List of countries by abortion statistics

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The following are the countries with the highest reported abortions and rates according to sources such as the Johnston's Archive and the United Nations Statistics Division.

Country Total Reported[1][2][3] Annual Amount [4] Rate [5]
 China 336,000,000+ 9,000,000+ 24.2
 Russia 100,000,000+ 1,000,000+ 53.7
 United States 62,000,000+ 1,000,000+ 20.8
 Vietnam 35.2
 Kazakhstan 35
 Estonia 33.3
 Belarus 31.7
 Romania 27.8
 Ukraine 27.5
 Latvia 27.3

Unreported or illegal abortions[]

There are estimates of abortions in India surpassing a hundred million due to the fact that the Guttmacher Institute found annual abortions to amount to 15.6 million since 2015.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Hsu, S. (September 23, 2013). Lessons in Sustainable Development from China & Taiwan. Springer. ISBN 9781137358509 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Historical abortion statistics, U.S.S.R." www.johnstonsarchive.net.
  3. ^ Dorman, Sam (January 22, 2021). "An estimated 62 million abortions have occurred since Roe v. Wade decision in 1973". Fox News.
  4. ^ Institute, Charlotte Lozier (July 31, 2015). "World Leaders in Abortion: Top 10 Countries".
  5. ^ "Abortion Rates by Country". worldpopulationreview.com.
  6. ^ "300 million aborted in 47 years in India". 7 September 2018.
  7. ^ "State Dept: 99.5% Compliance with Pro-life Policy Ending Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Overseas". 8 February 2018.
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