| country | year range of reported data | total reported abortions | estimated total for missing data, underreporting | estimated additional abortions to Dec 2014 | most recent annual abortion figure | estimated total abortions through Dec 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 1975-2012 | 489,596 | 54,668 | 3,532 | 1,766 | 547,796 |
| Andorra | 1995 | 99 | 0 | 1,881 | 99 | 1,980 |
| Anguilla | 2002-2005 | 98 | 0 | 189 | 21 | 287 |
| Armenia | 1992-2013 | 370,620 | 0 | 12,871 | 12,871 | 383,491 |
| Australia | 1970-2013 | 2,136,453 | 0 | 60,532 | 60,532 | 2,196,985 |
| Austria | 1989-2001 | 36,364 | 0 | 29,978 | 2,306 | 66,342 |
| Azerbaijan | 1992-2013 | 548,122 | 0 | 27,892 | 27,892 | 576,014 |
| Bahrain | 1997-2013 | 34,319 | 0 | 2,305 | 2,305 | 36,624 |
| Bangladesh | 2000 | 119,600 | 0 | 1,674,400 | 119,600 | 1,794,000 |
| Barbados | 1984-2006 | 11,526 | 4,000 | 4,320 | 540 | 19,846 |
| Belarus | 1992-2013 | 2,309,896 | 0 | 31,206 | 31,206 | 2,341,102 |
| Belgium | 1979-2011 | 413,818 | 81,253 | 58,734 | 19,578 | 553,805 |
| Belize | 1985-1996 | 8,609 | 7,186 | 46,854 | 2,603 | 62,649 |
| Bermuda | 1983-2013 | 2,705 | 1,395 | 275 | 275 | 4,375 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2001 | 1,201 | 278,452 | 15,613 | 1,201 | 295,266 |
| Botswana | 1980-1984 | 66 | 18 | 510 | 17 | 594 |
| Bulgaria | 1953-2012 | 5,795,712 | 0 | 59,984 | 29,992 | 5,855,696 |
| Canada | 1970-2012 | 3,618,235 | 23,292 | 214,000 | 107,000 | 3,855,527 |
| Chile | 1986-2005 | 9,707 | 4,014 | 16,569 | 1,841 | 30,290 |
| PR China | 1963-2011 | 343,356,391 | 14,545,046 | 19,893,930 | 6,631,310 | 377,795,367 |
| ROC Taiwan | 1967-1999 | 45,884 | 667,395 | 634,230 | 42,282 | 1,347,509 |
| Cocos Islands | 1978 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 74 |
| Comoros | 2007-2011 | 1,545 | 0 | 120 | 40 | 1,665 |
| Costa Rica | 1995-2010 | 137,568 | 0 | 30,788 | 7,697 | 168,356 |
| Croatia | 1992-2013 | 298,615 | 0 | 3,816 | 3,816 | 302,431 |
| Cuba | 1968-2012 | 4,963,733 | 105,482 | 167,364 | 83,682 | 5,236,579 |
| Czech Republic | 1993-2013 | 833,292 | 0 | 23,032 | 23,032 | 856,324 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1953-1992 | 3,676,501 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,676,501 |
| Denmark | 1939-2013 | 935,080 | 0 | 15,073 | 15,073 | 950,153 |
| Dominican Republic | 1995-2005 | 221,990 | 51,255 | 262,503 | 29,167 | 535,748 |
| East Germany | 1948-1989 | 1,744,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,744,200 |
| Estonia | 1992-2013 | 308,784 | 0 | 5,811 | 5,811 | 314,595 |
| Faeroe Islands | 1966-2013 | 1,117 | 747 | 23 | 23 | 1,887 |
| Finland | 1951-2013 | 684,119 | 0 | 10,120 | 10,120 | 694,239 |
| FR Germany | 1944-2013 | 4,105,929 | 48,831 | 102,802 | 102,802 | 4,257,562 |
| France | 1936-2012 | 7,030,345 | 402,197 | 414,240 | 207,120 | 7,846,782 |
| French Guiana | 1984-2012 | 36,034 | 1,916 | 3,288 | 1,644 | 41,238 |
