Historical abortion statistics, Kazakhstan

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Historical abortion statistics, Kazakhstan

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 22 October 2025

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

Live births.
Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women ages 15-49.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Kazakhstan regional level data also available here.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country
1925		582	582	(582)		582
1926
1927		2,360	2,360	(2,360)		2,360
1928		6,127	6,127	(6,127)		6,127
1929		1,950	1,950	(1,950)		1,950
1930		2,660	2,660	(2,660)		2,660
1931		2,190	2,190	(2,190)		2,190
1932		840	840	(840)		840
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940	(254,000)
1941
1942		11,214	11,214	(11,214)		11,214	1,675
1943		1,600	1,600	(1,600)		1,600
1944		7,811	7,811	(7,811)		7,811	1,278
1945		10,303	10,303	(10,303)		10,303	1,684
1946		15,901	15,901	(15,901)		15,901	3,866
1947		16,263	16,263	(16,263)		16,263	3,096
1948		4,079	4,079	(4,079)		4,079	4,079
1949
1950	(251,900)
1951	(270,000)
1952	(262,600)
1953	(260,300)
1954	(275,700)
1955	(299,300)		(25,000)
1956	(304,800)		(58,000)
1957	(326,100)		(101,000)
1958	(355,300)		(164,000)
1959	(349,100)		(228,000)
1960	371,828		(335,000)
1961	377,002		(363,000)
1962	368,298		(379,000)
1963	352,400		(388,000)
1964	330,511		(389,000)
1965	320,585		(404,000)
1966	313,465		(392,000)
1967	307,197		(381,000)
1968	302,022		(372,000)
1969	302,179		(370,000)
1970	306,652		(372,000)
1971	317,423	382,702	382,702	(382,702)		382,702				1,205.7	1,205.7	54.66	54.66
1972	318,551	383,764	383,764	(383,764)		383,764				1,204.7	1,204.7	54.64	54.64
1973	321,075	387,626	387,626	(387,626)		387,626				1,207.3	1,207.3	54.70	54.70
1974	338,291	377,070	377,070	(377,070)		377,070				1,114.6	1,114.6	52.71	52.71
1975	343,668	390,809	390,809	(390,809)		390,809				1,137.2	1,137.2	53.21	53.21	124.0
1976	350,362	395,712	395,712	(395,712)		395,712				1,129.4	1,129.4	53.04	53.04
1977	349,379	406,247	406,247	(406,247)		406,247				1,162.8	1,162.8	53.76	53.76
1978	355,337	392,734	392,734	(392,734)		392,734				1,105.2	1,105.2	52.50	52.50
1979	354,320	380,692	380,692	(380,692)		380,692				1,074.4	1,074.4	51.79	51.79
1980	356,013	378,125	378,125	(378,125)		378,125				1,062.1	1,062.1	51.51	51.51	108.3
1981	367,950	359,824	359,824	(359,824)		359,824				977.9	977.9	49.44	49.44
1982	373,416	364,087	364,087	(364,087)		364,087				975.0	975.0	49.37	49.37	103.3
1983	378,577	362,371	362,371	(362,371)		362,371				957.2	957.2	48.91	48.91
1984	389,091	349,366	349,366	(349,366)		349,366				897.9	897.9	47.31	47.31	98.1
1985	396,929	367,334	367,334	(367,334)		367,334				925.4	925.4	48.06	48.06
1986	410,846	332,055	332,055	(332,055)		332,055				808.2	808.2	44.70	44.70	91.5
1987	417,139	329,819	329,819	(329,819)		329,819				790.7	790.7	44.15	44.15
1988	407,116	362,596	362,596	(362,596)		362,596				890.6	890.6	47.11	47.11	97.1
1989	380,849	358,124	358,124	(358,124)		358,124			3,916	940.3	940.3	48.46	48.46	72.4	101.58
1990	362,081	355,173	355,173	(355,173)		355,173			3,692	980.9	980.9	49.52	49.52	92.4	100.03
