Historical abortion statistics, Bangladesh

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Bangladesh

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 3 July 2022

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

Live births.
Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
1975		686	686	(686)		686
1976		4,408	4,408	(4,408)		4,408
1977		6,687	6,687	(6,687)		6,687
1978		6,135	6,135	(6,135)		6,135
1979		4,412	4,412	(4,412)		4,412
1980		10,479	10,479	(10,479)		10,479
1981		28,044	28,044	(28,044)		28,044						1.81
1982		43,444	43,444	(43,444)		43,444						2.72
1983		58,579	58,579	(58,579)		58,579						3.55
1984		56,728	56,728	(56,728)		56,728						3.33
1985		68,609	68,609	(68,609)		68,609						3.91
1986		69,086	69,086	(69,086)		69,086						3.81
1987		80,433	80,433	(80,433)		80,433						4.30
1988		78,558	78,558	(78,558)		78,558						4.07
1989		77,838	77,838	(77,838)		77,838						3.90
1990		91,574	91,574	(91,574)		91,574						4.45
1991		77,937	77,937	(77,937)		77,937						3.68
1992		83,832	83,832	(83,832)		83,832						3.84
1993		98,360	98,360	(98,360)		98,360						4.39
1994		112,381	112,381	(112,381)		112,381						4.89
1995		80,883	80,883	(80,883)		80,883						3.44
1996		100,300	100,300	(100,300)		100,300						4.16
1997			(110,000)									(4.46)
1998		120,200	120,200	(120,200)		120,200						4.76
1999		119,900	119,900	(119,900)		119,900						4.65
2000	(2,430,000)	119,600	119,600	(119,600)		119,600		49.2	49.2	4.69	4.69	4.53
2001	(2,460,000)		(120,000)									(4.45)
2002	(2,670,000)		(121,000)									(4.39)
2003	(2,820,000)		(122,000)									(4.34)
2004	(2,860,000)		(123,000)									(4.29)
2005	(2,890,000)		(123,000)									(4.21)
2006	(2,920,000)	124,045	124,045	(124,045)		124,045		42.5	42.5	4.08	4.08	4.17
2007	(3,010,000)	180,106	180,106	(180,106)		180,106		59.8	59.8	5.65	5.65	5.97
2008	(2,990,000)	200,645	200,645	(200,645)		200,645		67.1	67.1	6.29	6.29	6.55
2009	(2,870,000)	201,282	201,282	(201,282)		201,282		70.1	70.1	6.55	6.55	6.47
2010	(2,870,000)	230,220	230,220	(230,220)		230,220		80.2	80.2	7.43	7.43	7.29
2011	2,891,000	257,938	257,938	(257,938)		257,938		89.2	89.2	8.19	8.19	8.05
2012	2,933,000	265,594	265,594	(265,594)		265,594		90.6	90.6	8.30	8.30	8.18
2013	(2,950,000)	243,242	243,242	(243,242)		243,242		82.5	82.5	7.62	7.62	7.38
2014	2,963,520	224,449	224,449	(224,449)		224,449		75.7	75.7	7.04	7.04	6.73
2015	2,987,320	222,606	222,606	(222,606)		222,606		74.5	74.5	6.93	6.93	6.61
2016	3,006,960	187,532	187,532	(187,532)		187,532		62.4	62.4	5.87	5.87	5.52
2017	3,009,950	158,253	158,253	(158,253)		158,253		52.6	52.6	5.00	5.00	4.62
2018	3,012,180	149,379	149,379	(149,379)		149,379		49.6	49.6	4.72	4.72	4.33
2019	3,013,650		(149,000)		3
2020	3,040,667		(149,000)
2021			(149,000)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)

Notes:

Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

Sources:

Sedgh, Gilda, Stanley K. Henshaw, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, and Taylor Haas, Sept. 2007, "Legal abortion worldwide: incidence and recent trends," International Family Planning Perspectives, 33:106-116, on line at AGI [http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3310607.html].
United Nations Statistics Division, 1 July 2014, "3. Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (1999-2013)," United Nations Statistics Division, on line [a href=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf>https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 12 Aug. 2015, "3. Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (2000-2014)," United Nations Statistics Division, on line [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf].

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