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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