Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Turkey
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 June 2026
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.
| 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,
residents | abortion
rate, occurrences (AWR) |
|---|
residents, in/out of country | all in country | residents, in/out of country | all in country |
| 1960 | 1,244,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1965 | | | (1,800) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1966 | | | (3,700) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1967 | | | (5,500) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1968 | | | (7,400) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1969 | | | (9,200) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1970 | 1,398,922 | | (11,100) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1971 | 1,419,444 | | (12,900) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1972 | 1,438,404 | | (14,700) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1973 | 1,455,003 | | (16,600) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1974 | 1,468,883 | | (18,400) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1975 | 1,480,392 | | (20,300) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1976 | 1,490,388 | | (22,100) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1977 | 1,499,700 | | (23,900) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1978 | 1,508,633 | | (25,800) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1979 | 1,516,793 | | (27,700) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1980 | 1,522,912 | | (29,500) | | | | | | | | | | (3.5) |
| 1981 | 1,525,318 | | (31,300) | | | | | | | | | | (3.6) |
| 1982 | 1,522,866 | | (33,200) | | | | | | | | | | (3.7) |
| 1983 | 1,515,120 | | (35,000) | | | | | | | | | | (3.8) |
| 1984 | 1,502,419 | | (66,600) | | | | | | | | | | (6.9) |
| 1985 | 1,485,605 | | (98,300) | | | | | | | | | | (9.9) |
| 1986 | 1,465,992 | | 129,900 | | 9 | 9 | | 0.01 | | 0.00 | | | 12.75 |
| 1987 | 1,445,532 | | (161,500) | | | | | | | | | | (15.4) |
| 1988 | 1,426,060 | | (193,200) | | | | | | | | | | (17.9) |
| 1989 | 1,408,805 | | (224,800) | | | | | | | | | | (20.2) |
| 1990 | 1,395,073 | | (256,400) | | | | | | | | | | (22.5) |
| 1991 | 1,385,747 | | (288,000) | | | | | | | | | | (24.7) |
| 1992 | 1,380,388 | | (319,700) | | | | | | | | | | (26.8) |
| 1993 | 1,378,241 | 351,300 | 351,300 | (351,300) | | 351,300 | | 254.9 | 254.9 | 20.31 | 20.31 | | 28.90 |
| 1994 | 1,378,699 | | (335,000) | | | | | | | | | | (27.0) |
| 1995 | 1,380,593 | | (319,000) | | | | | | | | | | (25.1) |
| 1996 | 1,382,478 | | (303,000) | | | | | | | | | | (23.3) |
| 1997 | 1,383,065 | | (287,000) | | | | | | | | | | (21.6) |
| 1998 | 1,381,432 | (270,600) | 270,600 | (270,600) | | 270,600 | | 195.9 | 195.9 | 16.38 | 16.38 | 18.0 | 19.97 |
| 1999 | 1,377,187 | | (211,000) | | | | | | | | | | (15.3) |
| 2000 | 1,370,334 | | (152,000) | | | | | | | | | | (10.8) |
| 2001 | 1,323,341 | | (92,000) | | | | | | | | | | (6.5) |
| 2002 | 1,229,555 | 33,007 | 33,007 | (33,007) | | 33,007 | | 26.8 | 26.8 | 2.61 | 2.61 | | 2.29 |
| 2003 | 1,198,927 | (146,800) | (146,800) | (146,800) | | 146,800 | 23,000 | 122.4 | 122.4 | 10.91 | 10.91 | 12.0 | (10.1) |
| 2004 | 1,222,484 | 32,266 | 32,266 | (32,266) | | 32,266 | | 26.4 | 26.4 | 2.57 | 2.57 | | 2.19 |
| 2005 | 1,244,041 | 30,502 | 30,502 | (30,502) | | 30,502 | | 24.5 | 24.5 | 2.39 | 2.39 | | 2.05 |
| 2006 | 1,255,432 | 33,562 | 33,562 | (33,562) | | 33,562 | 19,041 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 2.60 | 2.60 | | 2.24 |
| 2007 | 1,289,992 | 35,115 | 35,115 | (35,115) | | 35,115 | 7,305 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 2.65 | 2.65 | | 2.32 |
| 2008 | 1,295,511 | 270,187 | 270,187 | (270,187) | | 270,187 | 7,229 | 208.6 | 208.6 | 17.26 | 17.26 | | 17.74 |
