country | year range of reported data | total reported abortions | estimated total for missing data, underreporting | estimated additional abortions to April 2010 | most recent annual abortion figure | estimated total abortions through April 2010 |
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Albania | 1975-2008 | 595,987 | 54,668 | 11,113 | 8,335 | 661,768 |
Andorra | 1995 | 99 | 0 | 1,419 | 99 | 1,518 |
Anguilla | 2002-2005 | 98 | 0 | 91 | 21 | 189 |
Armenia | 1992-2008 | 305,797 | 0 | 16,625 | 12,469 | 322,422 |
Australia | 1970-2007* | 1,783,476 | 0 | 143,918 | 71,848 | 1,927,394 |
Austria | 1960-2000 | 591,761 | 0 | 22,213 | 2,380 | 613,974 |
Azerbaijan | 1992-2008 | 410,040 | 0 | 33,674 | 25,256 | 443,714 |
Bahrain | 1997-2002 | 10,081 | 0 | 12,826 | 1,749 | 22,907 |
Bangladesh | 2000 | 119,600 | 0 | 1,116,266 | 119,600 | 1,235,866 |
Barbados | 1992-1995 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 5,733 | 400 | 7,733 |
Belarus | 1992-2008 | 2,148,802 | 0 | 56,262 | 42,197 | 2,205,064 |
Belgium | 1979-2007 | 327,056 | 86,759 | 42,077 | 18,033 | 455,892 |
Belize | 1985-1996 | 8,609 | 7,186 | 34,706 | 2,603 | 50,501 |
Bermuda | 1983-1984 | 177 | 0 | 2,330 | 92 | 2,507 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2001 | 1,201 | 278,452 | 10,008 | 1,201 | 289,661 |
Botswana | 1980-1984 | 66 | 18 | 430 | 17 | 514 |
Bulgaria | 1953-2008 | 5,668,723 | 0 | 48,790 | 36,593 | 5,717,513 |
Canada | 1970-2006 | 2,914,347 | 0 | 304,590 | 91,377 | 3,218,937 |
Chile | 1986-1991 | 281 | 0 | 1,228 | 67 | 1,509 |
ROC Taiwan | 1967-1999 | 45,884 | 667,395 | 436,914 | 42,282 | 1,150,193 |
PR China | 1971-2007 | 307,252,167 | 0 | 17,809,257 | 7,632,539 | 325,061,424 |
Cocos Islands | 1978 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 64 |
Costa Rica | 1995-2005 | 95,255 | 0 | 34,554 | 7,974 | 129,809 |
Croatia | 1992-2008 | 278,388 | 0 | 11,900 | 8,925 | 290,288 |
Cuba | 1968-2007 | 4,565,081 | 105,482 | 154,018 | 66,008 | 4,824,581 |
Czech Republic | 1993-2008 | 608,594 | 0 | 34,346 | 25,760 | 642,940 |
Czechoslovakia | 1953-1992 | 3,676,501 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,676,501 |
Denmark | 1939-2006 | 821,554 | 0 | 50,176 | 15,053 | 871,730 |
Dominican Republic | 1995-2005 | 221,990 | 51,255 | 126,390 | 29,167 | 399,635 |
East Germany | 1948-1989 | 1,744,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,744,200 |
Estonia | 1992-2008 | 275,500 | 0 | 11,226 | 8,420 | 286,726 |
Faeroe Islands | 1966-2008 | 943 | 747 | 49 | 37 | 1,739 |
Finland | 1951-2008 | 632,412 | 0 | 13,897 | 10,423 | 646,309 |
France | 1936-2007 | 5,979,726 | 402,197 | 497,891 | 213,382 | 6,879,814 |
