Historical abortion statistics, Hainan (PR China)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Hainan (PR China)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 July 2026

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by prefecture residents.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).

year	live births	abortions	abortion ratio	abortion %
year	live births	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988	129,400	12,900	99.7	9.07
1989
1990	164,800	77,500	470.3	31.99
1991	154,800	77,400	500.0	33.33
1992	146,200	59,900	409.7	29.06
1993
1994	147,700	59,100	400.1	28.58
1995
1996	147,400	45,700	310.0	23.67
1997
1998	139,200
1999
2000	123,600
2001	121,200
2002	122,100	59,933	490.9	32.92
2003	119,100	42,101	353.5	26.12
2004	120,800	62,482	517.2	34.09
2005	121,300	60,661	500.1	33.34
2006	122,000	56,525	463.3	31.66
2007	123,500	57,744	467.6	31.86
2008	125,600	72,178	574.7	36.49
2009	126,700	54,286	428.5	29.99
2010	127,800	62,919	492.3	32.99
2011	131,000	67,582	515.9	34.03
2012	133,400	62,969	472.0	32.07
2013	134,200	57,487	428.4	29.99
2014	136,300	76,393	560.5	35.92
2015	137,700	80,559	585.0	36.91
2016	139,400	88,978	638.3	38.96
2017	143,200	87,553	611.4	37.94
2018	142,200	86,865	610.9	37.92
2019	128,100	90,232	704.4	41.33
2020	104,800
2021	99,300
2022	88,300
2023	96,800
2024	98,200
2025
year	live births	abortions	abortion ratio	abortion %
year	live births	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents

Notes:

Live births are estimated from reported populations and raw birth rates.
Abortion data are generally estimated from reported abortion ratios and estimated live births and may be incomplete.

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