| Georgia | 1992-2013 | 600,095 | 0 | 38,018 | 38,018 | 638,113 |
| Greece | 1970-2008 | 433,248 | 0 | 98,112 | 16,352 | 531,360 |
| Greenland | 1967-2012 | 30,086 | 200 | 1,566 | 783 | 31,852 |
| Guadeloupe | 1976-2012 | 108,456 | 4,100 | 7,426 | 3,713 | 119,982 |
| Guam | 2000-2013 | 2,072 | 43 | 213 | 213 | 2,328 |
| Guernsey | 1997-2012 | 1,446 | 360 | 220 | 110 | 2,026 |
| Guyana | 1970-2007 | 45,746 | 137,740 | 14,924 | 2,132 | 198,410 |
| Hong Kong | 1973-2011 | 568,304 | 19,557 | 35,589 | 11,863 | 623,450 |
| Hungary | 1949-2013 | 6,223,622 | 0 | 34,891 | 34,891 | 6,258,513 |
| Iceland | 1960-2013 | 31,781 | 0 | 963 | 963 | 32,744 |
| India | 1972-2012 | 22,263,303 | 0 | 1,322,706 | 661,353 | 23,586,009 |
| Isle of Man | 2007 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 40 |
| Israel | 1979-2012 | 617,909 | 0 | 40,126 | 20,063 | 658,035 |
| Italy | 1978-2013 | 5,589,918 | 0 | 102,644 | 102,644 | 5,692,562 |
| Japan | 1949-2013 | 38,602,345 | 10,000,000 | 186,253 | 186,253 | 48,788,598 |
| Jersey | 1990-2012 | 5,118 | 912 | 418 | 209 | 6,448 |
| Kazakhstan | 1992-2013 | 3,443,199 | 0 | 106,000 | 106,000 | 3,549,199 |
| ROK South Korea | 1961-2010 | 8,680,733 | 9,107,415 | 676,000 | 169,000 | 18,464,148 |
| Kosovo | 2005-2006 | 4,054 | 12,015 | 13,208 | 1,651 | 29,277 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1992-2012 | 584,600 | 0 | 28,960 | 14,480 | 613,560 |
| Latvia | 1992-2013 | 360,214 | 0 | 5,557 | 5,557 | 365,771 |
| Lithuania | 1992-2013 | 377,763 | 0 | 5,353 | 5,353 | 383,116 |
| Macedonia | 1992-2012 | 205,868 | 0 | 10,774 | 5,387 | 216,642 |
| Martinique | 1976-2012 | 72,441 | 5,554 | 4,798 | 2,399 | 82,793 |
| Mayotte | 1992-2012 | 22,235 | 0 | 3,160 | 1,580 | 25,395 |
| Mexico | 1995-2014 | 150,130 | 11,867 | 0 | 20,687 | 161,997 |
| Moldova | 1992-2013 | 628,904 | 0 | 14,511 | 14,511 | 643,415 |
| Mongolia | 1984-2013 | 440,941 | 0 | 15,628 | 15,628 | 456,569 |
| Montenegro | 2006-2012 | 7,949 | 0 | 1,524 | 762 | 9,473 |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | 1996-2012 | 22,064 | 0 | 1,806 | 903 | 23,870 |
| Netherlands | 1970-2013 | 1,601,564 | 0 | 30,601 | 30,601 | 1,632,165 |
| New Caledonia | 1997-2013 | 21,846 | 0 | 1,641 | 1,641 | 23,487 |
| New Zealand | 1964-2013 | 471,326 | 3,375 | 14,073 | 14,073 | 488,774 |
| Norway | 1954-2013 | 663,446 | 23,448 | 14,773 | 14,773 | 701,667 |
| Palestine | 2009 | 44 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 99 |
| Panama | 1972-2000 | 159 | 218 | 154 | 11 | 531 |
| Panama Canal Zone | 1970-1978 | 398 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 503 |
| Poland | 1955-2012 | 6,387,295 | 0 | 1,504 | 752 | 6,388,799 |
| Portugal | 1984-2013 | 129,298 | 4,290 | 17,414 | 17,414 | 151,002 |
| Puerto Rico | 1991-2010 | 112,482 | 139,200 | 20,264 | 5,066 | 271,946 |
| Qatar | 1993-2012 | 2,006 | 0 | 196 | 98 | 2,202 |
| Reunion | 1976-2012 | 159,034 | 0 | 8,560 | 4,280 | 167,594 |