French Guiana | 1984-2007 | 26,016 | 1,916 | 4,974 | 2,132 | 32,906 |
Georgia | 1992-2008 | 441,771 | 0 | 29,416 | 22,062 | 471,187 |
FR Germany | 1944-2009 | 3,677,014 | 48,831 | 36,898 | 110,694 | 3,762,743 |
Greece | 1970-2005 | 383,440 | 0 | 71,478 | 16,495 | 454,918 |
Greenland | 1967-2007 | 26,003 | 200 | 2,069 | 887 | 28,272 |
Guadeloupe | 1976-2007 | 87,913 | 4,100 | 10,581 | 4,535 | 102,594 |
Guernsey | 1997-2000 | 342 | 0 | 830 | 89 | 1,172 |
Guyana | 1970-2007 | 45,746 | 137,740 | 4,974 | 2,132 | 188,460 |
Hong Kong | 1973-2005 | 492,954 | 19,557 | 61,490 | 14,190 | 574,001 |
Hungary | 1949-2008 | 6,030,540 | 0 | 58,785 | 44,089 | 6,089,325 |
Iceland | 1960-2008 | 26,906 | 0 | 1,273 | 955 | 28,179 |
India | 1972-2004* | 17,143,717 | 0 | 3,437,749 | 699,298 | 20,581,466 |
Israel | 1979-2008 | 539,144 | 0 | 26,130 | 19,598 | 565,274 |
Italy | 1978-2008 | 5,033,632 | 0 | 161,874 | 121,406 | 5,195,506 |
Japan | 1949-2005 | 36,802,425 | 10,000,000 | 1,252,883 | 289,127 | 48,055,308 |
Jersey | 1990-2004 | 1,901 | 2,244 | 1,221 | 229 | 5,366 |
Kazakhstan | 1992-2008 | 2,926,863 | 0 | 165,322 | 123,992 | 3,092,185 |
ROK South Korea | 1961-1999 | 4,566,700 | 9,721,050 | 2,193,766 | 212,300 | 16,481,516 |
Kosovo | 2005-2006 | 4,054 | 12,015 | 5,503 | 1,651 | 21,572 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1992-2008 | 509,671 | 0 | 27,733 | 20,800 | 537,404 |
Latvia | 1992-2008 | 335,708 | 0 | 13,900 | 10,425 | 349,608 |
Lithuania | 1992-2008 | 345,159 | 0 | 12,041 | 9,031 | 357,200 |
Macedonia | 1992-2008 | 184,431 | 0 | 7,866 | 5,900 | 192,297 |
Martinique | 1976-2007 | 60,484 | 5,554 | 5,735 | 2,458 | 71,773 |
Mayotte | 1992-2006 | 6,563 | 4,290 | 4,960 | 1,488 | 15,813 |
Mexico | 1995-2003* | 29,030 | 0 | 18,958 | 3,486 | 47,988 |
Moldova | 1992-2008 | 554,426 | 0 | 21,200 | 15,900 | 575,626 |
Mongolia | 1984-2008 | 364,242 | 0 | 14,250 | 10,688 | 378,492 |
Montenegro | 2006-2007 | 3,382 | 0 | 3,927 | 1,683 | 7,309 |
Nagorno-Karabakh | 2002-2007 | 7,308 | 0 | 3,084 | 1,322 | 10,392 |
Netherlands | 1970-2007 | 1,412,285 | 0 | 77,345 | 33,148 | 1,489,630 |
New Caledonia | 1997-1998 | 2,994 | 0 | 16,614 | 1,466 | 19,608 |
New Zealand | 1964-2008 | 392,465 | 3,375 | 23,920 | 17,940 | 419,760 |
Norway | 1954-2008 | 586,605 | 23,448 | 21,405 | 16,054 | 631,458 |
Panama | 1972-2000 | 159 | 218 | 102 | 11 | 479 |
Panama Canal Zone | 1970-1978 | 398 | 0 | 398 | 0 | 796 |
Poland | 1955-2007 | 6,384,186 | 0 | 765 | 328 | 6,384,951 |
Portugal | 1984-2009 | 49,502 | 4,290 | 6,524 | 19,572 | 60,316 |
Puerto Rico | 1991-2006 | 83,247 | 150,890 | 18,460 | 5,538 | 252,597 |
Qatar | 1995-2005 | 1,339 | 0 | 732 | 169 | 2,071 |
