Historical international adoption statistics, United States and world

Historical international adoption statistics, United States and world

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 May 2012

Introduction: The following tables are presented:

United States international adoptions by sending region or by nation (for P.R. China, Russia, and Rep. of Korea), 1953-2011;
United States international adoptions by sending nation, 1953-2011, for those nations sending over 600 children from 1999 to 2011;
Intercounty adoption statistics by receiving nations, 1969-2011 (incomplete);
Intercounty adoption statistics by sending nations, 1988-2011, in two parts (incomplete).

Data are from multiple sources, sometimes using unconsistent methods or reporting periods (e.g. fiscal year vs. calendar year) such that time series may not be uniform. Some data are incomplete; "unspecified" sending nation in table 1 indicates adoptions with unspecified source nation in available data. Sources are listed following the tables.

Also see Historical adoption statistics and child population/welfare statistics, United States.

Graphs of some of the tabulated data:

Table 1: United States international adoptions by sending nation/region, 1953-2011

year Total China, PR Russia North America (less USA) Asia (less PRC, Russia, ROK) Korea, Republic of Europe (less Russia) Africa South America Oceania and Australia unknown not available

1953 4,300 4 4,296

1954 8

1955 59

1956 668

1957 10,900 485 10,415

1958 922

1959 737

1960 627

1961 655

1962 385 0 244 141

1963 1,312 20 439 853

1964 1,651 60 441 1,150

1965 1,448 40 421 987

1966 1,679 20 392 1,267

1967 1,905 50 450 1,405

1968 1,602 60 624 918

1969 2,080 50 755 1,275

1970 2,409 80 998 1,331

1971 2,724 80 1,252 1,392

1972 3,023 120 1,671 1,232

1973 4,015 310 2,329 1,376

1974 4,770 990 2,661 1,119

1975 5,633 650 2,995 1,988

1976 6,552 20 4,008 2,524

1977 6,493 10 3,711 2,772

1978 5,315 0 2,942 2,373

1979 4,862 2,347 2,515

1980 5,139 2,404 2,735

1981 4,868 2,684 2,184

1982 5,749 3,862 1,887

1983 7,127 0 4,854 2,273

1984 8,327 0 80 5,348 2,899

1985 9,285 16 0 6,021 3,248

1986 9,945 10 6,138 3,797

1987 10,097 11 0 5,991 0 4,095

1988 9,120 12 131 0 5,077 11 3,889

1989 8,102 17 178 119 3,544 21 0 4,223

1990 7,093 29 743 919 2,620 135 0 978 1,669

1991 9,050 61 0 991 1,256 1,818 2,751 15 1,914 244

1992 6,536 206 324 1,046 971 1,840 480 37 1,447 185

1993 7,377 330 746 1,103 1,038 1,775 712 31 1,470 172

1994 8,333 787 1,530 825 1,257 1,795 740 54 1,184 161

1995 9,679 2,130 1,896 718 1,286 1,666 655 66 1,040 222

1996 11,340 3,333 2,454 683 1,250 1,516 1,070 47 780 207

1997 13,621 3,597 3,816 1,198 1,234 1,654 1,256 143 540 183

1998 15,774 4,206 4,491 1,354 1,821 1,829 1,044 148 519 0 362

1999 16,369 4,108 4,381 1,392 1,931 2,008 1,701 150 458 5 0 235

2000 18,857 5,058 4,286 1,879 2,828 1,784 2,353 206 452 10 1 0

2001 19,652 4,705 4,292 1,985 3,284 1,862 2,730 336 432 19 7 0

2002 21,467 6,116 4,950 2,773 3,057 1,776 1,966 341 467 19 2 0

2003 21,654 6,857 5,221 2,765 2,647 1,793 1,483 423 402 59 4 0

2004 22,991 7,038 5,862 3,864 2,023 1,713 1,387 605 448 44 7 0

2005 22,734 7,903 4,631 4,295 1,832 1,628 1,106 865 443 21 10 0

2006 20,680 6,492 3,702 4,693 1,907 1,373 659 1,340 502 7 5 0

2007 19,608 5,453 2,303 5,167 2,576 938 869 1,834 450 13 5 0

2008 17,456 3,912 1,857 4,649 2,399 1,064 714 2,409 438 9 5 0

2009 12,744 3,000 1,586 1,291 1,866 1,079 769 2,765 351 33 4 0

2010 11,058 3,401 1,079 368 1,164 865 657 3,147 341 27 9 0

2011 9,319 2,587 962 275 966 736 875 2,548 297 6 7 60

1999-2011 234,589 66,630 45,112 35,396 28,480 18,619 17,269 16,969 5,481 272 66 295

