International Adoption Statistics

June 30, 2007 by sachinskg

Here are available international adoption statistics in terms of immigrant visas issued to orphans coming to the U.S.:

  Total 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990  
Belarus 691 - - 202 191 169 129 - - - - - - - - - - - Belarus
Bolivia 407 - - - - - - 60 - 73 77 - - - 124 73 - - Bolivia
Brazil 1482 66 66 69 - - - - - 90 91 103 146 149 161 138 175 228 Brazil
Bulgaria 2193 - - 110 198 260 297 214 221 151 148 163 110 97 133 91 - - Bulgaria
Cambodia 1701 - - - 124 285 266 402 249 249 66 - - - - - 60 - Cambodia
Chile 979 - - - - - - - - - - 63 90 79 - 179 266 302 Chile
China 23804 - - - - - - 5053 4101 4206 3597 3333 2130 787 330 206 61 - China
China (Mainland) 39102 6493 7906 7044 6859 6119 4681 - - - - - - - - - - - China (Mainland)
China (Taiwan Born) 328 187 141 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - China (Taiwan Born)
China-Taiwan 107 - - - 107 - - - - - - - - - - - - - China-Taiwan
Colombia 5583 344 291 287 272 334 407 246 231 236 233 255 350 351 426 404 521 631 Colombia
Costa Rica 225 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 64 56 105 Costa Rica
Dominican Rep 108 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50 58 Dominican Rep
Ecuador 177 - - - - - - - - - - 51 67 - - - - 59 Ecuador
Elsalvador 443 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 100 117 123 103 Elsalvador
Ethiopia 2250 732 441 289 135 105 158 95 - 96 82 - 63 54 - - - - Ethiopia
Georgia 312 - - - 128 56 - - - - - 77 51 - - - - - Georgia
Guatemala 24643 4135 3783 3264 2328 2419 1609 1518 1002 969 788 427 449 436 512 418 329 257 Guatemala
Haiti 2115 309 234 356 250 187 192 131 - 121 142 68 - 61 - - - 64 Haiti
Honduras 936 - - - - - - - - - - - - 77 179 249 234 197 Honduras
Hungary 123 - - - - - - - - - 72 51 - - - - - - Hungary
India 6996 320 323 406 472 464 543 503 499 478 349 380 371 412 331 352 445 348 India
Jamaica 63 - 63 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jamaica
Japan 388 - - - - - - - - - - - 63 49 64 68 87 57 Japan
Kazakhstan 4882 587 755 826 825 819 672 398 - - - - - - - - - - Kazakhstan
Latvia 325 - - - - - - - - 76 108 82 59 - - - - - Latvia
Liberia 673 353 183 86 - - 51 - - - - - - - - - - - Liberia
Lithuania 349 - - - - - - - - - 78 78 98 95 - - - - Lithuania
Mexico 1442 70 88 89 - 61 73 106 - 168 152 76 83 85 91 91 97 112 Mexico
Moldova 79 - - - - - - 79 - - - - - - - - - - Moldova
Nepal 201 66 62 73 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nepal
Nigeria 198 62 65 71 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nigeria
Paraguay 2188 - - - - - - - - - - 258 351 483 412 212 190 282 Paraguay
Peru 1678 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 224 309 705 440 Peru
Philippines 4469 245 271 196 214 221 219 173 195 200 163 229 298 314 360 357 393 421 Philippines
Poland 1259 67 73 102 97 101 86 83 - 77 78 64 - 94 70 109 92 66 Poland
Romania 8210 - - 57 200 168 782 1119 895 406 621 555 275 199 97 121 2594 121 Romania
Russia 52511 3706 4639 5865 5209 4939 4279 4269 4348 4491 3816 2454 1896 1530 746 324 - - Russia
S. Korea 30476 1376 1630 1716 1790 1779 1870 1794 2008 1829 1654 1516 1666 1795 1775 1840 1818 2620 S. Korea
Taiwan 120 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 54 66 Taiwan
Thailand 1076 56 72 69 72 67 74 88 - 84 - 55 53 - 69 86 131 100 Thailand
Ukraine 6657 460 821 723 702 1106 1246 659 323 180 - - - 164 273 - - - Ukraine
Vietnam 5511 163 - - 382 766 737 724 709 603 425 354 318 220 110 - - - Vietnam
Total 237460 19797 21907 21900 20555 20425 18371 17714 14781 14547 12740 10692 8987 7531 6587 5808 8481 6637 Total

Source: U.S. Department of State

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