Reunion | 1976-2007 | 136,931 | 0 | 10,600 | 4,543 | 147,531 |
Romania | 1958-2008 | 21,330,521 | 826,149 | 170,545 | 127,909 | 22,327,215 |
Russia | 1992-2008 | 38,168,142 | 0 | 1,847,466 | 1,385,600 | 40,015,608 |
Saint Helena | 1985-1990 | 61 | 0 | 96 | 5 | 157 |
Serbia | 1992-2008 | 883,415 | 130,382 | 147,673 | 50,804 | 1,161,470 |
Seychelles | 1986-2006 | 4,465 | 1,855 | 1,476 | 443 | 7,796 |
Singapore | 1970-2008 | 574,350 | 0 | 16,296 | 12,222 | 590,646 |
Slovakia | 1993-2008 | 418,509 | 0 | 24,602 | 18,452 | 443,111 |
Slovenia | 1992-2008 | 143,903 | 0 | 6,594 | 4,946 | 150,497 |
South Africa | 1975-2006* | 692,784 | 0 | 223,265 | 83,913 | 916,049 |
Spain | 1941-2008 | 1,426,043 | 1,055,941 | 154,416 | 115,812 | 2,636,400 |
Suriname | 1994 | 262 | 0 | 4,017 | 262 | 4,279 |
Sweden | 1939-2008 | 1,393,460 | 0 | 50,737 | 38,053 | 1,444,197 |
Switzerland | 1966-2008 | 424,088 | 184,451 | 14,464 | 10,848 | 623,003 |
Tajikistan | 1992-2007 | 415,621 | 0 | 44,307 | 18,989 | 459,928 |
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands | 1970 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 34 |
Tunisia | 1965-2008 | 555,914 | 133,550 | 24,666 | 18,500 | 714,130 |
Turkey | 1993-2008 | 1,038,887 | 2,912,574 | 360,249 | 270,187 | 4,311,710 |
Turkmenistan | 1992-2008 | 397,933 | 0 | 16,914 | 12,686 | 414,847 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1996-2005 | 188 | 202 | 138 | 32 | 528 |
USSR | 1922-1991 | 282,429,483 | 8,658,708 | 0 | 0 | 291,088,191 |
Ukraine | 1992-2008 | 8,238,842 | 0 | 191,330 | 143,498 | 8,430,172 |
United Kingdom | 1958-2008 | 7,227,807 | 0 | 287,966 | 215,975 | 7,515,773 |
United States | 1926-2004* | 47,638,390 | 0 | 4,662,666 | 1,222,100 | 52,301,056 |
Uzbekistan | 1992-2008 | 1,385,424 | 0 | 53,302 | 39,977 | 1,438,726 |
Venezuela | 1968 | 3,085 | 0 | 127,513 | 3,085 | 130,598 |
Vietnam | 1976-2000 | 11,713,366 | 7,319,049 | 6,421,604 | 688,029 | 25,454,019 |
Yugoslavia | 1955-1991 | 5,396,261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,396,261 |
Zambia | 1983 | 1,200 | 0 | 31,600 | 1,200 | 32,800 |
WORLD TOTAL | 1922-2009 | 862,695,400 | 43,017,738 | 43,766,648 | 14,845,647 | 949,479,786 |
Note: estimated underreporting includes estimates for missing years in reported year range and estimates for underreporting for some nations. Year ranges indicated by (*) ..
TOTAL, 1922 - 2010: 863,000,000 reported abortions, estimated 950,000,000 total abortions
Estimated current global monthly average: 1,237,000 abortions
Updated from section VIII of "Global Abortion Summary,"
© 2000-2008, 2010 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 9 May 2010.
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