percent 100.00 28.40 19.23 15.09 12.14 7.94 7.36 7.23 2.34 0.12 0.03 0.13

Table 2: United States international adoptions by sending nation, 1953-2011, for sending nations with highest totals for 1999-2011

year China, PR Russia Guatemala Korea, Republic of Ethiopia Ukraine Kazakhstan Vietnam India Colombia Romania Philippines Haiti Cambodia China, Republic of Liberia Bulgaria Poland Mexico Nigeria Thailand Belarus Jamaica

1953 4

1954 8

1955 59

1956 668

1957 485

1958 922

1959 737

1960 627

1961 655

1962 244 0

1963 439 20

1964 441 60

1965 421 40

1966 392 20

1967 450 50

1968 624 60

1969 755 50

1970 998 80

1971 1,252 80

1972 1,671 120

1973 2,329 310

1974 2,661 990

1975 2,995 650

1976 4,008 20

1977 3,711 10

1978 2,942 0

1979 2,347 0

1980 2,404 0

1981 2,684 0

1982 3,862 0

1983 4,854 0

1984 5,348 80

1985 16 6,021 0

1986 10 6,138 0

1987 11 5,991 0

1988 12 5,077 0 40 0

1989 17 3,544 10 3 80 1 109

1990 29 257 2,620 50 348 121 421 64 3 112 100

1991 61 329 1,818 15 0 0 37 445 521 2,594 393 49 60 54 9 92 97 131 0 41

1992 206 324 418 1,840 37 55 1 22 352 404 121 357 16 15 36 0 91 109 91 0 86 21 27

1993 330 746 512 1,775 30 273 19 110 331 426 97 360 51 1 32 1 133 70 91 0 69 36 48

1994 787 1,530 436 1,795 54 164 38 220 412 351 199 341 61 3 35 0 97 94 85 0 47 6 35

1995 2,130 1,896 449 1,666 63 4 16 318 371 350 275 298 49 10 23 3 110 30 83 0 53 7 45

1996 3,333 2,454 427 1,516 44 1 1 354 380 255 555 229 68 32 19 3 163 64 76 0 55 36 34

1997 3,597 3,816 788 1,654 82 59 26 425 349 233 621 163 142 66 19 38 148 78 152 15 63 49 31

1998 4,206 4,491 969 1,829 96 180 54 603 478 236 406 200 121 249 30 9 151 77 168 11 84 2 38

1999 4,108 4,381 1,002 2,008 42 323 113 709 499 231 895 194 96 161 32 17 125 98 136 8 78 32 52

2000 5,058 4,286 1,516 1,784 95 658 382 728 500 245 1,119 171 130 797 28 25 214 84 106 4 87 46 39

2001 4,705 4,292 1,610 1,862 165 1,240 658 736 542 265 782 219 192 811 42 47 296 96 72 33 68 128 51

2002 6,116 4,950 2,419 1,776 105 1,094 810 766 461 335 169 218 187 384 49 23 260 114 61 45 67 167 38

2003 6,857 5,221 2,328 1,793 165 692 828 382 473 272 200 211 248 147 107 27 198 111 61 47 71 186 36

2004 7,038 5,862 3,264 1,713 284 794 835 21 406 285 57 199 355 47 108 86 110 101 89 70 70 201 52

2005 7,903 4,631 3,783 1,628 442 824 755 7 323 287 2 268 234 6 141 183 30 73 88 65 71 21 62

2006 6,492 3,702 4,135 1,373 731 463 588 163 319 344 0 248 310 2 187 353 28 67 70 62 56 0 49

