Statistics[edit]Despite a significant reduction in the abortion to birth ratio since the mid-1990s, the countries of the former Soviet Union maintain the highest rate of abortions in the world. In 2001, 1.31 million children were born in Russia, while 2.11 million abortions were performed.[28] In 2005, 1.6 million abortions were registered in Russia;[4] 20% of these involved girls under the age of 18.[29] Official statistics put the number at 989,000 in 2011,[4] though Russian pro-life activists say that number is much higher.[27]As of 2010, the abortion rate was 37.4 abortions per 1000 women aged 15–44 years, the highest of any country reported in UN data