Historical abortion statistics, France (with overseas departments)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, France (with overseas departments)

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, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women of childbearing age.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

This page covers totals for France including overseas departments; for European (metropolitan) France only see France.

France regional level data also available here.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
1936		130	130	(130)		130
1937		(58)	(60)	(58)		58
1938		(60)	(60)	(60)		60
1939		235	235	(235)		235
1940		227	826	(227)		227	599
1941		(319)	(1,460)	(319)		319	1,146
1942		47	1,860	(47)		47	1,813
1943			1,995				1,995
1944		(324)	(2,190)	(324)		324	1,870
1945		(373)	(2,230)	(373)		373	1,856
1946			2,228				2,228
1947		227	2,249	(227)		227	2,022
1948	896,314	(44)	(40)	(44)		(44)			0.05	0.05	0.00	0.00
1949	899,725	(44)	(40)	(44)		(44)			0.05	0.05	0.00	0.00
1950	890,736	(22)	(20)	(22)		(22)			0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00
1951	856,033
1952	853,391
1953	837,142
1954	843,766
1955	840,216
1956	841,788
1957	851,847
1958	847,585
1959	864,930
1960	856,841							14,155
1961	875,524							13,840
1962	870,884							13,622
1963	907,405							14,152
1964	916,459							13,849
1965	905,070							13,319
1966	902,427							13,127
1967	877,855							12,526
1968	873,337				56	56		11,957	0.06		0.01
1969	877,439				471	471		11,931	0.54		0.05
1970	881,476				2,267	2,267		11,469	2.6		0.26
1971	914,054				11,986	11,986		11,486	13.1		1.29
1972	909,072				25,189	25,189		10,952	27.7		2.70
1973	886,901				35,293	35,293		10,470	39.8		3.83
1974	830,332				36,541	36,541		9,358	44.0		4.22
1975	774,840	33,454	33,454	33,454	14,809	48,263		8,225	62.3	43.2	5.86	4.14
1976	747,461	138,009	138,009	134,626	4,568	139,194		7,522	186.2	184.6	15.70	15.59	12.7
1977	770,467	155,573	155,573	144,813	4,201	149,014		7,445	193.4	201.9	16.21	16.80	14.2
1978	761,281	155,496	155,496	144,331	3,187	147,518		7,120	193.8	204.3	16.23	16.96	14.1
1979	782,728	162,487	162,487	162,487	3,047	165,534		6,994	211.5	207.6	17.46	17.19	14.4
1980	826,369	177,073	177,073	174,060	4,117	178,177		6,942	215.6	214.3	17.74	17.65	15.8
1981	831,267	187,041	187,041	183,864	4,100	187,964		6,644	226.1	225.0	18.44	18.37
1982	823,505	188,044	188,044	184,526	3,825	188,351		6,334	228.7	228.3	18.61	18.59	16.4
1983	775,648	189,998	189,998	186,343	3,796	190,139		5,723	245.1	245.0	19.69	19.68
1984	787,701	187,819	188,319	184,540	3,931	188,471		5,835	239.3	238.4	19.31	19.25	16.0
1985	796,497	179,490	180,590	175,771	3,782	179,553		5,658	225.4	225.3	18.40	18.39
1986	805,978	171,096	174,296	166,462	3,369	169,831		5,615	210.7	212.3	17.40	17.51	14.3
1987	793,570	166,533	170,233	162,881	3,300	166,181		5,476	209.4	209.9	17.32	17.35
1988	801,185	170,842	174,962	166,953	3,000	169,953		4,974	212.1	213.2	17.50	17.58	13.7
