('complete') illegal ('incomplete') total (legal) abortion rate 1954 1,985,302 1,895,964 89,339 399,046 399,046 - 1,586,257 7.84 6.84 - - - - 1955 2,598,761 2,481,816 116,944 600,314 600,314 - 1,998,447 11.92 10.15 - - - - 1956 4,724,547 4,511,942 212,605 3,316,632 3,316,632 - 1,407,915 65.10 55.40 - - - - 1957 5,338,738 5,108,970 229,768 3,996,159 3,996,159 - 1,342,579 76.81 66.26 3,407,398 2,565,037 842,361 - 1958 6,128,871 5,892,260 236,611 4,844,567 4,844,567 - 1,284,304 92.24 80.62 3,939,362 3,119,980 819,382 - 1959 6,398,541 6,211,160 187,381 5,102,306 5,102,306 - 1,296,235 96.21 85.79 4,174,111 3,353,178 820,933 - 1960 7,038,395 6,504,677 533,718 5,642,210 5,642,210 - 1,396,185 107.17 96.06 4,373,042 3,634,966 738,076 - 1961 7,425,507 7,073,785 351,722 6,006,038 6,006,038 - 1,419,469 118.39 103.57 4,759,040 3,877,654 881,386 - 1962 7,774,506 7,344,506 430,000 6,414,217 6,414,217 - 1,360,289 132.08 110.19 4,925,124 4,077,580 847,544 - 1963 8,023,290 7,662,242 361,048 6,667,354 6,667,354 - 1,355,936 144.82 114.64 5,134,100 4,267,600 866,500 - 1964 8,408,408 8,030,030 378,378 7,021,021 7,021,021 - 1,387,387 161.30 120.23 5,376,200 4,486,400 889,800 - 1965 8,551,351 8,166,540 384,811 7,191,686 7,191,686 - 1,359,665 169.33 122.46 5,463,300 4,576,500 886,800 - 1966 8,337,567 7,962,377 375,191 7,020,232 7,020,232 - 1,317,336 168.52 118.15 5,322,500 4,475,200 847,300 - 1967 7,846,354 7,493,268 353,086 6,624,990 6,624,990 - 1,222,364 161.94 109.72 5,005,000 4,223,600 781,400 - 1968 7,654,441 7,301,396 344,045 6,471,055 6,471,055 - 1,174,386 158.32 105.25 4,872,900 4,126,800 746,100 - 1969 7,460,316 7,124,602 335,714 6,330,413 6,330,413 - 1,129,903 152.26 101.84 4,751,100 4,036,700 713,400 - 1970 7,531,270 7,192,363 338,907 6,406,594 6,406,594 - 1,124,676 148.99 101.44 4,792,500 4,086,700 705,800 4.17 1971 7,610,001 7,267,551 342,450 6,489,481 6,489,481 - 1,120,520 147.89 101.07 4,838,749 4,139,949 698,800 4.17 1972 7,497,264 7,159,887 337,377 6,408,802 6,408,802 - 1,088,462 144.45 98.27 4,765,589 4,090,589 675,000 4.15 1973 7,514,765 7,176,601 338,164 6,439,040 6,439,040 - 1,075,725 145.48 97.50 4,747,037 4,087,637 659,400 4.17 1974 7,449,129 7,113,918 335,211 6,397,731 6,397,731 - 1,051,398 139.71 95.89 4,674,050 4,037,350 636,700 4.09 1975 7,471,572 7,135,351 336,221 6,431,773 6,431,773 - 1,039,798 137.65 95.68 4,669,940 4,046,040 623,900 4.09 1976 7,636,191 7,292,562 343,629 6,588,364 6,588,364 - 1,047,827 140.09 97.22 4,757,055 4,133,755 623,300 4.15 1977 7,579,105 7,238,045 341,060 6,553,674 6,553,674 - 1,025,430 138.70 96.22 4,686,063 4,083,863 602,200 4.05 1978 7,497,397 7,160,014 337,383 6,497,226 6,497,226 - 1,000,171 136.12 94.98 4,656,057 4,069,257 586,800 3.99 1979 7,339,566 7,009,286 330,380 6,374,161 6,374,161 - 965,406 131.63 93.21 4,540,440 3,979,240 561,200 3.86 1980 7,333,073 7,003,085 329,988 6,382,028 6,382,028 - 951,045 130.49 93.18 