Abortion in Muslim Countries 2026

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Country	% Muslim via Pew 2020↓	Muslim Population	Cases in which Abortion is Permitted
Afghanistan	99.9%	37M	To save mother's life
Yemen	99.9%	26.8M	To save mother's life
Iran	99.8%	85.7M	To save mother's life \| When fetus is impaired
Somalia	99.8%	11M	To save mother's life
Morocco	99.7%	36.4M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health
Western Sahara	99.6%	599.6K
Iraq	99.5%	39M	To save mother's life
Tunisia	99.3%	10.2M	Upon request
Mauritania	99.2%	4.2M	To save mother's life
Libya	99%	6.6M	To save mother's life
Palestine	99%	4.3M
Sudan	98.9%	38.6M	To save mother's life
Tajikistan	98.9%	9.3M	Upon request
Mayotte	98.8%	253.4K
Algeria	98.4%	43.7M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s mental health \| To preserve the mother’s physical health
Comoros	98.3%	807.2K	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health
Niger	98.1%	21.1M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health \| When fetus is impaired
Djibouti	97.7%	1M	To save mother's life
Senegal	97.6%	17.4M	To save mother's life
Turkey	97.1%	81.2M	Upon request
Jordan	97.1%	10.2M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health
Gambia	97%	2.3M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s mental health \| To preserve the mother’s physical health
Pakistan	96.5%	233M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health
Uzbekistan	95.6%	29.9M	Upon request
Egypt	95.2%	87.5M	To save mother's life
Azerbaijan	94.7%	10.1M	Upon request
Turkmenistan	94.3%	5.6M	Upon request
Syria	94.2%	15M	To save mother's life
Mali	94.1%	20.5M	To save mother's life \| In cases of incest or rape
Maldives	94.1%	374.8K	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health
Saudi Arabia	92.7%	31.5M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health
Kyrgyzstan	91.7%	5.5M	Upon request
Bangladesh	91.1%	150.8M	To save mother's life
Indonesia	87%	249.8M	To save mother's life
Guinea	86.8%	10.6M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health \| In cases of incest or rape \| When fetus is impaired
Brunei	82.2%	379.9K	To save mother's life
Oman	81.8%	2.4M	To save mother's life
Kuwait	80.2%	2.2M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health \| When fetus is impaired
Sierra Leone	80.1%	6.1M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s mental health \| To preserve the mother’s physical health
Kazakhstan	77.9%	13.2M	Upon request
Qatar	75.9%	1.6M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health \| When fetus is impaired
Albania	74.5%	1.2M	Upon request
Bahrain	74%	1.1M	Upon request
United Arab Emirates	72.9%	6.3M	To save mother's life
Lebanon	67.8%	3.6M	To save mother's life
Burkina Faso	67.4%	13.5M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health \| In cases of incest or rape \| When fetus is impaired
Malaysia	64.1%	20.1M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s mental health \| To preserve the mother’s physical health
Chad	56.4%	10.5M	To save mother's life \| To preserve the mother’s physical health \| When fetus is impaired
Nigeria	56.1%	96M	To save mother's life
Guinea-Bissau	56%	911K
Bosnia and Herzegovina	53.6%	2M
Eritrea	51.7%	2.6M
Ivory Coast	46.3%	11.3M
Ethiopia	36.2%	34.7M
North Macedonia	34.7%	590.9K
Benin	31.4%	3.1M
Tanzania	29.9%	19.4M
Cameroon	25.2%	9.5M
Cyprus	24.4%	275K
Montenegro	21.3%	122.8K
Ghana	19.9%	6.4M
Mozambique	19.4%	5.8M
Mauritius	17.5%	236K
Togo	16.1%	1.6M
Singapore	16.1%	915.1K
India	15.2%	200M
Israel	14.7%	1.5M
Suriname	13.1%	85.8K
Liberia	12.7%	962K
Malawi	11.6%	4M
Uganda	11.4%	5.4M
Kenya	10.9%	5.5M
Georgia	10.5%	398.7K
Bulgaria	10.3%	861K
Sri Lanka	10.2%	2.1M
France	9.1%	6.9M
Gabon	8.6%	211.9K
Austria	8.3%	745.6K
Russia	8.2%	15M
Sweden	8.1%	700K
Belgium	6.8%	879.4K
Philippines	6.5%	5.5M
Germany	6.5%	5.6M
Guyana	6.5%	55K
United Kingdom	6.4%	4M
South Sudan	6.2%	2.5M
Central African Republic	6.2%	861.8K
Switzerland	6.1%	440K
Fiji	5.8%	58.4K
Netherlands	5.5%	387K
Trinidad and Tobago	5.5%	65.7K
