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Top 20 Countries for Adoption

This information has been provided by U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs based upon immigrant visas issued to orphans coming to the U.S. Note the continual drop in adoption since the peak in 2005. It is expected that the decline will be more dramatic in 2009 with the number of adoptions dropping to approximately 12,000 children.

RANK	FY 2008	FY 2007	FY 2006	FY 2005	FY 2004
1	Guatemala	China	China	China	China
1	4,123	5,453	6,493	7,906	7,044
2	China	Guatemala	Guatemala	Russia	Russia
2	3,909	4,728	4,135	4,639	5,865
3	Russia	Russia	Russia	Guatemala	Guatemala
3	1,861	2,310	3,706	3,783	3,264
4	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea
4	1,725	1,255	1,376	1,630	1,716
5	South Korea	South Korea	Ethiopia	Ukraine	Kazakhstan
5	1,065	939	732	821	826
6	Vietnam	Vietnam	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Ukraine
6	751	828	587	755	723
7	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ethiopia	India
7	457	606	460	441	406
8	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Liberia	India	Haiti
8	380	540	353	323	356
9	India	India	Colombia	Colombia	Ethiopia
9	307	416	344	291	289
10	Colombia	Liberia	India	Philippines	Colombia
10	306	314	320	271	287
11	Haiti	Colombia	Haiti	Haiti	Belarus
11	302	310	309	234	202
12	Philippines	Philippines	Philippines	Liberia	Philippines
12	291	265	245	183	196
13	Taiwan	Haiti	Taiwan	Taiwan	Bulgaria
13	267	190	187	141	110
14	Liberia	Taiwan	Vietnam	Mexico	Poland
14	249	184	163	88	102
15	Nigeria	Mexico	Mexico	Poland	Mexico
15	148	89	70	73	89
16	Mexico	Poland	Poland	Thailand	Liberia
16	103	84	67	72	86
17	Ghana	Thailand	Brazil	Brazil	Nepal
17	101	67	66	66	73
18	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Nepal	Nigeria	Nigeria
18	78	61	66	65	71
19	Poland	Brazil	Nigeria	Jamaica	Brazil
19	77	55	62	63	69
20	Thailand	Uganda	Thailand	Nepal	Thailand
20	59	54	56	62	69
TOTAL	16,559	18,748	19,797	21,907	21,843