Adoptions

4   Adoptions, by the child's previous citizenship. Both sexes. 1997-2001
  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Both sexes          
Total  814 1 093  802  792  908
Norway  272  290  263  133  187
           
Europa, rest 85 99 58 64 56
Denmark - 2 - 1 1
Iceland - - - - 1
Sweden - - 2 - -
Bulgaria - 1 - - -
France - - - - 3
Croatia - - - 1 -
Latvia 1 1 2 2 1
Yugoslavia 1 - - 1 -
Poland 1 - 5 4 4
Romania 32 41 15 3 1
Litauen 1 - 1 - -
United Kingdom 1 - 2 1 -
Russia 26 30 21 22 22
Turkey - 3 - 5 1
Germany 2 - - - 2
Ukraine - - - 1 -
Hungary 17 20 10 23 19
Austria 1 - - - -
Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 1 - - 1
           
Africa 52 46 40 61 50
Ethiopia 50 39 37 59 46
Egypt - 1 - - -
Ghana - - 1 - -
Cameroon - 1 - 1 -
Madagascar - 1 2 1 -
Morocco - - - - 1
Mauritania 1 - - - -
Rwanda - - - - 2
South Africa - 1 - - -
Tunisia 1 - - - -
Zambia - 3 - - 1
           
Asia  240  444  311  375  447
Aserbajdsjan - - - - 1
Sri Lanka - 4 6 3 3
Philippines 11 34 11 27 31
India 23 44 54 49 40
Indonesia - - 1 - -
Iran - - - - 1
Japan - - 1 - -
China 97  178  103  138  208
South Korea 84  157  107  136  125
Nepal - 2 1 5 3
Pakistan - - 1 - -
Singapore 1 - - - -
Thailand 9 13 19 17 34
Vietnam 15 12 7 - 1
           
North- and Cental America 8 12 12 11 6
Dominican Republic 1 - - - -
Guatemala 4 10 9 9 5
Mexico - - 2 2 -
Nicaragua 2 - - - -
USA 1 2 1 - 1
           
South America  157  202  117  148  161
Argentina - 1 - - -
Bolivia 12 9 9 6 3
Brazil 30 35 15 16 16
Chile 6 11 8 9 13
Colombia 97  138 80  106  118
Ecuador 10 - - 1 6
Peru - 7 5 9 5
Uruguay 2 - - 1 -
Fiji - 1 - - -
Stateless - - 1 - 1
Unknown - - - - -

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