Editing Copper IUD (section)

== Usage ==
Globally, the IUD is the most widely used method of reversible birth control. {{As of|2020}}, 161{{Nbsp}}million people used IUDs worldwide (including both non-hormonal and hormonal IUDs). {{As of|2020}}, IUDs were the most popular method of contraception in fourteen countries, mostly in Central and East Asia.<ref name=":6">{{Cite report |url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/files/documents/2023/Feb/undesa_pd_2022_world-family-planning.pdf |title=World Family Planning 2022 |date=2022 |publisher=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division |access-date=February 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130032144/https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/files/documents/2023/Feb/undesa_pd_2022_world-family-planning.pdf |archive-date=January 30, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In Europe, {{As of|2006|lc=y}}, copper IUD prevalence ranged from under 5% in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria to over 10% in Denmark and the Baltic States.<ref name="IUDAttitudes">{{Cite web | vauthors = Sonfield A |year=2012 |title=Popularity Disparity: Attitudes About the IUD in Europe and the United States |url=http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/gpr/10/4/gpr100419.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307124351/http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/gpr/10/4/gpr100419.html |archive-date=March 7, 2010 |publisher=The Guttmacher Institute}}</ref>