1991	353,174	358,484	358,484	(358,484)		358,484			3,474	1,015.0	1,015.0	50.37	50.37	87.7	100.40
1992	337,612	346,405	346,405	(346,405)		346,405			3,184	1,026.0	1,026.0	50.64	50.64	84.1	96.76
1993	315,482	290,703	290,703	(290,703)		290,703			2,710	921.5	921.5	47.96	47.96	70.1	81.93
1994	305,624	261,834	261,834	(261,834)		261,834			2,705	856.7	856.7	46.14	46.14	63.1	75.39
1995	276,125	224,084	224,084	(224,084)		224,084			2,455	811.5	811.5	44.80	44.80	54.3	66.14
1996	253,175	194,187	194,187	(194,187)		194,187			2,365	767.0	767.0	43.41	43.41	47.2	58.11
1997	232,356	156,751	156,751	(156,751)		156,751			2,206	674.6	674.6	40.28	40.28	38.3	47.61
1998	222,380	149,248	149,248	(149,248)		149,248			2,055	671.1	671.1	40.16	40.16	36.7	46.01
1999	217,578	138,197	138,197	138,197		138,197			1,911	635.2	635.2	38.84	38.84	34.2	42.92
2000	222,054	134,111	134,111	134,111		134,111			1,857	604.0	604.0	37.65	37.65	32.8	41.58
2001	221,487	136,787	136,787	136,787		136,787			1,761	617.6	617.6	38.18	38.18	33.2	42.22
2002	227,171	124,523	124,523	124,523		124,523		1,788	1,779	548.1	548.1	35.41	35.41	29.9	38.10
2003	247,946	127,180	127,180	127,180		127,180		1,751	1,791	512.9	512.9	33.90	33.90	30.2	38.49
2004	273,028	129,495	129,495	129,495		129,495		1,873	1,818	474.3	474.3	32.17	32.17	30.4	38.66
2005	278,977	125,654	125,654	125,654		125,654		2,138	1,899	450.4	450.4	31.05	31.05	29.1	37.00
2006	301,756	130,599	130,599	130,599		130,599			2,066	432.8	432.8	30.21	30.21	30.0	37.85
2007	321,963	133,097	133,097	133,097		133,097			2,171	413.4	413.4	29.25	29.25	30.3	38.02
2008	357,555	123,992	123,992	123,992		123,992			4,021	346.8	346.8	25.75	25.75	28.1	34.99
2009	356,326	113,320	113,320	113,320		113,320			3,713	318.0	318.0	24.13	24.13	25.5	31.67
2010	367,785	106,074	106,074	106,074		106,074			3,488	288.4	288.4	22.39	22.39	23.0	29.36
2011	372,796	95,288	95,288	95,288		95,288			3,501	255.6	255.6	20.36	20.36	20.7	26.26
2012	381,272	95,654	95,654	95,654		95,654			3,745	250.9	250.9	20.06	20.06	20.8	26.43
2013	387,372	84,265	84,265	84,265		84,265			3,581	217.5	217.5	17.87	17.87	21.5	23.41
2014	399,448	83,709	83,709	83,709		83,709			3,751	209.6	209.6	17.33	17.33	20.7	23.38
2015	398,591	81,440	81,440	81,440		81,440			3,609	204.3	204.3	16.97	16.97	20.2	22.88
2016	401,031	78,857	78,857	78,857		78,857			3,770	196.6	196.6	16.43	16.43	19.4	22.29
2017	390,505	80,328	80,328	80,328		80,328			3,661	205.7	205.7	17.06	17.06	20.3	22.82
2018	397,618	69,100	69,100	69,100		69,100			3,174	173.8	173.8	14.81	14.81	17.3	19.69
2019	401,869	76,300	76,300	76,300		76,300			3,067	189.9	189.9	15.96	15.96	16.8	21.79
2020	426,726	71,500	71,500	71,500		71,500			2,585	167.6	167.6	14.35	14.35	15.7	20.46
2021	445,875	71,847	71,847	71,847		71,847			2,335	161.1	161.1	13.88	13.88	15.7	20.56
2022	403,893	71,442	71,442	71,442		71,442			1,773	176.9	176.9	15.03	15.03	15.5	20.40
2023	388,428	71,800	71,800	71,800		71,800				184.8	184.8	15.60	15.60	15.4	20.43
2024	365,923	257	(72,000)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country

Notes:

Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

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