | 33,397 |
India | 1972-2012 | 22,263,303 | 0 | 1,765,812 | 661,353 | 24,029,115 |
Isle of Man | 2007 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 43 |
Israel | 1979-2014 | 656,736 | 0 | 13,045 | 19,471 | 669,781 |
Italy | 1978-2013 | 5,589,918 | 0 | 171,415 | 102,644 | 5,761,333 |
Japan | 1949-2013 | 38,602,345 | 10,000,000 | 311,042 | 186,253 | 48,913,387 |
Jersey | 1990-2014 | 5,467 | 912 | 109 | 163 | 6,488 |
Kazakhstan | 1992-2013 | 3,443,199 | 0 | 177,020 | 106,000 | 3,620,219 |
South Korea | 1961-2010 | 8,680,733 | 9,107,415 | 789,230 | 169,000 | 18,577,378 |
Kosovo | 2005-2006 | 4,054 | 12,015 | 14,314 | 1,651 | 30,383 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1992-2013 | 597,136 | 0 | 20,935 | 12,536 | 618,071 |
Latvia | 1992-2014 | 365,532 | 0 | 3,563 | 5,318 | 369,095 |
Lithuania | 1992-2014 | 382,994 | 0 | 3,504 | 5,231 | 386,498 |
Macedonia | 1992-2012 | 205,868 | 0 | 14,383 | 5,387 | 220,251 |
Martinique | 1976-2013 | 74,754 | 5,554 | 3,862 | 2,313 | 84,170 |
Mayotte | 1992-2013 | 23,693 | 0 | 2,434 | 1,458 | 26,127 |
Mexico | 1995-2014 | 161,836 | 0 | 13,752 | 20,526 | 175,588 |
Moldova | 1992-2013 | 628,904 | 0 | 24,233 | 14,511 | 653,137 |
Mongolia | 1984-2013 | 440,941 | 0 | 26,098 | 15,628 | 467,039 |
Montenegro | 2006-2012 | 7,949 | 0 | 2,034 | 762 | 9,983 |
Nagorno-Karabakh | 1996-2012 | 22,064 | 0 | 2,411 | 903 | 24,475 |
Netherlands | 1970-2013 | 1,601,564 | 0 | 51,103 | 30,601 | 1,652,667 |
New Caledonia | 1997-2013 | 21,846 | 0 | 2,740 | 1,641 | 24,586 |
New Zealand | 1964-2014 | 484,463 | 3,375 | 8,801 | 13,137 | 496,639 |
Norway | 1954-2014 | 677,507 | 23,448 | 9,420 | 14,061 | 710,375 |
Palestine | 2009 | 44 | 0 | 62 | 11 | 106 |
Panama | 1972-2000 | 159 | 218 | 161 | 11 | 538 |
Panama Canal Zone | 1970-1978 | 398 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 503 |
Poland | 1955-2013 | 6,388,040 | 0 | 1,244 | 745 | 6,389,284 |
Portugal | 1984-2014 | 148,166 | 4,290 | 11,114 | 16,589 | 163,570 |
Puerto Rico | 1991-2010 | 112,482 | 139,200 | 23,658 | 5,066 | 275,340 |
Qatar | 1993-2012 | 2,006 | 0 | 261 | 98 | 2,267 |
Reunion | 1976-2013 | 163,589 | 0 | 7,606 | 4,555 | 171,195 |
ROC Taiwan | 1967-1999 | 45,884 | 667,395 | 662,558 | 42,282 | 1,375,837 |
Romania | 1958-2013 | 21,826,608 | 826,149 | 144,341 | 86,432 | 22,797,098 |
Russia | 1992-2013 | 43,854,898 | 0 | 1,690,706 | 1,012,399 | 45,545,604 |
Saint Helena | 1985-1990 | 61 | 0 | 123 | 5 | 184 |
Serbia | 2006-2013 | 174,061 | 0 | 22,795 | 13,650 | 196,856 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 1992-2005 | 941,652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 941,652 |
Seychelles | 1986-2013 | 7,439 | 2,399 | 860 | 515 | 10,698 |
Singapore | 1970-2013 | 630,596 | 0 | 15,500 | 9,282 | 646,096 |
Slovakia | 1993-2013 | 393,788 | 0 | 18,545 | 11,105 | 412,333 |
Slovenia | 1992-2012 | 161,253 | 0 | 10,963 | 4,106 | 172,216 |
South Africa | 1975-2014 | 1,333,794 | 0 | 59,714 | 89,126 | 1,393,508 |
Spain | 1941-2012 | 1,887,649 | 692,358 | 300,081 | 112,390 | 2,880,088 |
Suriname | 1994 | 262 | 0 | 5,415 | 262 | 5,677 |
Sweden | 1939-2014 | 1,580,422 | 36,997 | 24,541 | 36,629 | 1,641,960 |
Switzerland | 1966-2012 | 467,869 | 184,451 | 28,977 | 10,853 | 681,297 |
Tajikistan | 1992-2014 | 540,492 | 0 | 11,591 | 17,300 | 552,083 |
Transnistria | 2000-2012 | 34,635 | 34,257 | 10,698 | 4,007 | 79,590 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1991-2004 | 55 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 108 |
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands | 1970 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Tunisia | 1965-2009 | 656,702 | 33,618 | 83,343 | 14,699 | 773,663 |
Turkey | 1993-2012 | 1,470,238 | 1,699,210 | 210,825 | 78,961 | 3,380,273 |
Turkmenistan | 1992-2012 | 459,883 | 0 | 48,780 | 18,270 | 508,663 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1996-2005 | 188 | 202 | 309 | 32 | 699 |
Ukraine | 1992-2013 | 9,138,064 | 0 | 246,719 | 147,736 | 9,384,783 |
United Kingdom | 1958-2014 | 8,462,039 | 0 | 135,049 | 201,567 | 8,597,088 |
United States | 1926-2015 | 55,371,152 | 1,618,273 | 666,955 | 1,000,000 | 57,656,380 |
USSR | 1921-1991 | 282,813,855 | 7,373,163 | 0 | 0 | 290,187,018 |
Uzbekistan | 1992-2013 | 1,583,792 | 0 | 64,371 | 38,546 | 1,648,163 |
Venezuela | 1968 | 3,085 | 0 | 143,976 | 3,085 | 147,061 |
Vietnam | 1976-2012 | 26,734,408 | 0 | 801,000 | 300,000 | 27,535,408 |
Yugoslavia | 1955-1991 | 7,155,535 | 1,805,570 | 0 | 0 | 8,961,105 |
Zambia | 1983 | 1,200 | 0 | 38,004 | 1,200 | 39,204 |
country | year range of reported data | total reported abortions | estimated total for missing data, underreporting | estimated additional abortions to Dec 2014 | most recent annual abortion figure | estimated total abortions through Dec 2014 |
WORLD TOTAL | 1921-2015 | 959,167,823 | 50,183,891 | 30,277,359 | 12,377,885 | 1,039,629,073 |
Note: estimated underreporting includes estimates for missing years in reported year range and estimates for underreporting for some nations.
TOTAL, 1921 - 2015: 959,000,000 reported abortions, estimated 1,040,000,000 total abortions
Estimated current global monthly average: 1,031,000 abortions
Updated from section VIII of "Global Abortion Summary,"
© 2000-2014, 2015 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 19 September 2015.
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