|
|
Top Twenty Source Countries for
International Adoptions
|
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
|
1 |
4,123 |
Guatemala |
5,453 |
*China |
6,493 |
*China |
2 |
3,909 |
*China |
4,728 |
Guatemala |
4,135 |
*Guatemala |
3 |
1,861 |
Russia |
2,310 |
Russia |
3,706 |
Russia |
4 |
1,725 |
*Ethiopia |
1,255 |
Ethiopia |
1,376 |
*South Korea |
5 |
1,065 |
*South Korea |
939 |
*South Korea |
732 |
Ethiopia |
6 |
751 |
*Vietnam |
828 |
*Vietnam |
587 |
*Kazakhstan |
7 |
457 |
Ukraine |
606 |
*Ukraine |
460 |
*Ukraine |
8 |
380 |
Kazakhstan |
540 |
Kazakhstan |
353 |
Liberia |
9 |
307 |
*India |
416 |
*India |
344 |
Colombia |
10 |
306 |
|
314 |
Liberia |
320 |
*India |
11 |
302 |
*Haiti |
310 |
Colombia |
309 |
*Haiti |
12 |
291 |
*Philippines |
265 |
*Philippines |
245 |
*Philippines |
13 |
267 |
Taiwan |
190 |
*Haiti |
187 |
Taiwan |
14 |
249 |
Liberia |
184 |
Taiwan |
163 |
*Vietnam |
15 |
148 |
Nigeria |
89 |
Mexico |
70 |
Mexico |
16 |
103 |
Mexico |
84 |
Poland |
67 |
Poland |
17 |
101 |
Ghana |
67 |
*Thailand |
66 |
Brazil |
18 |
78 |
Kyrgyzstan |
61 |
Kyrgyzstan |
66 |
Nepal |
19 |
77 |
Poland |
55 |
Brazil |
62 |
Nigeria |
20 |
59 |
*Thailand |
54 |
Uganda |
56 |
*Thailand |
|
| Top Twenty |
16,559 |
|
18,748 |
|
19,797 |
|
| World Total |
17,438 |
|
19,613 |
|
20,679 |
|
|
* Countries from which Holt International places children
Information Source: U.S. Department of State
|
|
|
