Adoptions

5   Adoptions, by the child's previous citizenship. Boys. 1997-2002
  1997 19981 1999 2000 2001 2002
Boys            
Total  370  515  380  368  379  376
Norway  126  147  135 62 75 85
             
Europa, rest 43 64 34 35 35 34
Poland - - 1 1 2 8
Romania 16 29 9 2 1 -
Russia 17 16 16 13 12 5
Hungary 7 14 4 15 14 16
             
Africa, total 29 30 24 43 27 19
Ethiopia 28 30 24 43 26 19
             
Asia, total 78  159  103  140  146  141
Philippines 5 24 8 20 19 26
India 6 20 20 18 18 15
China 6 8 3 7 4 12
South Korea 47 95 57 80 80 69
Thailand 4 5 7 11 20 13
             
South and Central America, total 93  108 75 79 92 89
Guatemala 2 4 6 2 3 -
Bolivia 9 5 7 3 2  
Brazil 13 18 10 10 9 12
Chile 3 6 3 5 6 6
Colombia 62 75 49 58 66 70
Ecuador 4 - - 1 6 1
             
Others - 3 2 - 1 -
1  Including a large backlog of adoption reports.

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