| country | year range of reported data | total reported abortions | estimated total for missing data, underreporting | estimated additional abortions to October 2008 | most recent annual abortion figure | estimated total abortions through October 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 1975-2006 | 578,622 | 54,668 | 17,508 | 9,552 | 650,798 |
| Andorra | 1995 | 99 | 1,270 | 99 | 1,369 | |
| Anguilla | 2002-2005 | 98 | 59 | 21 | 157 | |
| Armenia | 1992-2006 | 281,827 | 156,168 | 20,404 | 11,132 | 458,399 |
| Australia | 1970-2007 | 1,728,500 | 59,860 | 71,861 | 1,788,360 | |
| Austria | 1960-2001 | 594,251 | 16,358 | 2,394 | 610,609 | |
| Azerbaijan | 1992-2006 | 357,487 | 38,249 | 20,867 | 395,736 | |
| Bahrain | 1997-2007 | 10,229 | 8,770 | 1,766 | 18,999 | |
| Barbados | 1992-1995 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 5,133 | 400 | 7,133 |
| Belarus | 1992-2006 | 2,060,320 | 107,259 | 58,516 | 2,167,579 | |
| Belgium | 1968-2006 | 372,651 | 49,876 | 31,893 | 17,867 | 454,420 |
| Belize | 1985-1996 | 8,609 | 7,186 | 30,801 | 2,603 | 46,596 |
| Bermuda | 1982-1983 | 177 | 2,284 | 92 | 2,461 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2001 | 1,201 | 10,809 | 8,206 | 1,201 | 20,216 |
| Botswana | 1980-1984 | 66 | 18 | 405 | 17 | 489 |
| Bulgaria | 1953-2006 | 5,594,536 | 68,319 | 37,272 | 5,662,855 | |
| Canada | 1968-2005 | 2,893,870 | 274,271 | 96,815 | 3,168,141 | |
| Channel Islands | 1968-2007 | 12,455 | 30 | 37 | 12,485 | |
| Chile | 1986-1991 | 281 | 1,127 | 67 | 1,408 | |
| ROC Taiwan | 1967-1999 | 45,884 | 667,395 | 373,476 | 42,282 | 1,086,755 |
| PR China | 1971-2006 | 299,571,678 | 10,000,000 | 13,396,691 | 7,308,615 | 322,968,369 |
| Cocos Islands | 1978 | 2 | 59 | 2 | 61 | |
| Costa Rica | 1995-2005 | 95,255 | 22,590 | 7,974 | 117,845 | |
| Croatia | 1992-2006 | 258,817 | 18,696 | 10,200 | 277,513 | |
| Cuba | 1968-2005 | 4,431,170 | 105,483 | 177,147 | 62,530 | 4,713,800 |
| Czech Republic | 1993-2006 | 3,374,079 | 73,320 | 40,000 | 3,447,399 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1953-1992 | 3,676,501 | 3,676,501 | |||
| Denmark | 1939-2006 | 822,089 | 27,600 | 15,061 | 849,689 | |
| Dominican Republic | 1995-2005 | 221,990 | 51,255 | 82,630 | 29,167 | 355,875 |
| Estonia | 1992-2006 | 258,180 | 17,219 | 9,394 | 275,399 | |
| Faeroe Islands | 1966-2006 | 860 | 747 | 75 | 41 | 1,682 |
| Finland | 1951-2006 | 611,340 | 19,512 | 10,645 | 630,852 | |
| France | 1936-2006 | 5,959,461 | 1,148 | 384,422 | 209,740 | 6,345,031 |
| French Guiana | 1984-2006 | 23,884 | 1,916 | 3,508 | 1,914 | 29,308 |
| Georgia | 1992-2006 | 399,065 | 38,866 | 21,204 | 437,931 | |
| FR Germany | 1944-2007 | 3,740,353 | 51,311 | 96,890 | 116,315 | 3,888,554 |
| East Germany | 1948-1989 | 1,744,445 | 1,744,445 | |||
| Gibraltar | 1981-2005 | 194 | 304 | 22 | 8 | 520 |
| Greece | 1971-2003 | 193,383 | 12,575 | 76,322 | 15,792 | 282,280 |
| Greenland | 1967-2005 | 24,249 | 200 | 2,546 | 899 | 26,995 |
| Guadeloupe | 1976-2006 | 83,378 | 4,100 | 8,479 | 4,626 | 95,957 |
| Guyana | 1970-2003 | 43,614 | 124,476 | 21,748 | 4,500 | 189,838 |
| Hong Kong | 1973-2005 | 492,972 | 19,557 | 40,200 | 14,190 | 552,729 |
| Hungary | 1949-2006 | 5,925,784 | 116,762 | 63,700 | 6,042,546 | |
| Iceland | 1960-2005 | 24,137 | 2,456 | 867 | 26,593 | |
| India | 1972-2000 | 13,841,201 | 5,664,371 | 723,142 | 19,505,572 | |
| Isle of Man | 1968-2007 | 5,176 | 112 | 135 | 5,288 | |
| Israel | 1979-2006 | 500,008 | 36,348 | 19,830 | 536,356 | |
| Italy | 1968-2004 | 4,403,860 | 525 | 137 | 4,404,385 | |
| Japan | 1949-2005 | 36,802,431 | 30,000,000 | 819,096 | 289,127 | 67,621,527 |
| Kazakhstan | 1992-2006 | 2,669,774 | 239,387 | 130,599 | 2,909,161 | |
| ROK South Korea | 1961-1999 | 4,566,700 | 9,721,050 | 1,875,245 | 212,300 | 16,162,995 |
