Birth, Fertility Contraception

Abortion around the world: An overview of legislation, measures, trends and consequences

Access to abortion around the world is highly unequal. In African and Latin American countries access may be restricted to particular causes of pregnancy or totally outlawed.

Selective abortion in Asia

On average, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls. However, in China, India and several other Asian and Caucasian countries, the proportion of newborn boys is abnormally high because couples practice sex-selective abortion.

Women Who Give Birth "Secretly"

France is the only Western country, apart from Luxembourg, Italy and the Czech Republic, where the law allows women to request that their identity be kept secret and withheld from their child’s birth certificate

Is the world population moving toward 10 billion? [FR]

by Gilles Pison 2011 Duration :12’49"

Fertility rates, mortality rates, natural increase

All countries

Detailed abortion statistics