Legal Abortions in Selected Countries

Country	1985	1990	1995	2000	2003	2004
Bulgaria	132,041	144,644	97,023	61,378	48,035	—
Canada	60,956	71,092	70,549	105,427	103,768	—
Cuba	138,671	147,530	83,963	76,293	65,628	67,277
Finland	13,832	12,232	9,884	10,930	10,709	11,091
France	173,335	161,129	—	—	—	—
Germany¹	—	145,267	97,937	134,609	128,030	129,650
Greece	180	1,216	—	—	—	—
Hungary	81,970	90,394	76,957	59,249	53,789	52,539
Iceland	705	714	807	987	951	—
India	583,704	596,345	—	—	—	—
Israel	18,406	15,509	—	18,689	19,671	19,712
Italy	210,192	161,285	134,137	—	124,118	—
Japan	550,127	456,797	343,024	341,146	319,831	301,673
New Zealand	7,130	11,173	—	16,103	18,511	—
Norway	14,599	15,551	13,672	14,635	13,888	14,071
Poland	135,564	59,417	559	138	174	199
Russia	—	4,103,425	2,766,362	—	1,797,567²	1,797,567
Sweden	30,838	37,489	—	30,980	34,473	34,454
United Kingdom	180,983	184,092	167,297	197366	—	—
United States	1,588,600	1,429,577	1,210,883	1,328,000	1,287,000	—

1. Figures for Germany represent those available after the unification of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic in Oct. 1990.

Source: United Nations, Demographic Yearbook, 2004.

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