| Romania | 1958-2012 | 21,740,176 | 826,149 | 176,270 | 88,135 | 22,742,595 |
| Russia | 1992-2013 | 43,722,499 | 0 | 880,000 | 880,000 | 44,602,499 |
| Saint Helena | 1985-1990 | 61 | 0 | 120 | 5 | 181 |
| Serbia | 2006-2012 | 160,411 | 0 | 40,670 | 20,335 | 201,081 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1992-2005 | 941,652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 941,652 |
| Seychelles | 1986-2013 | 7,439 | 2,399 | 515 | 515 | 10,353 |
| Singapore | 1970-2013 | 630,596 | 0 | 9,282 | 9,282 | 639,878 |
| Slovakia | 1993-2013 | 393,788 | 0 | 11,105 | 11,105 | 404,893 |
| Slovenia | 1992-2012 | 161,253 | 0 | 8,212 | 4,106 | 169,465 |
| South Africa | 1975-2013 | 1,179,508 | 60,302 | 85,302 | 85,302 | 1,325,112 |
| Spain | 1941-2012 | 1,887,649 | 692,358 | 224,780 | 112,390 | 2,804,787 |
| Suriname | 1994 | 262 | 0 | 5,240 | 262 | 5,502 |
| Sweden | 1939-2012 | 1,543,793 | 0 | 74,732 | 37,366 | 1,618,525 |
| Switzerland | 1966-2012 | 467,869 | 184,451 | 21,706 | 10,853 | 674,026 |
| Tajikistan | 1992-2013 | 523,208 | 0 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 539,208 |
| Transnistria | 2000-2012 | 34,635 | 34,257 | 8,014 | 4,007 | 76,906 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1991-2004 | 55 | 0 | 50 | 5 | 105 |
| Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands | 1970 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 50 |
| Tunisia | 1965-2009 | 656,702 | 33,618 | 73,495 | 14,699 | 763,815 |
| Turkey | 1993-2012 | 1,470,238 | 1,699,210 | 157,922 | 78,961 | 3,327,370 |
| Turkmenistan | 1992-2012 | 459,883 | 0 | 36,540 | 18,270 | 496,423 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1996-2005 | 188 | 202 | 288 | 32 | 678 |
| Ukraine | 1992-2013 | 9,138,328 | 0 | 148,000 | 148,000 | 9,286,328 |
| United Kingdom | 1958-2013 | 8,260,472 | 0 | 202,577 | 202,577 | 8,463,049 |
| United States | 1926-2014 | 54,881,884 | 2,104,496 | 0 | 1,000,000 | 56,986,380 |
| USSR | 1921-1991 | 282,813,855 | 7,373,163 | 0 | 0 | 290,187,018 |
| Uzbekistan | 1992-2012 | 1,541,582 | 0 | 71,060 | 35,530 | 1,612,642 |
| Venezuela | 1968 | 3,085 | 0 | 141,910 | 3,085 | 144,995 |
| Vietnam | 1976-2012 | 26,734,408 | 0 | 600,000 | 300,000 | 27,334,408 |
| Yugoslavia | 1955-1991 | 7,155,535 | 1,805,570 | 0 | 0 | 8,961,105 |
| Zambia | 1983 | 1,200 | 0 | 37,200 | 1,200 | 38,400 |
| WORLD TOTAL | 1921-2014 | 950,414,304 | 50,563,721 | 29,740,513 | 12,199,471 | 1,030,718,538 |
Note: estimated underreporting includes estimates for missing years in reported year range and estimates for underreporting for some nations.
TOTAL, 1921 - 2014: 950,000,000 reported abortions, estimated 1,031,000,000 total abortions
Estimated current global monthly average: 1,017,000 abortions
Updated from section VIII of "Global Abortion Summary,"
© 2000-2014, 2015 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 7 February 2015.
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