Historical abortion statistics, Albania

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Albania

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 ages 15-49.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Albania regional level data also available here.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
1948	42,141
1949	46,196
1950	47,291
1951	47,813
1952	44,727
1953	53,273
1954	54,635
1955	61,300
1956	59,565
1957	57,241
1958	63,007
1959	65,213
1960	69,686
1961	68,452
1962	67,209
1963	68,967
1964	68,599
1965	65,692
1966	65,127
1967	69,261
1968	71,869
1969	73,458
1970	69,507
1971	72,784
1972	73,607
1973	69,754
1974	71,862
1975	70,688	11,422	11,422	(11,422)		11,422				161.6	161.6	13.91	13.91
1976	70,510		(12,300)
1977	73,439		(13,200)
1978	70,594		(14,100)
1979	72,055		(15,000)
1980	70,680	15,912	15,912	(15,912)		15,912				225.1	225.1	18.38	18.38
1981	72,180	15,693	15,693	(15,693)		15,693			367	217.4	217.4	17.86	17.86
1982	77,232	16,289	16,289	(16,289)		16,289			358	210.9	210.9	17.42	17.42
1983	73,762	17,756	17,756	(17,756)		17,756			377	240.7	240.7	19.40	19.40
1984	79,177	18,908	18,908	(18,908)		18,908			410	238.8	238.8	19.28	19.28
1985	77,535	20,489	20,489	(20,489)		20,489		9,154	281	264.3	264.3	20.90	20.90
1986	76,435	20,838	20,838	(20,838)		20,838		9,436	286	272.6	272.6	21.42	21.42
1987	79,696	20,815	20,815	(20,815)		20,815		9,075	364	261.2	261.2	20.71	20.71
1988	80,141	24,815	24,815	(24,815)		24,815		9,525	354	309.6	309.6	23.64	23.64	7.4
1989	78,852	23,352	23,352	(23,352)		23,352		9,136	466	296.1	296.1	22.85	22.85	28.7	35.34
1990	82,125	26,112	26,112	(26,112)		26,112		8,735	393	318.0	318.0	24.12	24.12	31.5	38.88
1991	77,361	30,408	30,408	(30,408)		30,408		10,139		393.1	393.1	28.22	28.22	36.9	46.63
1992	75,425	27,745	27,745	(27,745)		27,745				367.8	367.8	26.89	26.89	34.0	44.76
1993	67,730	24,608	24,608	(24,608)		24,608	33,441	9,101		363.3	363.3	26.65	26.65	41.0	40.02
1994	72,179	22,824	22,824	(22,824)		22,824	31,292	8,468		316.2	316.2	24.02	24.02	37.8	36.63
1995	72,081	24,429	24,429	(24,429)		24,429	32,268	7,839		338.9	338.9	25.31	25.31	38.4	38.74
1996	60,696	21,180	21,180	(21,180)		21,180	27,734	6,554		349.0	349.0	25.87	25.87	32.5	33.23
1997	61,739	15,705	15,705	(15,705)		15,705	22,133	6,428		254.4	254.4	20.28	20.28	25.5	24.55
1998	60,139	12,679	12,679	(12,679)		12,679	18,948	6,269		210.8	210.8	17.41	17.41	21.7	20.00
1999	57,948	13,951	13,951	(13,951)		13,951	16,360	6,269		240.8	240.8	19.40	19.40	22.6	22.33
2000	51,242	9,869	9,869	(9,869)		9,869	17,120	7,251		192.6	192.6	16.15	16.15	25.0	16.02
2001	53,205	9,965	9,965	(9,965)		9,965	15,700	5,735		187.3	187.3	15.77	15.77	21.5	16.41
2002	42,527	8,756	8,756	(8,756)		8,756	13,961	5,205		205.9	205.9	17.07	17.07	17.2	14.61
2003	45,313	6,890	6,890	(6,890)		6,890	12,087	5,197		152.1	152.1	13.20	13.20	14.7	11.62
2004	40,989	5,411	5,411	(5,411)		5,411	10,517	5,106		132.0	132.0	11.66	11.66	13.1	9.20
2005	38,898	4,647	4,647	(4,647)		4,647	9,403	4,756		119.5	119.5	10.67	10.67	12.1	7.94
2006	35,891	4,513	4,513	(4,513)		4,513	9,552	5,039		125.7	125.7	11.17	11.17	12.3	7.74
2007	34,448	4,076	4,076	(4,076)		4,076	9,030	4,954		118.3	118.3	10.58	10.58	11.8	7.01
2008	33,445	3,927	3,927	(3,927)		3,927	8,335	4,408		117.4	117.4	10.51	10.51	11.0	6.79
2009	34,114	3,554	3,554	(3,554)		3,554	9,200	4,575		104.2	104.2	9.44	9.44	10.9	6.17
2010	34,061	3,240	3,240	(3,240)		3,240	8,085	4,851		95.1	95.1	8.69	8.69	9.4	5.63
2011	34,285	3,030	3,030	(3,030)		3,030	8,307	5,275		88.4	88.4	8.12	8.12	11.3	5.26
2012	35,473	2,699	2,699	(2,699)		2,699	7,846	5,147		76.1	76.1	7.07	7.07	10.8	4.70
2013	35,750	2,177	2,177	(2,177)		2,177	6,638	4,461		60.9	60.9	5.74	5.74	10.2	3.80
2014	35,760	1,679	1,679	(1,679)		1,679	5,572	4,213		47.0	47.0	4.48	4.48		2.94
2015	32,715	1,433	1,433	(1,433)		1,433	5,619	4,447	132	43.8	43.8	4.20	4.20		2.52
2016	31,733	1,203	1,203	(1,203)		1,203	5,410	4,207	113	37.9	37.9	3.65	3.65		2.12
2017	30,869	1,193	1,193	(1,193)		1,193	5,279	4,086	118	38.6	38.6	3.72	3.72		2.11
2018	28,934	1,147	1,147	(1,147)		1,147	5,532	4,385	93	39.6	39.6	3.81	3.81		2.05
2019	28,561	837	837	(837)		837	5,183	4,346	85	29.3	29.3	2.85	2.85		1.51
2020	28,075	873	873	(873)		873	4,540	3,667	108	31.1	31.1	3.02	3.02		1.59
2021	27,211	717	717	(717)		717	4,463	3,746	114	26.3	26.3	2.57	2.57		1.33
2022	24,688	676	676	(676)		676	4,199	3,523	101	27.4	27.4	2.67	2.67		1.29
2023	23,617	702	702	(702)		702				29.7	29.7	2.89	2.89		1.39
2024	23,310		(700)				4,192								(1.4)
2025			(700)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)

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.

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