Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Shanghai (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 % |
|---|
| all to residents | all to residents | all to residents |
|---|
| 1956 | 251,000 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 185,900 | 82,000 | 441.1 | 30.61 |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 114,900 | | | |
| 1973 | 109,700 | | | |
| 1974 | 98,700 | | | |
| 1975 | 101,500 | 101,445 | 999.5 | 49.99 |
| 1976 | 110,600 | 110,437 | 998.5 | 49.96 |
| 1977 | 117,500 | 127,751 | 1,087.2 | 52.09 |
| 1978 | 124,200 | 136,042 | 1,095.3 | 52.28 |
| 1979 | 139,700 | 173,241 | 1,240.1 | 55.36 |
| 1980 | 144,100 | 196,553 | 1,364.0 | 57.70 |
| 1981 | 195,200 | 228,750 | 1,171.9 | 53.96 |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 166,600 | 68,300 | 410.0 | 29.08 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 137,800 | 282,500 | 2,050.1 | 67.21 |
| 1991 | 102,900 | 263,400 | 2,559.8 | 71.91 |
| 1992 | 97,900 | 241,800 | 2,469.9 | 71.18 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 78,600 | 225,600 | 2,870.2 | 74.16 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 79,500 | 222,600 | 2,800.0 | 73.68 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 76,100 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 85,300 | | | |
| 2001 | 83,700 | | | |
| 2002 | 92,700 | 182,119 | 1,964.6 | 66.27 |
| 2003 | 85,700 | 196,680 | 2,295.0 | 69.65 |
| 2004 | 110,100 | 206,996 | 1,880.1 | 65.28 |
| 2005 | 133,100 | 208,684 | 1,567.9 | 61.06 |
| 2006 | 146,700 | 218,559 | 1,489.8 | 59.84 |
| 2007 | 187,200 | 221,188 | 1,181.6 | 54.16 |
| 2008 | 190,300 | 276,121 | 1,451.0 | 59.20 |
| 2009 | 190,900 | 206,535 | 1,081.9 | 51.97 |
| 2010 | 162,400 | 205,156 | 1,263.3 | 55.82 |
| 2011 | 164,200 | 208,346 | 1,268.9 | 55.92 |
| 2012 | 229,300 | 201,621 | 879.3 | 46.79 |
| 2013 | 200,200 | 200,904 | 1,003.5 | 50.09 |
| 2014 | 206,000 | 227,258 | 1,103.2 | 52.45 |
| 2015 | 184,800 | 217,457 | 1,176.7 | 54.06 |
| 2016 | 222,000 | 204,833 | 922.7 | 47.99 |
| 2017 | 199,700 | 196,759 | 985.3 | 49.63 |
| 2018 | 178,200 | 185,815 | 1,042.7 | 51.05 |
| 2019 | 173,700 | 174,896 | 1,006.9 | 50.17 |
| 2020 | 124,900 | | | |
| 2021 | 116,200 | | | |
| 2022 | 107,700 | | | |
| 2023 | 98,200 | | | |
| 2024 | 117,800 | | | |
| 2025 | | | | |
| year | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % |
|---|
| 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.
Sources:
- China Training Center, Reproductive Health and Family Care, 2011, "Total national family planning procedures performed (1971-2009)," CTC, on line [http://www.ctc-health.org.cn/file/2011shoushu.pdf].
- GSWS (PRC), on line [http://www.gsws.gov.cn/...3/.../20100316201139457.xls]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/publicfiles/business/htmlfiles/zwgkzt/ptjnj/year2010/2010t7/sheet007.htm]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2007/p196.htm]
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- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2004/p168.htm]
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- Office of Technology Assessment, 1982, World Population and Fertility Planning Technologies: The Next 20 Years, US GPO (Washington, DC), on line at FAS [http://www.fas.org/ota/reports/8235.pdf].
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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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