U.S. International Adoptions: Top 20 Countries of Origin, 2008

The following table details the number of children who were adopted into the United States from around the world in the fiscal year of 2008. Those dates range from Oct. 1, 2007, until Sept. 30, 2008. The top 20 countries of origin are listed, along with the number of children adopted from each of those countries. The number one country of origin for 2008 was Guatemala (in 2007, it was China).

	Fiscal Year 2008
Rank	Country of origin	Number¹
1.	Guatemala	4,123
2.	China	3,909
3.	Russia	1,861
4.	Ethiopia	1,725
5.	South Korea	1,065
6.	Vietnam	751
7.	Ukraine	457
8.	Kazakhstan	380
9.	India	307
10.	Colombia	306
11.	Haiti	302
12.	Philippines	291
13.	Taiwan	267
14.	Liberia	249
15.	Nigeria	148
16.	Mexico	103
17.	Ghana	101
18.	Kyrgyzstan	78
19.	Poland	77
20.	Thailand	59