| country | year range of reported data | total reported abortions | estimated total for missing data, underreporting | estimated additional abortions to end of 2006 | most recent annual abortion figure | estimated total abortions through December 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 1975-2004 | 558,888 | 54,668 | 21,000 | 10,500 | 634,556 |
| Anguilla | 2003 | 24 | 72 | 24 | 96 | |
| Armenia | 1992-2004 | 259,187 | 20,974 | 10,487 | 280,161 | |
| Australia | 1970-2006 | 1,670,905 | 66,310 | 1,670,905 | ||
| Austria | 1960-2000 | 591,761 | 14,280 | 2,380 | 606,041 | |
| Azerbaijan | 1992-2004 | 316,685 | 39,596 | 19,798 | 356,281 | |
| Bahrain | 1997-2002 | 10,081 | 6,996 | 1,749 | 17,077 | |
| Barbados | 1992-1995 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 4,400 | 400 | 6,400 |
| Belarus | 1992-2004 | 1,937,144 | 143,400 | 71,700 | 2,080,544 | |
| Belgium | 1979-2003 | 180,960 | 153,168 | 46,785 | 15,595 | 380,913 |
| Belize | 1985-1996 | 8,609 | 7,186 | 26,030 | 2,603 | 41,825 |
| Bermuda | 1983-1984 | 177 | 2,024 | 92 | 2,201 | |
| Botswana | 1980-1984 | 66 | 18 | 374 | 17 | 458 |
| Bulgaria | 1953-2004 | 5,515,446 | 94,400 | 47,200 | 5,609,846 | |
| Canada | 1970-2003 | 2,624,715 | 312,297 | 104,099 | 2,937,012 | |
| Channel Islands | 1987-2004 | 2,843 | 1,024 | 458 | 229 | 4,325 |
| Chile | 1986-1991 | 281 | 1,005 | 67 | 1,286 | |
| ROC Taiwan | 1967-1999 | 45,884 | 667,395 | 295,974 | 42,282 | 1,009,253 |
| PR China | 1971-2001 | 264,042,383 | 10,000,000 | 31,424,220 | 6,284,844 | 303,466,603 |
| Cocos Islands | 1978 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 58 | |
| Croatia | 1992-2004 | 233,319 | 10,464 | 5,232 | 243,783 | |
| Cuba | 1968-2004 | 3,841,963 | 105,482 | 134,554 | 67,277 | 4,081,999 |
| Czech Republic | 1993-2005 | 532,068 | 26,453 | 26,453 | 558,521 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1953-1992 | 3,676,501 | 3,676,501 | |||
| Denmark | 1939-2005 | 806,324 | 15,103 | 15,103 | 821,427 | |
| Dominican Republic | 1995-1998 | 93,208 | 248,544 | 31,068 | 341,752 | |
| Estonia | 1992-2004 | 239,030 | 25,200 | 12,600 | 264,230 | |
| Faeroe Islands | 1966-1975 | 790 | 88 | 44 | 878 | |
| Finland | 1951-2003 | 589,446 | 22,300 | 11,150 | 611,746 | |
| France | 1936-2004 | 5,301,590 | 418,450 | 421,328 | 210,664 | 6,141,368 |
| French Guiana | 1984-2005 | 21,837 | 1,916 | 1,639 | 1,639 | 25,392 |
| Georgia | 1992-2005 | 377,861 | 19,900 | 19,900 | 397,761 | |
| FR Germany | 1950-2006 | 3,110,561 | 171,380 | 91,223 | 124,023 | 3,373,164 |
| East Germany | 1948-1989 | 1,744,200 | 1,744,200 | |||
| Greece | 1971-1996 | 84,592 | 12,739 | 125,420 | 12,542 | 222,751 |
| Greenland | 1967-2004 | 23,350 | 200 | 1,810 | 905 | 25,360 |
| Guadeloupe | 1976-2005 | 78,722 | 4,100 | 5,017 | 5,017 | 87,839 |
| Guyana | 1996-2003 | 41,746 | 13,500 | 4,500 | 55,246 | |
| Hong Kong | 1973-2004 | 478,714 | 19,500 | 31,760 | 15,880 | 529,974 |
| Hungary | 1949-2004 | 5,796,445 | 137,800 | 68,900 | 5,934,245 | |
| Iceland | 1960-2004 | 23,270 | 1,778 | 889 | 25,048 | |
| India | 1972-2000 | 13,869,614 | 4,338,852 | 723,142 | 18,208,466 | |
| Israel | 1979-2005 | 477,275 | 19,928 | 19,928 | 497,203 | |
| Italy | 1978-2003 | 4,367,770 | 378,492 | 126,164 | 4,746,262 | |
| Japan | 1949-2004 | 36,513,298 | 30,000,000 | 603,346 | 301,673 | 67,116,644 |
| Kazakhstan | 1992-2004 | 2,413,526 | 259,000 | 129,500 | 2,672,526 | |
| South Korea | 1961-1997 | 4,354,400 | 9,084,900 | 2,520,000 | 280,000 | 15,959,300 |
| Kosovo | 2005 | 2,403 | 2,403 | 2,403 | 4,806 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1992-2004 | 427,190 | 39,968 | 19,984 | 467,158 | |
| Latvia | 1992-2004 | 284,367 | 27,446 | 13,723 | 311,813 | |
