Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Australia

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 24 June 2023

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Australia regional level data also available here.

yearlive birthsabortions, reportedabortions, estimatedabortions (AWR)abortions, residents, in country onlyabortions, residents, obtained abroadabortions, residents, totalabortions, illegalmiscarriages and abortionsfetal deathsabortion ratioabortion %abortion
rate,
residents
abortion
rate, occurences (AWR)
residents, in/out of countryall in countryresidents, in/out of countryall in country
1931   185    185         
1932                
1933                
1934                
1935                
1936   233    233         
1937                
1938                
1939                
1940                
1941   125    125         
1942                
1943                
1944                
1945                
1946                
1947                
1948177,976                
1949181,261                
1950190,591                
1951193,298   36    36         
1952201,650                
1953202,235                
1954202,256                
1955207,677                
1956212,133                
1957220,358                
1958222,504                
1959226,976                
1960230,326                
1961239,986   24    24         
1962237,081                
1963235,689                
1964229,149                
1965222,854                
1966222,626                
1967229,296                
1968240,906                
1969250,176                
1970257,516 1,440  1,440 (1,440) 1,440    5.65.60.560.56  
1971276,362 2,519  2,519 (2,519)18 2,537    9.29.10.910.90  
1972264,969 2,692  (4,200)(2,692) 2,692    10.210.21.011.01  
1973247,670 2,847  (5,800)(2,847) 2,847    11.511.51.141.14  
1974245,177 2,867  (7,400)(2,867) 2,867    11.711.71.161.16  
1975233,012 3,000  (9,100)(3,000) 3,000    12.912.91.271.27  
1976227,810 3,289  (12,100)(3,289) 3,289    14.414.41.421.42  
1977226,291 3,494  (15,200)(3,494) 3,494    15.415.41.521.52  
1978224,181 3,895  (18,200)(3,895) 3,895    17.417.41.711.71  
1979223,129 3,880  (23,800)(3,880) 3,880    17.417.41.711.71  
1980225,527 4,081  (29,400)(4,081) 4,081    18.118.11.781.78  
1981235,842 4,096  (35,000)(4,096) 4,096    17.417.41.711.71  
1982239,903 4,061  (40,600)(4,061)40 4,101    17.116.91.681.66  
1983242,570 4,036 (46,500)(46,500)(4,036)21 4,057    16.7191.71.6416.09  
1984234,034 54,600  54,600 (54,600)50 54,650    233.5233.318.9318.92  
1985247,348 56,371 (65,240)(66,000)(56,371)35 56,406    228.0263.818.5720.8717.9 
1986243,408 59,876 (69,296)(70,100)(59,876)32 59,908    246.1284.719.7522.1618.621.67
1987243,959 60,271 (69,752)(70,500)(60,271) 60,271   1,087 247.1285.919.8122.2318.321.53
1988246,193 62,420 (72,240)(73,000)(62,420) 62,420   1,141 253.5293.420.2322.6918.521.99
1989250,853 66,414 (76,862)(77,700)(66,414) 66,414   1,094 264.8306.420.9323.4519.323.09
1990262,648 69,223 (80,113)(81,000)(69,223) 69,223   1,198 263.6305.020.8623.3719.923.83
1991257,247 70,361 (81,430)(82,300)(70,361)31 70,392   1,150 273.6316.521.4824.0420.024.07
1992264,151 73,448 (85,003)(85,900)(73,448)32 73,480   1,171 278.2321.821.7624.3520.825.04
1993260,229 74,395 (85,153)(86,100)(74,395) 74,395   939 285.9327.222.2324.6520.825.09
1994258,05181,101(87,965)(88,900)81,1013281,133 77,627898314.4340.923.9225.4221.525.93
1995256,19082,229(90,182)(91,200)82,2292482,253 78,237997321.1352.024.3026.0421.926.56
1996253,83482,391(89,076)(89,800)82,3912382,414 78,0721,053324.7350.924.5125.9822.026.07
1997251,84280,719(87,497)(88,100)80,7192180,740 76,216 320.6347.424.2825.7821.025.48
1998(249,283)80,293(86,862)(87,500)80,2931480,307 75,788 322.2348.424.3725.8420.825.26
1999(246,573)79,609(85,731)(86,300)79,6091579,624 74,001 322.9347.724.4125.8020.424.87
2000249,63681,090(86,931)(87,600)81,0902181,111 75,543 324.9348.224.5225.8320.625.16
2001246,39482,075(88,306)(89,000)82,0751482,089 77,046802333.2358.424.9926.3820.825.47
2002250,98880,845(86,552)(87,200)80,8451380,858 75,906751322.2344.824.3725.6420.324.88
2003250,51878,297(84,460)(85,100)78,2971378,310 73,623759312.6337.123.8125.2120.024.23
2004253,65276,980 (84,300)76,9801876,998 72,897732303.6303.523.2923.28 23.94
2005259,17774,189 (81,100)74,1891374,202 70,153757286.3286.222.2622.25 22.92
2006265,42376,488 (83,900)76,4881076,498 67,016903288.2288.222.3722.37 23.51
2007284,46676,846 (84,000)76,8461376,859  1,205270.2270.121.2721.27 23.16
2008296,62177,256 (83,900)77,256577,261  1,323260.5260.520.6620.66 22.59
2009295,73877,253(74,100)(83,600)77,253977,262   261.3261.220.7120.71 22.03
2010297,90371,535(73,500)(76,500)71,5351171,546   240.2246.719.3719.79 19.90
2011301,61768,576(73,500)(73,500)68,576868,584   227.4243.718.5319.59 18.96
2012309,58267,328(61,700)(72,000)67,328867,336  1,046217.5217.517.8617.86 18.37
2013308,06565,603(61,100)(70,000)65,603565,608  1,295213.0213.017.5617.56 17.64
2014299,69762,642(63,900)(66,300)62,642762,649  1,209209.0213.217.2917.57 16.51
2015306,33159,717(65,400)(65,400)59,717859,725  1,146195.0213.516.3217.59 16.10
2016311,83256,196(64,200)(64,200)56,196756,203  364180.2205.915.2717.07 15.58
2017309,14253,921(65,100)(65,100)53,921 53,921  365174.4210.614.8517.40 15.55
2018315,14751,812(61,400)(61,400)51,812751,819  353164.4194.814.1216.31 14.46
2019306,22145,171(69,200)(69,200)45,171945,180  487147.5226.012.8618.43 16.09
2020294,37041,688(63,900)(63,900)41,688 41,688  494141.6217.112.4117.84 14.68
2021309,99642,411(65,000)(65,000)42,411 42,411   136.8209.712.0317.33 14.77
2022 39,030 (55,000)39,030 39,030        (12.4)
2023 11,236  11,236 11,236         
yearlive birthsabortions, reportedabortions, estimatedabortions (AWR)abortions, residents, in country onlyabortions, residents, obtained abroadabortions, residents, totalabortions, illegalmiscarriages and abortionsfetal deathsabortion ratioabortion %abortion
rate,
residents
abortion
rate, occurences (AWR)
residents, in/out of countryall in countryresidents, in/out of countryall in country

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