2007 5,453 2,303 4,726 938 1,254 613 547 828 411 309 3 260 191 0 184 314 20 84 89 33 66 0 46

2008 3,912 1,857 4,112 1,064 1,723 490 379 748 308 306 2 291 301 0 266 249 5 77 105 148 59 0 39

2009 3,000 1,586 754 1,079 2,275 610 295 481 297 238 5 281 330 0 253 35 15 50 72 109 56 0 54

2010 3,401 1,079 50 865 2,511 450 181 9 241 235 0 216 133 0 282 48 40 50 52 189 53 0 59

2011 2,587 962 32 736 1,732 640 86 0 226 216 0 229 33 0 205 29 75 52 22 149 44 1 100

1999-2011 66,630 45,112 29,731 18,619 11,524 8,891 6,457 5,578 5,006 3,568 3,234 3,005 2,740 2,355 1,884 1,436 1,416 1,057 1,023 962 846 782 677

Table 3: Intercountry adoption statistics by receiving nations, 1969-2011

year Australia Belgium Canada Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States *all

1969 1,031 2,080

1970 192 115 1,150 2,409

1971 1,369 2,724

1972 1,364 3,023

1973 1,314 4,015

1974 1,443 4,770

1975 1,018 397 1,517 5,633

1976 1,791 6,552

1977 1,864 6,493

1978 1,625 5,315

1979 1,382 4,862

1980 1,594 384 1,704 5,139

1981 1,789 4,868

1982 1,474 5,749

1983 1,651 7,127

1984 1,493 8,327

1985 1,138 507 1,560 9,285

1986 1,542 9,945

1987 1,355 10,097

1988 516 662 232 523 78 2,441 875 2,078 577 566 93 1,074 492 9,120

1989 883 8,102

1990 830 500 965 7,093

1991 1,113 9,050

1992 1,115 6,536

1993 1,740 2,783 1,696 574 934 923 7,377

1994 2,045 3,075 1,712 594 959 741 8,333

1995 2,022 3,028 236 2,161 661 488 895 665 9,679

1996 2,064 3,666 2,649 704 908 742 11,340

1997 1,799 3,528 2,019 666 834 733 13,621

1998 245 487 2,222 12 624 181 3,777 922 15 147 2,233 60 825 371 643 1,487 928 456 258 15,774 31,710

1999 244 450 2,019 16 697 149 3,597 977 14 214 214 2,177 66 993 356 589 2,006 1,019 391 312 16,369

2000 1,866 1,193 589 981 18,857

2001 289 419 1,874 10 631 218 3,094 798 17 179 269 1,797 56 1,122 358 713 3,428 1,044 458 326 19,652 36,379

2002 294 444 1,926 3 609 246 3,551 884 19 357 165 2,225 47 1,130 263 747 3,625 1,107 478 285 21,467 38,524

2003 278 430 2,180 3 523 238 3,995 674 30 358 256 2,772 51 1,154 278 714 3,951 1,046 656 301 21,654 41,530

2004 370 470 1,955 3 528 289 4,079 506 28 398 226 3,402 56 46 1,307 351 706 5,541 1,109 557 332 22,991 45,288

2005 434 471 1,871 585 308 4,136 191 2,840 39 1,185 582 5,423 1,083 22,734 43,857

2006 421 383 1,535 450 218 3,977 176 3,188 60 816 448 4,472 879 20,680 39,742

2007 405 358 1,713 426 176 3,162 218 3,420 64 778 426 3,648 800 19,608 37,526

2008 1,915 3,271 3,977 3,156 17,456 34,785

2009 2,122 3,017 307 3,964 682 347 3,006 912 12,744 29,867

2010 1,946 3,504 4,130 2,891 11,058 29,005

2011 1,995 9,319

Table 4, part 1: Intercountry adoption statistics by sending nations, 1988-2011

year Belarus Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Chile China, PR China, Republic of Columbia Congo, DR Ethiopia Ghana Guatemala Haiti Hungary India Jamaica Kazakhstan