| Lithuania | 1992-2005 | 316,996 | 9,972 | 9,972 | 326,968 | |
| Macedonia | 1992-2002 | 137,517 | 42,500 | 8,500 | 180,017 | |
| Martinique | 1976-2005 | 55,634 | 5,554 | 2,565 | 2,565 | 63,753 |
| Mexico | 1996-2003 | 25,447 | 10,458 | 3,486 | 35,905 | |
| Moldova | 1992-2004 | 490,331 | 35,930 | 17,965 | 526,261 | |
| Mongolia | 1984-2004 | 306,972 | 11,035 | 17,838 | 8,919 | 335,845 |
| Montenegro | (2004) | 2,236 | 2,236 | 2,236 | ||
| Netherlands | 1970-2005 | 1,346,145 | 32,982 | 32,982 | 1,379,127 | |
| New Caledonia | 1997-1998 | 2,994 | 11,728 | 1,466 | 14,722 | |
| New Zealand | 1964-2005 | 332,952 | 12,487 | 17,531 | 17,531 | 362,970 |
| Norway | 1954-2005 | 540,969 | 26,379 | 13,989 | 13,989 | 581,337 |
| Panama | 1972-2000 | 159 | 218 | 66 | 11 | 443 |
| Panama Canal Zone | 1970-1978 | 398 | 1 | 399 | ||
| Poland | 1955-2004 | 6,383,292 | 398 | 199 | 6,383,690 | |
| Portugal | 1984-2005 | 6,383 | 819 | 906 | 906 | 8,108 |
| Puerto Rico | 1992-2001 | 20,429 | 81,716 | 6,145 | 1,299 | 108,290 |
| Qatar | 2000-2004 | 668 | 344 | 172 | 1,012 | |
| Reunion | 1976-2004 | 123,060 | 8,310 | 4,155 | 131,370 | |
| Romania | 1958-2004 | 19,980,479 | 1,431,862 | 382,000 | 191,000 | 21,794,341 |
| Russia | 1992-2005 | 33,656,441 | 1,611,000 | 1,611,000 | 35,267,441 | |
| Saint Helena | 1985-1990 | 61 | 80 | 5 | 141 | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1992-1998 | 684,602 | 469,912 | 58,739 | 1,154,514 | |
| Seychelles | 1986-2003 | 2,401 | 1,320 | 440 | 3,721 | |
| Singapore | 1970-2004 | 524,982 | 24,140 | 12,070 | 549,122 | |
| Slovakia | 1993-2004 | 343,378 | 40,200 | 20,100 | 383,578 | |
| Slovenia | 1992-2004 | 122,298 | 12,806 | 6,403 | 135,104 | |
| South Africa | 1975-2005 | 544,782 | 85,621 | 85,621 | 630,403 | |
| Spain | 1941-2005 | 1,096,501 | 720,269 | 91,664 | 91,664 | 1,908,434 |
| Suriname | 1994 | 262 | 3,144 | 262 | 3,406 | |
| Sweden | 1939-2006 | 1,297,067 | 17,068 | 34,978 | 1,314,135 | |
| Switzerland | 1966-2005 | 212,167 | 360,815 | 8,234 | 8,234 | 581,216 |
| Tajikistan | 1992-2004 | 359,730 | 41,000 | 20,500 | 400,730 | |
| Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands | 1970 | 2 | 44 | 46 | ||
| Tunisia | 1965-1996 | 488,714 | 190,000 | 19,000 | 678,714 | |
| Turkey | 1993 | 351,300 | 4,566,900 | 351,300 | 4,918,200 | |
| Turkmenistan | 1992-2004 | 342,094 | 29,400 | 14,700 | 371,494 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1996-2003 | 156 | 202 | 86 | 43 | 444 |
| U.S.S.R. | 1922-1991 | 282,429,483 | 10,084,237 | 292,513,720 | ||
| Ukraine | 1992-2004 | 7,391,682 | 578,130 | 289,065 | 7,969,812 | |
| United Kingdom | 1958-2005 | 6,578,149 | 207,004 | 207,004 | 6,785,153 | |
| United States | 1923-2006 | 45,520,799 | 44,274 | 1,676,350 | 1,287,000 | 47,241,423 |
| Uzbekistan | 1992-2004 | 1,212,300 | 101,600 | 50,800 | 1,313,900 | |
| Venezuela | 1968 | 3,085 | 117,230 | 3,085 | 120,315 | |
| Vietnam | 1976-2001 | 18,046,366 | 1,335,757 | 5,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 24,382,123 |
| Yugoslavia | 1955-1991 | 5,387,244 | 2,472,425 | 7,859,669 | ||
| Zambia | 1983 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | ||
| subtotals | 804,240,492 | 67,291,176 | 57,446,444 | 14,421,247 | 928,978,112 | |
Note: estimated underreporting includes estimates for missing years in reported year range and estimates for underreporting for some nations.
TOTAL, 1920 - 2006: 804,000,000 reported abortions, estimated 929,000,000 total abortions
Estimated current global monthly average: 1,202,000 abortions
Updated from section VIII of "Global Abortion Summary,"
© 2000-2005, 2007 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 20 February 2007.
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