Historical abortion statistics, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	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	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)
1950	102,680
1951	92,330
1952	112,216
1953	110,373
1954	115,854
1955	110,866
1956	111,561
1957	102,649
1958	110,332
1959	108,123
1960	110,499	13,600	13,600	(13,600)		13,600		971	123.1	123.1	10.96	10.96
1961	108,076		(14,100)					888
1962	106,826		(14,600)					934
1963	104,240		(15,200)					946
1964	101,147		(15,700)					925
1965	101,351		(16,200)					936
1966	97,689	16,700	16,700	(16,700)		16,700		891	171.0	171.0	14.60	14.60
1967	92,972	25,385	25,385	(25,385)		25,385		871	273.0	273.0	21.45	21.45
1968	89,134	14,600	14,600	(14,600)		14,600		880	163.8	163.8	14.07	14.07
1969	87,687		(18,900)					836
1970	79,296	23,200	23,200	(23,200)		23,200		812	292.6	292.6	22.64	22.64
1971	82,694	(28,676)	28,676	(28,676)		(28,676)	28,676	677	346.8	346.8	25.75	25.75
1972	82,068	26,700	26,700	(26,700)		26,700		786	325.3	325.3	24.55	24.55
1973	77,896		(30,000)					764
1974	77,833		(33,300)					693
1975	78,844	36,600	36,600	(36,600)		36,600		659	464.2	464.2	31.70	31.70
1976	79,061		(37,500)					558
1977	75,669		(38,300)					555
1978	73,306	39,200	39,200	(39,200)		39,200		619	534.7	534.7	34.84	34.84
1979	71,120		(43,000)					488
1980	70,928	46,874	46,874	(46,874)		46,874	46,874	561	660.9	660.9	39.79	39.79
1981	71,031		(48,000)					491
1982	73,375		(49,200)					475
1983	74,296	50,304	50,304	(50,304)		50,304		428	677.1	677.1	40.37	40.37
1984	74,539	54,453	54,453	(54,453)		54,453		504	730.5	730.5	42.21	42.21
1985	72,722	58,973	58,973	(58,973)		58,973		445	810.9	810.9	44.78	44.78
1986	71,203	61,256	61,256	(61,256)		61,256		465	860.3	860.3	46.25	46.25
1987	70,898	67,927	67,927	(67,927)		67,927		429	958.1	958.1	48.93	48.93
1988	70,711	67,769	67,769	(67,769)		67,769		383	958.4	958.4	48.94	48.94
1989	66,809	65,571	65,571	(65,571)		65,571		385	981.5	981.5	49.53	49.53
1990	66,952	66,625	66,625	(66,625)		66,625		326	995.1	995.1	49.88	49.88		76.57
1991	64,769		(65,000)					340						74.27
1992			(52,000)											61.75
1993			(39,000)											49.65
1994			(26,000)											34.45
1995			(21,000)											28.47
1996	46,594		(16,000)					271						21.71
1997	48,061		(11,000)					240						14.94
1998	42,521		(7,000)					202						9.51
1999	42,435		(5,000)					224						6.71
2000	39,079		(3,000)					159						3.97
2001	38,065	2,235	2,235	(2,235)		2,235		193	58.7	58.7	5.55	5.55		2.97
2002	36,587	2,364	2,364	(2,364)		2,364		138	64.6	64.6	6.07	6.07		3.17
2003	34,705	1,994	1,994	(1,994)		1,994		150	57.5	57.5	5.43	5.43		2.68
2004	33,862	2,336	2,336	(2,336)		2,336		158	69.0	69.0	6.45	6.45		3.14
2005	33,094	3,549	3,549	(3,549)		3,549		147	107.2	107.2	9.69	9.69		4.78
2006	32,183	3,398	3,398	(3,398)		3,398		137	105.6	105.6	9.55	9.55		4.61
2007	32,512	3,553	3,553	(3,553)		3,553		174	109.3	109.3	9.85	9.85		4.87
2008	33,883	3,883	3,883	(3,883)		3,883		171	114.6	114.6	10.28	10.28		5.39
2009	34,118	3,614	3,614	(3,614)		3,614		136	105.9	105.9	9.58	9.58		5.09
2010	33,409	3,361	3,361	(3,361)		3,361		143	100.6	100.6	9.14	9.14		4.80
2011	31,758	3,258	3,258	(3,258)		3,258		118	102.6	102.6	9.30	9.30		4.71
2012	31,769	2,926	2,926	(2,926)		2,926		120	92.1	92.1	8.43	8.43		4.28
2013	29,787	3,024	3,024	(3,024)		3,024		102	101.5	101.5	9.22	9.22		4.47
2014	29,889	2,514	2,514	(2,514)		2,514		75	84.1	84.1	7.76	7.76		3.77
2015	29,392	2,447	2,447	(2,447)		2,447		114	83.3	83.3	7.69	7.69		3.73
2016	29,354	2,454	2,454	(2,454)		2,454		110	83.6	83.6	7.72	7.72		3.81
2017	29,796	3,333	3,333	(3,333)		3,333		105	111.9	111.9	10.06	10.06		5.28
2018	28,606	3,052	3,052	(3,052)		3,052		91	106.7	106.7	9.64	9.64		4.93
2019	27,622	3,229	3,229	(3,229)		3,229		87	116.9	116.9	10.47	10.47		5.32
2020	26,209	2,857	2,857	(2,857)		2,857		68	109.0	109.0	9.83	9.83		4.81
2021	25,942	2,747	2,747	(2,747)		2,747		85	105.9	105.9	9.58	9.58		4.73
2022	25,644	2,765	2,765	(2,765)		2,765		95	107.8	107.8	9.73	9.73		4.88
2023	25,504	1,503	(2,800)											(5.1)
2024	24,598		(2,800)											(5.2)
2025			(2,800)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	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	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.

