Question: What were the top 20 countries being adopted from in 2004?
Answer: According to the U.S. Department of State's web site 22,884 visas were issued to orphans entering the United States in 2004. Compare this to the 2003, total.
- 7,044 - China (mainland)
- 5,865 - Russia
- 3,264 - Guatemala
- 1,716 - Korea
- 826 - Kazakhstan
- 723 - Ukraine
- 406 - India
- 356 - Haiti
- 289 - Ethiopia
- 287 - Colombia
- 202 - Belarus
- 196 - Philippines
- 110 - Bulgaria
- 102 - Poland
- 89 - Mexico
- 86 - Liberia
- 73 - Nepal
- 71 - Nigeria
- 69 - Thailand & Brazil (both 69)
- 57 - Romania