Nepal	5.1%	1.3M
Greece	5.1%	313.4K
Canada	4.9%	1.8M
Thailand	4.5%	3.6M
Italy	4.4%	3M
Serbia	4.4%	278.2K
Denmark	4.2%	313.7K
Norway	4.1%	175.5K
Equatorial Guinea	4%	71.8K
Spain	3.6%	2.5M
Malta	3.6%	11.7K
Australia	3.5%	813.4K
Mongolia	3.5%	150K
Myanmar	3.3%	2.4M
Burundi	3%	1.2M
New Caledonia	2.8%	7K
Cambodia	2%	311K
China	1.8%	28.1M
Rwanda	1.8%	576.1K
Luxembourg	1.8%	15K
Ireland	1.7%	71K
South Africa	1.6%	1.1M
Finland	1.6%	140K
Slovenia	1.6%	73.6K
Republic of the Congo	1.5%	108K
New Zealand	1.4%	75.1K
Croatia	1.4%	51K
United States	1.2%	3.5M
Madagascar	1.2%	2.6M
Iceland	1.2%	1K
Brazil	0.5%	767.6K
Mexico	0.5%	5.5K
Japan	0.5%	185K
Vietnam	0.5%	70.9K
Colombia	0.5%	96.3K
South Korea	0.5%	75K
Argentina	0.5%	400K
Angola	0.5%	90K
Ukraine	0.5%	400K
Poland	0.5%	6.8K
Peru	0.5%	1K
Venezuela	0.5%	125.2K
North Korea	0.5%	3K
Taiwan	0.5%	60K
Zambia	0.5%	168.9K
Chile	0.5%	4K
Guatemala	0.5%	1.2K
Romania	0.5%	136.5K
Ecuador	0.5%	1K
Zimbabwe	0.5%	100K
Bolivia	0.5%	2K
Haiti	0.5%	5K
Dominican Republic	0.5%	2K
Honduras	0.5%	30K
Papua New Guinea	0.5%	2K
Cuba	0.5%	11.1K
Portugal	0.5%	36.5K
Hungary	0.5%	50K
Belarus	0.5%	72.5K
Laos	0.5%	1K
Hong Kong	0.5%	295.7K
Nicaragua	0.5%	1K
Paraguay	0.5%	1K
El Salvador	0.5%	18K
Slovakia	0.5%	10.9K
Costa Rica	0.5%	1.5K
Panama	0.5%	25K
Uruguay	0.5%	1.1K
Puerto Rico	0.5%	1K
Namibia	0.5%	9.7K
Moldova	0.5%	15K
Armenia	0.5%	1K
Jamaica	0.5%	5.6K
Lithuania	0.5%	3K
Botswana	0.5%	9K
Lesotho	0.5%	3K
Latvia	0.5%	2K
Timor-Leste	0.5%	26K
Estonia	0.5%	1.5K
Eswatini	0.5%	6K
Solomon Islands	0.5%	1.1K
Bhutan	0.5%	2K
Macau	0.5%	1K
Cape Verde	0.5%	11.4K
Belize	0.5%	484
Bahamas	0.5%	1K
Guadeloupe	0.5%	2K
Vanuatu	0.5%	1K
Martinique	0.5%	1K
French Guiana	0.5%	2.4K
French Polynesia	0.5%	1K
Barbados	0.5%	4.4K
Samoa	0.5%	52
Curacao	0.5%
Saint Lucia	0.5%	292
Guam	0.5%	1K
Kiribati	0.5%	1K
Seychelles	0.5%	1K
Grenada	0.5%	1K
Micronesia	0.5%	1K
Aruba	0.5%	1K
Tonga	0.5%	60
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.5%	2K
United States Virgin Islands	0.5%	1K
DR Congo		1.9M
Antigua and Barbuda		208
Isle of Man		393
Andorra		2.2K
Cayman Islands		1K
Dominica		1K
Bermuda		1K
Faroe Islands		23
Greenland		1K
Turks and Caicos Islands		1K
Saint Kitts and Nevis		1K
American Samoa		1K
Northern Mariana Islands		1K
Gibraltar		1.2K
Liechtenstein		2K
British Virgin Islands		1K
Monaco		1K
Marshall Islands		1K
San Marino		1K
Palau		500
Anguilla		1K
Cook Islands		1K
Nauru		1K
Wallis and Futuna		1K
Tuvalu		1K
Saint Pierre and Miquelon		1K
Montserrat		1K
Falkland Islands		1K
Tokelau		10
Niue		1K
Total		1.9B

Abortion laws may change at any time. Data shown should not be considered legally authoritative.

Abortion Legal GroundsSpecific conditions under which abortion is legally permitted, such as saving the mother’s life, preserving health, or upon request.

Countries Where Abortion Is Allowed Upon Request

Some Muslim-majority countries permit abortion without requiring a specific medical or legal justification, typically within defined gestational limits.

These countries include Tunisia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Kazakhstan, and Bahrain.

Countries Where Abortion Is Allowed to Save the Mother’s Life

In most Muslim-majority countries, abortion is permitted only when the mother’s life is at risk, making it the most common legal standard.

These countries are Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, Mauritania, Djibouti, Senegal, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Bangladesh, Sudan, Indonesia, Oman, Brunei, Nigeria, and the United Arab Emirates.

Countries With Additional Legal Grounds for Abortion

Some Muslim-majority countries allow abortion under broader conditions, such as preserving the mother’s physical or mental health, in cases of rape or incest, or when the fetus has a serious impairment.

Such countries include Morocco, Iran, Algeria, Jordan, Maldives, Niger, Comoros, Pakistan, Gambia, Mali, Saudi Arabia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Kuwait, Qatar, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Malaysia.