| Kosovo | 2005-2006 | 11,154 | 3,026 | 1,651 | 14,180 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1992-2006 | 462,139 | 27,337 | 14,914 | 489,476 | |
| Latvia | 1992-2006 | 313,469 | 21,675 | 11,825 | 335,144 | |
| Lithuania | 1992-2006 | 326,532 | 17,479 | 9,536 | 344,011 | |
| Macedonia | 1994-2006 | 133,838 | 11,298 | 6,164 | 145,136 | |
| Martinique | 1976-2006 | 58,026 | 5,554 | 4,384 | 2,392 | 67,964 |
| Mexico | 1980-2006 | 64,826 | 18,000 | 1,464 | 799 | 84,290 |
| Moldova | 1992-2006 | 522,683 | 28,873 | 15,752 | 551,556 | |
| Mongolia | 1984-2006 | 337,737 | 23,084 | 12,594 | 360,821 | |
| Montenegro | 2006 | 1,699 | 3,114 | 1,699 | 4,813 | |
| Netherlands | 1968-2006 | 786,718 | 52,187 | 28,471 | 838,905 | |
| New Caledonia | 1997-1998 | 2,994 | 14,415 | 1,466 | 17,409 | |
| New Zealand | 1964-2006 | 356,188 | 32,873 | 17,934 | 389,061 | |
| Norway | 1954-2006 | 554,517 | 25,918 | 14,140 | 580,435 | |
| Panama | 1972-2000 | 159 | 218 | 86 | 11 | 463 |
| Panama Canal Zone | 1970-1978 | 398 | 398 | |||
| Poland | 1955-2006 | 6,384,057 | 633 | 350 | 6,384,690 | |
| Portugal | 1972-2005 | 10,178 | 2,600 | 925 | 12,778 | |
| Puerto Rico | 1991-2005 | 77,717 | 150,891 | 19,026 | 6,716 | 247,634 |
| Qatar | 1995-2005 | 1,380 | 504 | 183 | 1,884 | |
| Reunion | 1976-2006 | 132,154 | 8,290 | 4,523 | 140,444 | |
| Romania | 1958-2006 | 21,065,391 | 826,149 | 275,400 | 150,246 | 22,166,940 |
| Russia | 1992-2004 | 32,045,451 | 6,890,093 | 1,797,572 | 38,935,544 | |
| Saint Helena | 1985-1990 | 61 | 89 | 5 | 150 | |
| Serbia | 1992-2006 | 914,570 | 53,844 | 47,043 | 25,665 | 1,015,457 |
| Seychelles | 1997-2006 | 4,465 | 812 | 443 | 5,277 | |
| Singapore | 1970-2006 | 548,501 | 22,054 | 12,032 | 570,555 | |
| Slovakia | 1993-2006 | 381,739 | 34,925 | 19,054 | 416,664 | |
| Slovenia | 1992-2006 | 133,781 | 10,323 | 5,632 | 144,104 | |
| South Africa | 1971-2005 | 552,005 | 886 | 245,397 | 86,621 | 798,288 |
| Spain | 1941-2005 | 1,284,724 | 377,716 | 252,237 | 89,049 | 1,914,677 |
| Suriname | 1994 | 262 | 3,624 | 262 | 3,886 | |
| Sweden | 1939-2007 | 1,350,433 | 30,492 | 36,606 | 1,380,925 | |
| Switzerland | 1966-2005 | 397,521 | 30,531 | 10,781 | 428,052 | |
| Tajikistan | 1992-2006 | 396,630 | 32,077 | 17,500 | 428,707 | |
| Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands | 1970 | 2 | 44 | 46 | ||
| Tunisia | 1965-2003 | 537,414 | 72,050 | 77,328 | 16,000 | 686,792 |
| Turkey | 1993-2003 | 768,709 | 2,078,600 | 709,484 | 146,800 | 3,556,793 |
| Turkmenistan | 1992-2006 | 372,396 | 27,053 | 14,759 | 399,449 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2005 | 188 | 202 | 90 | 32 | 480 |
| U.S.S.R. | 1922-1991 | 287,872,383 | 10,084,237 | 297,956,620 | ||
| Ukraine | 1992-2006 | 7,884,890 | 420,889 | 229,618 | 8,305,779 | |
| United Kingdom | 1958-2007 | 6,104,441 | 159,912 | 208,422 | 6,264,353 | |
| United States | 1926-2007 | 47,671,878 | 2,540,876 | 1,206,200 | 50,212,754 | |
| Uzbekistan | 1992-2006 | 1,304,700 | 82,485 | 45,000 | 1,387,185 | |
| Venezuela | 1968 | 3,085 | 122,884 | 3,085 | 125,969 | |
| Vietnam | 1976-2006 | 20,904,023 | 922,900 | 802,500 | 500,000 | 22,629,423 |
| Yugoslavia | 1955-1991 | 5,396,261 | 5,396,261 | |||
| Zambia | 1983 | 1,200 | 29,799 | 1,200 | 30,999 | |
| subtotals | 1922-2007 | 857,743,860 | 65,632,489 | 37,475,233 | 14,472,144 | 960,851,582 |
Note: estimated underreporting includes estimates for missing years in reported year range and estimates for underreporting for some nations.
TOTAL, 1920 - 2008: 858,000,000 reported abortions, estimated 961,000,000 total abortions
Estimated current global monthly average: 1,206,000 abortions
Updated from section VIII of "Global Abortion Summary,"
© 2000-2007, 2008 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 26 October 2008.
Return to Home. Return to Other Policy Issues. Return to Abortion Statistics.