Adoptions

6   Adoptions, by the child's previous citizenship. Girls. 1997-2002
  1997 19981 1999 2000 2001 2002
Girls            
Total  444  578  422  424  529  613
Norway  146  143  128 71  112  102
             
Europa, rest 42 35 24 29 21 13
Poland 1 - 4 3 2 3
Romania 16 12 6 1 - -
Russia 9 14 5 9 10 5
Hungary 10 6 6 8 5 2
             
Africa, total 23 16 16 18 23 45
Ethiopia 22 9 13 16 20 21
             
Asia, total  162  285  208  235  301  387
Philippines 6 10 3 7 12 14
India 17 24 34 31 22 22
China 91  170  100  131  204  302
South Korea 37 62 50 56 45 37
Thailand 5 8 12 6 14 6
             
South and Central America, total 66 95 46 68 69 86
Guatemala 2 6 3 7 2 7
Bolivia 3 4 2 3 1 -
Brazil 17 17 5 6 7 12
Chile 3 5 5 4 7 6
Colombia 35 63 31 48 52 59
Ecuador 6 - - - - 2
             
Others 1 - - - 1 1
1  Including a large backlog of adoption reports.

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