Of the millions of children from international countries that currently reside either in an orphanage or in worse conditions, only 21,110 were adopted by US residents in 2004.

Top Twenty Source Countries for International Adoptions:

	Country	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998
	China	7,044	6,859	5,053	4,681	5,053	4,101	4,206
	Russia	5,865	5,209	4,939	4,279	4,269	4,348	4,491
	Guatemala	3,264	2,328	2,219	1,609	1,518	1,002	911
	S. Korea	1,716	1,790	1,779	1,770	1,794	2,008	1,829
	Ukraine	723	702	1,106	1,246	659	321	180
	Kazakhstan	826	825	819	672	399	113	--
	Vietnam	--	382	766	737	724	709	603
	India	406	472	466	543	503	499	478
	Colombia	287	272	334	266	246	231	351
	Bulgaria	110	198	260	297	214	221	151
	Cambodia	--	124	254	407	402	249	249
	Philippines	196	214	221	219	173	195	200
	Haiti	356	250	187	192	131	96	121
	Belarus	--	191	169	129	--	--	--
	Romania	57	200	168	782	1,122	895	406
	Ethiopia	--	135	105	158	95	103	96
	Poland	102	97	101	86	83	97	77
	Thailand and Brazil	69	72	67	74	88	77	84
	Peru	--	--	65	--	--	--	--
	Mexico	89	61	61	73	106	137	168
	Top Twenty	20,437	20,381	19,139	18,193	17,579	15,365	14,817
	World Totals	21,110	20,443	20,099	19,137	18,537	16,396	15,774