Adoptions

3   Adoptions, by the child's sex, age and previous citizenship. 2001
Previous citizenship Both sexes Boys, by age Girls, by age
Total Total -1 1-2 3-11 12- Total -1 1-2 3-11 12-
Total  908  379 83  148 93 55  529 74  285 89 81
Foreign  721  304 83  145 71 5  417 72  283 59 3
Norway  187 75 - 3 22 50  112 2 2 30 78
Europe, total 56 35 1 11 20 3 21 - 10 10 1
Denmark 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
Iceland 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
France 3 1 - - 1 - 2 - - 2 -
Latvia 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - -
Poland 4 2 - 2 - - 2 - 2 - -
Romania 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
Russia 22 12 - 5 7 - 10 - 6 4 -
Turkey 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -
Germany 2 - - - - - 2 - - 1 1
Hungary 19 14 - 2 12 - 5 - 2 3 -
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - -
Africa, total 50 27 9 15 3 - 23 4 11 7 1
Ethiopia 46 26 9 15 2 - 20 4 10 6 -
Morocco 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Rwanda 2 - - - - - 2 - 1 1 -
Zambia 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - -
Asia, total  447  146 45 77 23 1  301 41  236 23 1
Aserbajdsjan 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - -
Philippines 31 19 - 6 12 1 12 - 4 8 -
India 40 18 1 16 1 - 22 - 17 5 -
Iran 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 1
China  208 4 - 4 - -  204 12  190 2 -
South Korea  125 80 43 37 - - 45 27 17 1 -
Nepal 3 1 - 1 - - 2 2 - - -
Thailand 34 20 - 10 10 - 14 - 7 7 -
Vietnam 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - -
North- and Central America, total 6 4 - 2 2 - 2 - 1 1 -
Guatemala 5 3 - 2 1 - 2 - 1 1 -
USA 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - -
South America, total  161 92 28 40 23 1 69 27 25 17 -
Bolivia 3 2 - 1 1 - 1 - - 1 -
Brazil 16 9 - 2 7 - 7 - 1 6 -
Chile 13 6 - 4 2 - 7 - 2 5 -
Colombia  118 66 27 28 11 - 52 26 22 4 -
Ecuador 6 6 - 3 2 1 - - - - -
Peru 5 3 1 2 - - 2 1 - 1 -
Stateless 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 -

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