1989	796,726	173,332	173,332	167,712	2,973	170,685		4,860	214.2	217.6	17.64	17.87
1990	793,896	210,578	210,578	178,502	2,787	181,289		4,636	228.4	265.2	18.59	20.96	14.7	18.67
1991	790,938	215,571	215,571	175,565	2,486	178,051		4,511	225.1	272.6	18.37	21.42	14.7	19.18
1992	775,530	208,153	208,153	170,918	2,154	173,072		4,055	223.2	268.4	18.24	21.16	14.1	18.58
1993	742,003	208,692	208,692	166,667	1,706	168,373		3,791	226.9	281.3	18.49	21.95	14.1	18.69
1994	741,502	204,321	204,321	170,120	1,390	171,510		3,633	231.3	275.6	18.79	21.60	13.9	18.36
1995	759,657	195,103	195,103	163,779	1,113	164,892		3,859	217.1	256.8	17.83	20.43	13.3	17.58
1996	764,703	203,531	203,531	171,694	1,073	172,767		3,689	225.9	266.2	18.43	21.02	16.1	18.37
1997	757,852	205,335	205,335	205,335	887	206,222		3,576	272.1	270.9	21.39	21.32	13.8	18.58
1998	769,243	212,111	212,111	212,111	435	212,546		3,685	276.3	275.7	21.65	21.61	14.4	19.26
1999	776,908	213,840	213,840	213,840	332	214,172		3,442	275.7	275.2	21.61	21.58	14.6	19.51
2000	806,566	212,140	212,140	210,068	299	210,367		3,772	260.8	263.0	20.69	20.82	14.7	19.38
2001	802,222	220,689	220,689	212,161	199	212,360		3,929	264.7	275.1	20.93	21.57	15.0	20.24
2002	792,489	225,571	225,571	219,300	176	219,476		6,538	276.9	284.6	21.69	22.16	15.3	20.76
2003	792,394	222,566	222,566	217,153	109	217,262		7,361	274.2	280.9	21.52	21.93	18.1	20.57
2004	800,174	224,032	224,032	224,032	53	224,085		7,511	280.0	280.0	21.88	21.87	15.5	20.81
2005	804,974	220,236	220,236	220,236	38	220,274		7,438	273.6	273.6	21.48	21.48	15.3	20.56
2006	830,230	228,845	228,845	223,154	41	223,195		7,877	268.8	275.6	21.19	21.61	14.9	21.46
2007	819,358	227,050	227,050	227,050	31	227,081		7,621	277.1	277.1	21.70	21.70	15.1	21.39
2008	828,309	221,800	221,800	221,800	1,380	223,180		8,356	269.4	267.8	21.23	21.12	14.9	21.01
2009	824,551	221,808	221,808	220,957	46	221,003		9,377	268.0	269.0	21.14	21.20	14.9	21.15
2010	832,683	225,127	225,127	225,127	57	225,184		8,206	270.4	270.4	21.29	21.28	15.1	21.61
2011	830,059	223,976	223,976	223,976	1,509	225,485			271.6	269.8	21.36	21.25	15.1	21.55
2012	826,963	220,736	220,736	220,736	1,434	222,170			268.7	266.9	21.18	21.07	15.0	21.39
2013	817,938	230,479	230,479	230,479	1,501	231,980			283.6	281.8	22.10	21.98	15.8	22.48
2014	818,436	218,965	226,665	218,965	1,407	220,372			269.3	267.5	21.21	21.11		22.19
2015	798,948	216,798	216,798	216,798	1,413	218,211			273.1	271.4	21.45	21.34	14.9	21.24
2016	783,640	211,887	211,887	210,149	1,158	210,193			268.2	270.4	21.15	21.28	14.3
2017	769,553	216,344	216,344		993	217,337			282.4	281.1	22.02	21.94	14.8
2018	758,590	224,338	224,055	224,055	31	224,086			295.4	295.7	22.80	22.82	15.4
2019	753,383	231,798	231,798	231,798		231,798			307.7	307.7	23.53	23.53	16.1
2020	735,196	222,025	222,025	221,794		221,794			301.7	302.0	23.18	23.19	15.4
2021	738,000		(221,600)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	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.

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