international adoption statistics

Each year, the U.S. State Department releases a list of the top countries issuing visas to immigrant children coming to the U.S. Below is a list of the top 20 countries in 2015 and the number of total adoptions.

Country	Total
China	2,354
Ethiopia	335
Republic of South Korea	318
Ukraine	303
Uganda	202
Democratic Republic of the Congo	187
Bulgaria	185
Latvia	170
Nigeria	154
Philippines	150
Haiti	143
India	138
Poland	60
Taiwan	59
Thailand	47
Jamaica	42
South Africa	33
Guyana	31
Pakistan	30
Nicaragua	27

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Asian Child-White Parent

We bring together a panel of adults adopted from Asia and parents who adopted transracially from Asia to talk about conversations they’ve had around culture, abandonment, homeland visits and more. They discuss the prejudice and significant rise in racism towards Asians since Covid-19 as well as the loss of identity that Asian children with White parents may experience.

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