1988 1,661

1989 1,213

1990 1,272

1991

1992 1,007

1993

1994

1995 991 1,236

1996

1997

1998 637 347 481 1,571

1999 630 403 1,453 1,615

2000 60 214 596 5,095 246 95 1,518 131 1,364 399

2001 297 565 7,725 266 728 1,609 192 1,298 51 672

2002 358 626 9,135 695 1,231

2003 656 273 478 965 63 309 100 11,229 221 1,750 854 2,677 1,055 69 1,172 79 861

2004 627 260 487 378 93 94 93 13,407 189 1,741 12 1,527 32 3,424 1,159 68 1,083 75 903

2005 23 250 463 125 78 95 85 14,496 237 1,470 1,778 3,872 958 873 85 823

2006 34 130 513 96 107 159 81 10,745 260 1,639 62 2,172 34 4,227 1,096 92 834 69 699

2007 14 134 486 95 97 167 80 8,753 262 1,626 3,033 4,851 783 1,003 66 753

2008 5 132 82 5,972 1,617 62 3,896 116 4,186 1,368 115 821

2009 54 5,085 1,413 149 4,596 116 799 1,238 725

2010 99 248 79 5,471 1,798 188 4,396 129 58 2,601 139 613

2011

Table 4, part 2: Intercountry adoption statistics by sending nations, 1988-2011

year Korea, Republic of Liberia Lithuania Madagascar Mali Mexico Moldova Nepal Nigeria Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russia South Africa Thailand Ukraine United States Vietnam

1988 6,463

1989 4,191

1990 2,962

1991 2,197

1992 2,045

1993 2,290 47

1994 2,262 84

1995 2,180 94

1996 2,080 92

1997 2,057 88

1998 2,443 78

1999 2,409 102

2000 2,360 106 79 173 83 1,119 4,269 88 659 78 724

2001 2,436 51 73 219 86 782 4,279 74 1,246 65 737

2002 2,365 53

2003 2,306 32 85 393 135 79 195 64 118 406 345 456 7,745 144 495 2,052 74 936

2004 2,258 87 99 335 82 145 269 94 91 414 406 287 9,425 242 515 2,021 126 491

2005 2,101 193 280 93 149 182 99 163 503 7,480 226 414 1,982 169 1,198

2006 1,899 369 90 137 126 139 395 104 174 460 395 0 6,783 206 360 1,053 178 1,370