| 2009 | 1,263,289 | 60,615 | 60,615 | (60,615) | | 60,615 | 9,648 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 4.58 | 4.58 | | 3.96 |
| 2010 | 1,255,937 | 57,883 | 57,883 | (57,883) | | 57,883 | 11,033 | 46.1 | 46.1 | 4.41 | 4.41 | | 3.76 |
| 2011 | 1,247,081 | 69,440 | 69,440 | (69,440) | | 69,440 | 10,809 | 55.7 | 55.7 | 5.27 | 5.27 | | 4.49 |
| 2012 | 1,292,380 | 78,961 | 78,961 | (78,961) | | 78,961 | 10,722 | 61.1 | 61.1 | 5.76 | 5.76 | | 5.07 |
| 2013 | 1,294,088 | 49,562 | 49,562 | (49,562) | | 49,562 | 10,857 | 38.3 | 38.3 | 3.69 | 3.69 | | 3.16 |
| 2014 | 1,348,413 | 45,580 | 45,580 | (45,580) | | 45,580 | 10,171 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 3.27 | 3.27 | | 2.89 |
| 2015 | 1,333,329 | 39,276 | 39,276 | (39,276) | | 39,276 | 9,707 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 2.86 | 2.86 | | 2.48 |
| 2016 | 1,311,895 | 43,428 | 43,428 | (43,428) | | 43,428 | 9,740 | 33.1 | 33.1 | 3.20 | 3.20 | | 2.73 |
| 2017 | 1,299,419 | | (54,000) | | 3 | | 9,359 | | | | | | (3.4) |
| 2018 | 1,255,258 | | (64,000) | | | | 8,845 | | | | | | (4.0) |
| 2019 | 1,188,524 | | (74,000) | | | | 8,391 | | | | | | (4.7) |
| 2020 | 1,115,821 | | (84,000) | | | | 7,821 | | | | | | (5.3) |
| 2021 | 1,079,842 | | (95,000) | | | | | | | | | | (6.1) |
| 2022 | 1,035,795 | 104,921 | 104,921 | (104,921) | | 104,921 | | | 101.3 | | 9.20 | | 6.75 |
| 2023 | 958,408 | | (105,000) | | | | | | | | | | (6.8) |
| 2024 | 937,559 | | (105,000) | | | | | | | | | | (6.8) |
| 2025 | | | (105,000) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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,
residents | abortion
rate, occurrences (AWR) |
|---|
residents, in/out of country | all in country | residents, in/out of country | all in country |
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:
- Council of Europe, 2004, "Turkey, Table 2: Births, deaths and legal abortions," in Recent Demographic Developments in Europe: Demographic Yearbook 2003, on line at COE [http://www.coe.int/t/e/social_cohesion/population/TRTAB2.xls].
- Henshaw, Stanley K., Susheela Singh, and Taylor Haas, 1999, "The incidence of abortion worldwide," International Family Planning Perspectives, 25:S30-S38, on line at AGI [http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/25s3099.html].
- 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].
- U.K. Parliament, 30 Nov. 1987, "Abortion," HANSARD 1803-2005, on line [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1987/nov/30/abortion].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2002, "Table 1. Live births by sex and urban/rural residence: 1980-1999," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1999 Natality Supplement, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYBNat/NatStatTab01.pdf].
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- World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, April 2014, "European health for all database (HFA-DB)," World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, on line [http://www.euro.who.int/en/data-and-evidence/databases/european-health-for-all-database-hfa-db].
- Statistics Estonia, 2014, "Number of live births," Statistics Estonia, on line [http://www.stat.ee/29946].
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Dec. 2015, "European health for all database (HFA-DB)," World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, on line [http://www.euro.who.int/en/data-and-evidence/databases/european-health-for-all-database-hfa-db].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2015, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2010-2014," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2014, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/UNSD/Demographic/products/dyb/dyb2014/Table09.pdf].
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