From:
Summary of Registered Abortions Worldwide, through December =
2006
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 February 2007
country
year range of reported data
total reported abortions
estimated total for missing data, underreporting
estimated additional abortions to end of 2006
most recent annual abortion figure
estimated total abortions through December 2006
Albania
1975-2004
558,888
54,668
21,000
10,500
634,556
Anguilla
2003
24
72
24
96
Armenia
1992-2004
259,187
20,974
10,487
280,161
Australia
1970-2006
1,670,905
66,310
1,670,905
Austria
1960-2000
591,761
14,280
2,380
606,041
Azerbaijan
1992-2004
316,685
39,596
19,798
356,281
Bahrain
1997-2002
10,081
6,996
1,749
17,077
Barbados
1992-1995
1,000
1,000
4,400
400
6,400
Belarus
1992-2004
1,937,144
143,400
71,700
2,080,544
Belgium
1979-2003
180,960
153,168
46,785
15,595
380,913
Belize
1985-1996
8,609
7,186
26,030
2,603
41,825
Bermuda
1983-1984
177
2,024
92
2,201
Botswana
1980-1984
66
18
374
17
458
Bulgaria
1953-2004
5,515,446
94,400
47,200
5,609,846
Canada
1970-2003
2,624,715
312,297
104,099
2,937,012
Channel Islands
1987-2004
2,843
1,024
458
229
4,325
Chile
1986-1991
281
1,005
67
1,286
ROC Taiwan
1967-1999
45,884
667,395
295,974
42,282
1,009,253
PR China
1971-2001
264,042,383
10,000,000
31,424,220
6,284,844
303,466,603
Cocos Islands
1978
2
56
2
58
Croatia
1992-2004
233,319
10,464
5,232
243,783
Cuba
1968-2004
3,841,963
105,482
134,554
67,277
4,081,999
Czech Republic
1993-2005
532,068
26,453
26,453
558,521
Czechoslovakia
1953-1992
3,676,501
3,676,501
Denmark
1939-2005
806,324
15,103
15,103
821,427
Dominican Republic
1995-1998
93,208
248,544
31,068
341,752
Estonia
1992-2004
239,030
25,200
12,600
264,230
Faeroe Islands
1966-1975
790
88
44
878
Finland
1951-2003
589,446
22,300
11,150
611,746
France
1936-2004
5,301,590
418,450
421,328
210,664
6,141,368
French Guiana
1984-2005
21,837
1,916
1,639
1,639
25,392
Georgia
1992-2005
377,861
19,900
19,900
397,761
FR Germany
1950-2006
3,110,561
171,380
91,223
124,023
3,373,164
East Germany
1948-1989
1,744,200
1,744,200
Greece
1971-1996
84,592
12,739
125,420
12,542
222,751
Greenland
1967-2004
23,350
200
1,810
905
25,360
Guadeloupe
1976-2005
78,722
4,100
5,017
5,017
87,839
Guyana
1996-2003
41,746
13,500
4,500
55,246
Hong Kong
1973-2004
478,714
19,500
31,760
15,880
529,974
Hungary
1949-2004
5,796,445
137,800
68,900
5,934,245
Iceland
1960-2004
23,270
1,778
889
25,048
India
1972-2000
13,869,614
4,338,852
723,142
18,208,466
Israel
1979-2005
477,275
19,928
19,928
497,203
Italy
1978-2003
4,367,770
378,492
126,164
4,746,262
Japan
1949-2004
36,513,298
30,000,000
603,346
301,673
67,116,644
Kazakhstan
1992-2004
2,413,526
259,000
129,500
2,672,526
South Korea
1961-1997
4,354,400
9,084,900
2,520,000
280,000
15,959,300
Kosovo
2005
2,403
2,403
2,403
4,806
Kyrgyzstan
1992-2004
427,190
39,968
19,984
467,158
Latvia
1992-2004
284,367
27,446
13,723
311,813
Lithuania
1992-2005
316,996
9,972
9,972
326,968
Macedonia
1992-2002
137,517
42,500
8,500
180,017
Martinique
1976-2005
55,634
5,554
2,565
2,565
63,753
Mexico
1996-2003
25,447
10,458
3,486
35,905
Moldova
1992-2004
490,331
35,930
17,965
526,261
Mongolia
1984-2004
306,972
11,035
17,838
8,919
335,845
Montenegro
(2004)
2,236
2,236
2,236
Netherlands
1970-2005
1,346,145
32,982
32,982
1,379,127
New Caledonia
1997-1998
2,994
11,728
1,466
14,722
New Zealand
1964-2005
332,952
12,487
17,531
17,531
362,970
Norway
1954-2005
540,969
26,379
13,989
13,989
581,337
Panama
1972-2000
159
218
66
11
443
Panama Canal Zone
1970-1978
398
1
399
Poland
1955-2004
6,383,292
398
199
6,383,690
Portugal
1984-2005
6,383
819
906
906
8,108
Puerto Rico
1992-2001
20,429
81,716
6,145
1,299
108,290
Qatar
2000-2004
668
344
172
1,012
Reunion
1976-2004
123,060
8,310
4,155
131,370
Romania
1958-2004
19,980,479
1,431,862
382,000
191,000
21,794,341
Russia
1992-2005
33,656,441
1,611,000
1,611,000
35,267,441
Saint Helena
1985-1990
61
80
5
141
Serbia and Montenegro
1992-1998
684,602
469,912
58,739
1,154,514
Seychelles
1986-2003
2,401
1,320
440
3,721
Singapore
1970-2004
524,982
24,140
12,070
549,122
Slovakia
1993-2004
343,378
40,200
20,100
383,578
Slovenia
1992-2004
122,298
12,806
6,403
135,104
South Africa
1975-2005
544,782
85,621
85,621
630,403
Spain
1941-2005
1,096,501
720,269
91,664
91,664
1,908,434
Suriname
1994
262
3,144
262
3,406
Sweden
1939-2006
1,297,067
17,068
34,978
1,314,135
Switzerland
1966-2005
212,167
360,815
8,234
8,234
581,216
Tajikistan
1992-2004
359,730
41,000
20,500
400,730
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
1970
2
44
46
Tunisia
1965-1996
488,714
190,000
19,000
678,714
Turkey
1993
351,300
4,566,900
351,300
4,918,200
Turkmenistan
1992-2004
342,094
29,400
14,700
371,494
Turks and Caicos Islands
1996-2003
156
202
86
43
444
U.S.S.R.
1922-1991
282,429,483
10,084,237
292,513,720
Ukraine
1992-2004
7,391,682
578,130
289,065
7,969,812
United Kingdom
1958-2005
6,578,149
207,004
207,004
6,785,153
United States
1923-2006
45,520,799
44,274
1,676,350
1,287,000
47,241,423
Uzbekistan
1992-2004
1,212,300
101,600
50,800
1,313,900
Venezuela
1968
3,085
117,230
3,085
120,315
Vietnam
1976-2001
18,046,366
1,335,757
5,000,000
1,000,000
24,382,123
Yugoslavia
1955-1991
5,387,244
2,472,425
7,859,669
Zambia
1983
1,200
1,200
1,200
subtotals
804,240,492
67,291,176
57,446,444
14,421,247
928,978,112
Note: estimated underreporting includes estimates for missing years = in=20 reported year range and estimates for underreporting for some nations. =
TOTAL, 1920 - 2006: 804,000,000 reported abortions, estimated = 929,000,000=20 total abortions
Estimated current global monthly average: 1,202,000 abortions
Updated from section VIII of "Global Abortion Summary,"
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2000-2005, 2007=20
by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 20 February 2007.
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