2007 1,265 335 63 166 167 222 70 164 574 4,880 186 438 1,619 178 1,695

2008 1,250 249 121 15 107 223 407 0 4,140 230 1,577 287 1,739

2009 1,421 36 36 191 184 600 4,033 283 1,516 317 1,506

2010 1,154 52 113 55 132 259 515 325 0 3,387 190 1,093 205 1,242

2011 73

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year	Total	China, PR	Russia	North America (less USA)	Asia (less PRC, Russia, ROK)	Korea, Republic of	Europe (less Russia)	Africa	South America	Oceania and Australia	unknown	not available
1953	4,300					4						4,296
1954						8
1955						59
1956						668
1957	10,900					485						10,415
1958						922
1959						737
1960						627
1961						655
1962	385				0	244						141
1963	1,312				20	439						853
1964	1,651				60	441						1,150
1965	1,448				40	421						987
1966	1,679				20	392						1,267
1967	1,905				50	450						1,405
1968	1,602				60	624						918
1969	2,080				50	755						1,275
1970	2,409				80	998						1,331
1971	2,724				80	1,252						1,392
1972	3,023				120	1,671						1,232
1973	4,015				310	2,329						1,376
1974	4,770				990	2,661						1,119
1975	5,633				650	2,995						1,988
1976	6,552				20	4,008						2,524
1977	6,493				10	3,711						2,772
1978	5,315				0	2,942						2,373
1979	4,862					2,347						2,515
1980	5,139					2,404						2,735
1981	4,868					2,684						2,184
1982	5,749					3,862						1,887
1983	7,127				0	4,854						2,273
1984	8,327	0			80	5,348						2,899
1985	9,285	16			0	6,021						3,248
1986	9,945	10				6,138						3,797
1987	10,097	11		0		5,991	0					4,095
1988	9,120	12		131	0	5,077	11					3,889
1989	8,102	17		178	119	3,544	21		0			4,223
1990	7,093	29		743	919	2,620	135	0	978			1,669
1991	9,050	61	0	991	1,256	1,818	2,751	15	1,914			244
1992	6,536	206	324	1,046	971	1,840	480	37	1,447			185
1993	7,377	330	746	1,103	1,038	1,775	712	31	1,470			172
1994	8,333	787	1,530	825	1,257	1,795	740	54	1,184			161
1995	9,679	2,130	1,896	718	1,286	1,666	655	66	1,040			222
1996	11,340	3,333	2,454	683	1,250	1,516	1,070	47	780			207
1997	13,621	3,597	3,816	1,198	1,234	1,654	1,256	143	540			183
1998	15,774	4,206	4,491	1,354	1,821	1,829	1,044	148	519	0		362
1999	16,369	4,108	4,381	1,392	1,931	2,008	1,701	150	458	5	0	235
2000	18,857	5,058	4,286	1,879	2,828	1,784	2,353	206	452	10	1	0
2001	19,652	4,705	4,292	1,985	3,284	1,862	2,730	336	432	19	7	0
2002	21,467	6,116	4,950	2,773	3,057	1,776	1,966	341	467	19	2	0
2003	21,654	6,857	5,221	2,765	2,647	1,793	1,483	423	402	59	4	0
2004	22,991	7,038	5,862	3,864	2,023	1,713	1,387	605	448	44	7	0
2005	22,734	7,903	4,631	4,295	1,832	1,628	1,106	865	443	21	10	0
2006	20,680	6,492	3,702	4,693	1,907	1,373	659	1,340	502	7	5	0
2007	19,608	5,453	2,303	5,167	2,576	938	869	1,834	450	13	5	0
2008	17,456	3,912	1,857	4,649	2,399	1,064	714	2,409	438	9	5	0
2009	12,744	3,000	1,586	1,291	1,866	1,079	769	2,765	351	33	4	0
2010	11,058	3,401	1,079	368	1,164	865	657	3,147	341	27	9	0
2011	9,319	2,587	962	275	966	736	875	2,548	297	6	7	60
1999-2011	234,589	66,630	45,112	35,396	28,480	18,619	17,269	16,969	5,481	272	66	295
percent	100.00	28.40	19.23	15.09	12.14	7.94	7.36	7.23	2.34	0.12	0.03	0.13

year	Australia	Belgium	Canada	Cyprus	Denmark	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Iceland	Ireland	Israel	Italy	Luxembourg	Malta	Netherlands	New Zealand	Norway	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United Kingdom	United States	*all
1969																				1,031			2,080
1970																192		115		1,150			2,409
1971																				1,369			2,724
1972																				1,364			3,023
1973																				1,314			4,015
1974																				1,443			4,770
1975																1,018		397		1,517			5,633
1976																				1,791			6,552
1977																				1,864			6,493
1978																				1,625			5,315
1979																				1,382			4,862
1980																1,594		384		1,704			5,139
1981																				1,789			4,868
1982																				1,474			5,749
1983																				1,651			7,127
1984																				1,493			8,327
1985																1,138		507		1,560			9,285
1986																				1,542			9,945
1987																				1,355			10,097
1988	516	662	232		523	78	2,441	875					2,078			577		566	93	1,074	492		9,120
1989																				883			8,102
1990																830		500		965			7,093
1991																				1,113			9,050
1992																				1,115			6,536
1993			1,740				2,783						1,696			574				934	923		7,377
1994			2,045				3,075						1,712			594				959	741		8,333
1995			2,022				3,028		236				2,161			661		488		895	665		9,679
1996			2,064				3,666						2,649			704				908	742		11,340
1997			1,799				3,528						2,019			666				834	733		13,621
1998	245	487	2,222	12	624	181	3,777	922		15	147		2,233	60		825	371	643	1,487	928	456	258	15,774	31,710
1999	244	450	2,019	16	697	149	3,597	977		14	214	214	2,177	66		993	356	589	2,006	1,019	391	312	16,369
2000			1,866													1,193		589		981			18,857
2001	289	419	1,874	10	631	218	3,094	798		17	179	269	1,797	56		1,122	358	713	3,428	1,044	458	326	19,652	36,379
2002	294	444	1,926	3	609	246	3,551	884		19	357	165	2,225	47		1,130	263	747	3,625	1,107	478	285	21,467	38,524
2003	278	430	2,180	3	523	238	3,995	674		30	358	256	2,772	51		1,154	278	714	3,951	1,046	656	301	21,654	41,530
2004	370	470	1,955	3	528	289	4,079	506		28	398	226	3,402	56	46	1,307	351	706	5,541	1,109	557	332	22,991	45,288
2005	434	471	1,871		585	308	4,136					191	2,840		39	1,185		582	5,423	1,083			22,734	43,857
2006	421	383	1,535		450	218	3,977					176	3,188		60	816		448	4,472	879			20,680	39,742
2007	405	358	1,713		426	176	3,162					218	3,420		64	778		426	3,648	800			19,608	37,526
2008			1,915				3,271						3,977						3,156				17,456	34,785
2009			2,122				3,017				307		3,964			682		347	3,006	912			12,744	29,867
2010			1,946				3,504						4,130						2,891				11,058	29,005
2011							1,995																9,319