Sources (incomplete):

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2015, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2010-2014," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2014, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/UNSD/Demographic/products/dyb/dyb2014/Table09.pdf].
Andolsek, Lidija, 1988, "Yugoslavia," in International Handbook on Abortion, ed. by Paul Sachdev, Greenwood Press (New York, NY), pp. 495-504.
Council of Europe, 2004, "Bosnia and Herzegovina, Table 2: Births, deaths and legal abortions," in Recent Demographic Developments in Europe: Demographic Yearbook 2003, on line at COE [http://www.coe.int/t/e/social_cohesion/population/BOSTAB2.xls].
Tietze, Christopher, 1976, "Incidence of legal abortion," in Liberalization of Abortion Laws: Implications, ed. by Abdel R. Omran, Carolina Population Center (Chapel Hill, NC), pp. 1-17.
UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS, 2012, "TransMONEE 2012 Database," UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS (Geneva, Austria), on line at TransMonEE [http://www.transmonee.org/Downloads/EN/2012/TransMonEE_2012.xls].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2006, "Table 12. Late foetal deaths and late foetal death ratios, by urban/rural residence: 2000-2004," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2004, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table12.pdf].
United Nations Development Programme, 2003, "Bosnia and Herzegovina Human Development Report/Millennium Development Goals 2003," UNDP, on line [http://hdr.undp.org/docs/reports/national/BIH_Bosnia_and_Hercegovina/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_2003_en.pdf].
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Aug. 2012, "European health for all database (HFA-DB)," World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, on line [http://data.euro.who.int/hfadb/].
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Nov. 2007, "European health for all database (HFA-DB)," World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, on line [http://data.euro.who.int/hfadb/].
United Nations Statistics Division, 1 July 2014, "3. Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (1999-2013)," United Nations Statistics Division, on line [a href=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf>https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2013, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2008-2012," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2012, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/UNSD/Demographic/products/dyb/dyb2012/Table09.pdf].
Statistics Estonia, 2014, "Number of live births," Statistics Estonia, on line [http://www.stat.ee/29946].
UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS, June 2015, "TransMONEE 2014 Database," UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS (Geneva, Austria), on line at TransMonEE [http://www.transmonee.org/Downloads/EN/2015/TM%202015_EN.xls].
Moore-Cavar, Emily Campbell, 1974, International Inventory of Information on Induced Abortion, Columbia Univ. (New York, NY)

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