Editing Abortion in the United Kingdom (section)

===Total number of abortions (including historical estimates)===
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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="5" |1958 to 1989
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! Year !! England & Wales<ref name="ew">{{cite news|title=Historical abortion statistics, England and Wales (UK)|url=
https://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/uk/ab-ukenglandwales.html|newspaper=Johnston's Archive|access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>!! Scotland<ref name="sco">{{cite news|title=Historical abortion statistics, Scotland (UK)|url=
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/uk/ab-ukscotland.html|newspaper=Johnston's Archive|access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>!! Northern Ireland<ref name="ni">{{cite news|title=Historical abortion statistics, Northern Ireland|url=
https://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/uk/ab-uknorthireland.html|newspaper=Johnston's Archive|access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>!! Total
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| 1958 || 13,570 || - || -  || 13,570
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| 1959 || 13,900 || - || -  || 13,900
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| 1960 || 14,000 || - || -  || 14,000
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| 1961 || 14,300 || - || -  || 14,300
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| 1962 || 16,800 || - || -  || 16,800
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| 1963 || 16,600 || - || -  || 16,600
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| 1964 || 18,300 || - || -  || 18,300
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| 1965 || 19,500 || - || -  || 19,500
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| 1966 || 21,400 || - || -  || 21,400
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| 1967 || 27,200 || - || -  || 27,200
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| 1968 || 23,641 || 1,544 || -  || 25,185
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| 1969 || 54,819 || 3,556 || -  || 58,375
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| 1970 || 86,565 || 5,254 || -  || 91,819
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| 1971 || 126,777 || 6,333 || -  || 133,110
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| 1972 || 159,884 || 7,609 || -  || 167,493
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| 1973 || 167,149 || 7,542 || -  || 174,691
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| 1974 || 162,940 || 7,568 || -  || 170,508
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| 1975 || 139,702 || 7,327 || -  || 147,029
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| 1976 || 129,673 || 7,219 || -  || 136,892
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| 1977 || 133,004 || 7,334 || -  || 140,338
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| 1978 || 141,558 || 7,451 || -  || 149,009
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| 1979 || 149,746 || 7,784 || - || 157,530
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| 1980 || 160,903 || 7,905 || -  || 168,808
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| 1981 || 162,480 || 9,007 || -  || 171,487
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| 1982 || 163,045 || 8,425 || - || 171,470
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| 1983 || 162,161 || 8,459 || -  || 170,620
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| 1984 || 169,993 || 9,155 || -  || 179,148
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| 1985 || 171,873 || 9,189 || -  || 181,062
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| 1986 || 172,286 || 9,628 || -  || 181,914
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| 1987 || 174,276 || 9,460 || -  || 183,736
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| 1988 || 183,798 || 10,128 || -  || 193,926
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| 1989 || 183,974 || 10,209 || -  || 194,183
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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="5" |1990 to 2020
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! Year !! England & Wales<ref name="ew"/> !! Scotland<ref name="sco"/> !! Northern Ireland<ref name="ni"/> !! Total
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| 1990 || 186,912 || 10,219 || -  || 197,131
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| 1991 || 179,522 || 11,068 || -  || 190,590
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| 1992 || 172,069 || 10,818 || -  || 182,887
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| 1993 || 168,714 || 11,076 || -  || 179,790
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| 1994 || 166,876 || 11,392 || -  || 178,268
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| 1995 || 163,638 || 11,143 || -  || 174,781
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| 1996 || 177,495 || 11,978 || 85 || 189,558
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| 1997 || 179,746 || 12,109 || 79 || 191,934
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| 1998 || 187,402 || 12,485 || 71 || 199,958
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| 1999 || 183,250 || 12,168 || 83  || 195,501
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| 2000 || 185,375 || 11,997 || 71  || 197,553
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| 2001 || 186,274 || 12,128 || 76  || 198,478
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| 2002 || 185,385 || 11,870 || 67  || 197,322
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| 2002 || 190,660 || 12,308 || 64  || 203,032
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| 2004 || 194,498 || 12,462 || 80  || 207,040
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| 2005 || 194,353 || 12,665 || 79  || 207,097
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| 2006 || 201,173 || 13,167 || 91  || 214,431
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| 2007 || 205,598 || 13,778 || 78  || 219,454
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| 2008 || 202,158 || 13,908 || 68  || 216,134
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| 2009 || 195,743 || 13,112 || 75  || 208,930
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| 2010 || 196,109 || 12,948 || 74  || 209,131
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| 2011 || 196,082 || 12,558 || 38 || 208,678
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| 2012 || 190,972 || 12,570 || 45  || 203,587
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| 2013 || 190,800 || 11,946 || 32  || 202,778
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| 2014 || 190,092 || 11,781 || 17  || 201,890
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| 2015 || 191,014 || 12,141 || 16  || 203,171
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| 2016 || 190,406 || 12,124 || 12  || 202,542
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| 2017 || 197,533 || 12,531 || 12  || 210,076
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| 2018 || 205,295 || 13,351 || 8  || 218,624
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| 2019 || 209,519 || 13,606 || 89  || 223,214
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| 2020 || 210,860 || 13,815 || 36  || 224,711
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| '''Total (2020)''' || '''9,231,163''' || '''549,308''' ||'''1,446''' ||'''9,781,917'''
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<gallery mode="packed" widths="150" heights="120" caption="Abortion statistics in the UK + England and Wales">
File:Abortions in the United Kingdom over time.svg|Abortions in the UK over time
File:Percentage of conceptions leading to abortion in the UK.svg|Percentage of conceptions leading to abortion in the UK
File:Births + Abortions in the United Kingdom.svg|Live births + abortions in the UK
File:Abortions in England and Wales.svg|Abortions in England and Wales over time
File:Percentage of conceptions leading to abortion in different age groups in England and Wales.svg|Percentage of conceptions leading to abortion in age groups in England and Wales
File:Abortions by age group in England and Wales.svg|Abortions by age group in England and Wales
File:Percentage of conceptions leading to an abortion overtime from 1969 to 2020 in the England and Wales.svg|Percentage of conceptions leading to an abortion over time in England and Wales
</gallery>