year	Belarus	Bolivia	Brazil	Bulgaria	Burkina Faso	Cambodia	Chile	China, PR	China, Republic of	Columbia	Congo, DR	Ethiopia	Ghana	Guatemala	Haiti	Hungary	India	Jamaica	Kazakhstan
1988																	1,661
1989																	1,213
1990																	1,272
1991
1992																	1,007
1993
1994
1995			991														1,236
1996
1997
1998			637			347						481					1,571
1999			630			403								1,453			1,615
2000		60		214		596		5,095		246		95		1,518	131		1,364		399
2001				297		565		7,725		266		728		1,609	192		1,298	51	672
2002			358			626		9,135				695					1,231
2003	656	273	478	965	63	309	100	11,229	221	1,750		854		2,677	1,055	69	1,172	79	861
2004	627	260	487	378	93	94	93	13,407	189	1,741	12	1,527	32	3,424	1,159	68	1,083	75	903
2005	23	250	463	125	78	95	85	14,496	237	1,470		1,778		3,872	958		873	85	823
2006	34	130	513	96	107	159	81	10,745	260	1,639	62	2,172	34	4,227	1,096	92	834	69	699
2007	14	134	486	95	97	167	80	8,753	262	1,626		3,033		4,851	783		1,003	66	753
2008	5			132	82			5,972		1,617	62	3,896	116	4,186	1,368	115	821
2009					54			5,085		1,413	149	4,596	116	799	1,238		725
2010	99			248	79			5,471		1,798	188	4,396	129	58	2,601	139	613
2011

year	Korea, Republic of	Liberia	Lithuania	Madagascar	Mali	Mexico	Moldova	Nepal	Nigeria	Peru	Philippines	Poland	Romania	Russia	South Africa	Thailand	Ukraine	United States	Vietnam
1988	6,463
1989	4,191
1990	2,962
1991	2,197
1992	2,045
1993	2,290																	47
1994	2,262																	84
1995	2,180																	94
1996	2,080																	92
1997	2,057																	88
1998	2,443																	78
1999	2,409																	102
2000	2,360					106	79				173	83	1,119	4,269		88	659	78	724
2001	2,436	51				73					219	86	782	4,279		74	1,246	65	737
2002	2,365																	53
2003	2,306	32	85	393	135	79		195	64	118	406	345	456	7,745	144	495	2,052	74	936
2004	2,258	87	99	335	82	145		269	94	91	414	406	287	9,425	242	515	2,021	126	491
2005	2,101	193		280	93	149		182	99	163	503			7,480	226	414	1,982	169	1,198
2006	1,899	369	90	137	126	139		395	104	174	460	395	0	6,783	206	360	1,053	178	1,370
2007	1,265	335		63	166	167		222	70	164	574			4,880	186	438	1,619	178	1,695
2008	1,250	249	121	15	107				223			407	0	4,140	230		1,577	287	1,739
2009	1,421	36		36	191				184		600			4,033	283		1,516	317	1,506
2010	1,154	52	113	55	132				259		515	325	0	3,387	190		1,093	205	1,242
2011																		73