Historical abortion statistics, Uzbekistan

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Uzbekistan

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.

Uzbekistan 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	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	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)
1925
1926		1,713	1,713	1,713		1,713
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940	(227,000)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950	(197,000)
1951	(213,000)
1952	(230,000)
1953	(226,000)
1954	(245,000)
1955	(254,000)		(8,000)
1956	(273,000)		(18,000)
1957	(282,000)		(28,000)
1958	(307,000)		(42,000)
1959	(312,000)		(56,000)
1960	340,618		(76,000)
1961	339,952		(83,000)
1962	341,352		(91,000)
1963	342,659		(99,000)
1964	346,847		(109,000)
1965	355,135		(120,000)
1966	360,336		(124,000)
1967	359,623		(125,000)
1968	385,687		(136,000)
1969	380,729		(136,000)
1970	401,613		(146,000)
1971	425,646	156,450	156,450	(156,450)		156,450			367.6	367.6	26.88	26.88
1972	421,458	148,988	148,988	(148,988)		148,988			353.5	353.5	26.12	26.12
1973	441,237	143,370	143,370	(143,370)		143,370			324.9	324.9	24.52	24.52
1974	462,062	151,683	151,683	(151,683)		151,683			328.3	328.3	24.71	24.71
1975	478,604	160,086	160,086	(160,086)		160,086			334.5	334.5	25.06	25.06	58.2
1976	503,514	161,331	161,331	(161,331)		161,331			320.4	320.4	24.27	24.27
1977	493,329	161,206	161,206	(161,206)		161,206			326.8	326.8	24.63	24.63
1978	514,030	158,971	158,971	(158,971)		158,971			309.3	309.3	23.62	23.62
1979	535,928	158,515	158,515	(158,515)		158,515			295.8	295.8	22.83	22.83
1980	540,047	160,700	160,700	(160,700)		160,700			297.6	297.6	22.93	22.93	48.0
1981	572,197	166,396	166,396	(166,396)		166,396			290.8	290.8	22.53	22.53
1982	589,283	169,608	169,608	(169,608)		169,608			287.8	287.8	22.35	22.35	47.8
1983	609,400	175,230	175,230	(175,230)		175,230			287.5	287.5	22.33	22.33
1984	641,398	185,710	185,710	(185,710)		185,710			289.5	289.5	22.45	22.45	49.6
1985	679,057	199,576	199,576	(199,576)		199,576			293.9	293.9	22.71	22.71
1986	708,658	211,022	211,022	(211,022)		211,022			297.8	297.8	22.95	22.95	53.0
1987	714,454	223,418	223,418	(223,418)		223,418			312.7	312.7	23.82	23.82
1988	668,807	258,283	258,283	(258,283)		258,283			386.2	386.2	27.86	27.86	60.7
1989	668,807	226,276	226,276	(226,276)		226,276		8,155	338.3	338.3	25.28	25.28		55.48
1990	691,636	214,137	214,137	(214,137)		214,137		8,288	309.6	309.6	23.64	23.64	46.6	51.16
1991	723,420	188,995	188,995	(188,995)		188,995		8,717	261.3	261.3	20.71	20.71	38.7	44.03
1992	710,459	192,011	192,011	(192,011)		192,011		7,789	270.3	270.3	21.28	21.28	38.3	43.64
1993	692,324	148,341	148,341	(148,341)		148,341		6,412	214.3	214.3	17.65	17.65	28.7	32.94
1994	657,725	120,434	120,434	(120,434)		120,434		5,497	183.1	183.1	15.48	15.48	22.5	26.10
1995	677,999	118,731	118,731	(118,731)		118,731		8,424	175.1	175.1	14.90	14.90	21.6	25.15
1996	634,842	123,079	123,079	(123,079)		123,079		9,770	193.9	193.9	16.24	16.24	19.7	25.51
1997	602,694	85,170	85,170	(85,170)		85,170		9,020	141.3	141.3	12.38	12.38	14.6	17.28
1998	553,745	74,510	74,510	(74,510)		74,510		7,557	134.6	134.6	11.86	11.86	12.4	14.81
1999	544,788	66,065	66,065	(66,065)		66,065		3,320	121.3	121.3	10.82	10.82	10.7	12.86
2000	527,580	61,893	61,893	61,893		61,893		3,062	117.3	117.3	10.50	10.50	9.7	11.80
2001	512,950	59,781	59,781	59,781		59,781		2,902	116.5	116.5	10.44	10.44	9.1	11.15
2002	532,511	58,493	58,493	58,493		58,493	2,255	2,838	109.8	109.8	9.90	9.90	8.7	10.67
2003	508,457	52,816	52,816	52,816		52,816	2,364	2,822	103.9	103.9	9.41	9.41	7.6	9.43
2004	540,381	50,812	50,812	50,812		50,812	2,555	3,170	94.0	94.0	8.59	8.59	7.3	8.90
2005	533,530	47,380	47,380	47,380		47,380	2,353	2,984	88.8	88.8	8.16	8.16	6.5	8.14
2006	555,946	45,030	45,030	45,030		45,030		3,265	81.0	81.0	7.49	7.49	6.1	7.57
2007	608,917	42,681	42,681	42,681		42,681		3,527	70.1	70.1	6.55	6.55	5.4	7.00
2008	646,096	41,758	41,758	41,758		41,758		3,610	64.6	64.6	6.07	6.07	5.2	6.70
2009	651,320	45,968	45,968	45,968		45,968		3,923	70.6	70.6	6.59	6.59	5.8	7.24
2010	634,810	40,651	40,651	40,651		40,651		3,820	64.0	64.0	6.02	6.02	5.0	6.30
2011	626,881	38,809	38,809	38,809		38,809		3,896	61.9	61.9	5.83	5.83	4.6	5.92
2012	625,106	37,634	37,634	37,634		37,634		3,796	60.2	60.2	5.68	5.68	4.4	5.67
2013	679,519	33,780	33,780	33,780		33,780		4,122	49.7	49.7	4.74	4.74	4.5	5.05
2014	718,036	41,352	41,352	41,352		41,352		5,768	57.6	57.6	5.45	5.45		6.14
2015	734,141	40,201	40,201	40,201		40,201		6,636	54.8	54.8	5.19	5.19		5.94
2016	726,170	42,417	42,417	42,417		42,417		6,471	58.4	58.4	5.52	5.52		6.23
2017	715,519	42,433	42,433	42,433		42,433		6,488	59.3	59.3	5.60	5.60		6.21
2018	768,520	44,137	44,137	44,137		44,137		6,466	57.4	57.4	5.43	5.43		6.44
2019	814,960	41,022	41,022	41,022		41,022		6,993	50.3	50.3	4.79	4.79		5.97
2020	841,817	37,337	37,337	37,337		37,337		7,293	44.4	44.4	4.25	4.25		5.42
2021	905,211	35,449	35,449	35,449		35,449		6,977	39.2	39.2	3.77	3.77		5.14
2022	932,217	37,990	37,990	37,990		37,990		7,054	40.8	40.8	3.92	3.92		5.50
2023	961,962	36,881	36,881	36,881		36,881		6,755	38.3	38.3	3.69	3.69		5.31
2024	926,422		(37,000)					7,444
2025			(37,000)					7,444
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	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	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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