Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Yunnan (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 | 644,600 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 950,800 | | | |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 976,800 | | | |
| 1973 | 999,300 | | | |
| 1974 | 968,600 | | | |
| 1975 | 914,900 | | | |
| 1976 | 939,500 | | | |
| 1977 | 937,900 | | | |
| 1978 | 877,100 | | | |
| 1979 | 754,900 | | | |
| 1980 | 663,600 | | | |
| 1981 | 817,300 | | | |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 862,900 | 104,000 | 120.5 | 10.76 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 880,500 | 484,000 | 549.7 | 35.47 |
| 1991 | 824,500 | 470,000 | 570.0 | 36.31 |
| 1992 | 804,700 | 410,000 | 509.5 | 33.75 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 858,700 | 258,000 | 300.5 | 23.10 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 843,600 | 160,000 | 189.7 | 15.94 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 829,200 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 807,900 | | | |
| 2001 | 793,500 | | | |
| 2002 | 775,600 | 208,031 | 268.2 | 21.15 |
| 2003 | 743,900 | 292,476 | 393.2 | 28.22 |
| 2004 | 688,700 | 207,602 | 301.4 | 23.16 |
| 2005 | 655,000 | 213,710 | 326.3 | 24.60 |
| 2006 | 591,800 | 219,755 | 371.3 | 27.08 |
| 2007 | 590,400 | 239,034 | 404.9 | 28.82 |
| 2008 | 573,800 | 339,150 | 591.1 | 37.15 |
| 2009 | 572,700 | 190,397 | 332.5 | 24.95 |
| 2010 | 602,900 | 188,327 | 312.4 | 23.80 |
| 2011 | 587,200 | 203,108 | 345.9 | 25.70 |
| 2012 | 584,900 | 202,356 | 346.0 | 25.70 |
| 2013 | 584,800 | 200,092 | 342.2 | 25.49 |
| 2014 | 588,600 | 390,323 | 663.1 | 39.87 |
| 2015 | 600,600 | 423,633 | 705.3 | 41.36 |
| 2016 | 615,500 | 437,045 | 710.1 | 41.52 |
| 2017 | 635,000 | 441,903 | 695.9 | 41.03 |
| 2018 | 620,300 | 428,210 | 690.3 | 40.84 |
| 2019 | 595,400 | 441,191 | 741.0 | 42.56 |
| 2020 | 517,500 | | | |
| 2021 | 438,500 | | | |
| 2022 | 382,000 | | | |
| 2023 | 384,100 | | | |
| 2024 | 401,300 | | | |
| 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]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2006/p204.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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- [https://www.legrandsoir.info/IMG/pdf/2013-2019_tableaux.pdf].
- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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