4,506,249 3,960,049 546,200 3.79 1981 7,155,594 6,833,592 322,002 6,240,562 6,240,562 - 915,032 124.57 91.17 4,400,676 3,877,576 523,100 3.69 1982 7,250,355 6,924,089 326,266 6,336,188 6,336,188 - 914,167 120.29 92.13 4,462,825 3,942,525 520,300 3.72 1983 7,085,370 6,766,528 318,842 6,204,515 6,204,515 - 880,855 115.07 90.05 4,317,129 3,823,529 493,600 3.57 1984 7,115,825 6,795,613 320,212 6,243,572 6,243,572 - 872,253 115.70 89.98 4,361,959 3,872,859 489,100 3.56 1985 7,365,852 7,034,389 331,463 6,475,595 6,475,595 - 890,258 118.64 92.77 4,552,443 4,051,843 500,600 3.66 1986 7,116,000 6,790,141 325,859 6,267,984 6,267,984 - 848,016 110.62 89.47 4,362,110 3,891,677 470,433 3.46 1987 6,818,000 6,496,499 321,501 6,009,655 6,009,655 - 808,345 109.33 85.71 4,166,196 3,721,930 444,266 3.25 1988 7,229,000 6,965,221 263,779 6,469,096 5,271,096 1,198,000 759,904 124.16 92.42 4,483,856 4,065,709 418,147 3.50 1989 6,974,431 6,672,041 302,390 6,286,035 4,828,267 1,457,768 688,396 126.89 90.03 4,242,028 3,876,220 365,808 3.31 1990 6,459,000 6,226,821 232,179 5,836,823 4,150,448 1,686,375 622,177 123.57 84.77 3,920,287 3,593,291 326,996 3.05 1991 - 6,014,000 - - - - - - - 3,608,412 3,164,701 361,203 2.88 1992 - 5,442,900 - - - - - - - 3,265,718 2,910,460 329,545 2.66 total number from time period 258,723,655 - (1954 - 1990) 258,476,032 (1954–92) 11,695,624 - (1954–90) 216,987,139 - (1954–90) 212,644,996 (1954 - 1990) 4,342,143 (1988–90) 41,728,518 (1954–90) - - 163,280,545 - (1957 - 1992) 140,327,944 (1957–92) 22,843,380 (1957–92) - visualising abortion statistics in russia and the ussr births + abortions in the russia births + abortions in the ussr live births and abortions in the ussr live births and abortions in russia percentage of conceptions aborted in russia percentage of conceptions aborted in the ussr recent statistics since the 1990s, abortion in russia has been in steep decline. abortion halved in the period between 1990 and 2000, going from 4 to 2 million abortions approximately. abortions per 1000 women aged 15–49 went from 114 to 55 between 1990 and 2000. in 2010, this was reinforced when total live births surpassed the total number of abortions in russia for the first time in the 21st century. in 2013 1 million abortions were performed, 28 abortions per 1000 women aged 15–49. in 2021 the number had reached approx. 400k, decreasing by a factor of 10 since 1990, with the rate per 1000 women aged 15–49 dropping to 12. motives for abortion in 2006 to 2011, the proportion of women were split about why they were getting an abortion; 11% were getting because of health related reasons, 10% wanted to post-pone having another child and increase the interval between births, 24% did not wanted another child, 33% did not have the money or another socio-economic issue to be able to have another child, 17% did not want another child because of their partners objection to it.