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Table 12. Immigrant Orphans Adopted by U.S. Citizens by Sex, Age, And Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2014

By Region of Birth and Sex

Region of Birth	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,994	2,983	3,011
Africa	1,390	765	625
Asia	2,917	1,357	1,560
Europe	783	419	364
North America	622	318	304
Oceania	42	19	23
South America	237	103	134
Unknown	3	2	1

By Region of Birth and Age

Region of Birth	Under 1 year	1 to 4 years	5 years and over
Total	286	3,308	2,400
Africa	135	665	590
Asia	83	2,108	726
Europe	15	232	536
North America	7	237	378
Oceania	31	8	3
South America	15	57	165
Unknown	-	1	2

By Country of Birth and Sex

Country of Birth	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,994	2,983	3,011
Bangladesh	17	D	D
Brazil	10	D	D
Bulgaria	180	95	85
China, People's Republic	2,002	823	1,179
Colombia	155	65	90
Congo, Democratic Republic	91	57	34
Costa Rica	12	9	3
Ethiopia	681	382	299
Ghana	109	50	59
Guatemala	30	13	17
Guyana	33	11	22
Haiti	414	224	190
Honduras	17	10	7
Hong Kong	28	19	9
Hungary	22	7	15
India	134	38	96
Jamaica	49	20	29
Japan	20	13	7
Korea, South	373	296	77
Latvia	61	24	37
Liberia	14	D	D
Lithuania	14	7	7
Marshall Islands	29	12	17
Mexico	19	8	11
Morocco	45	35	10
Nicaragua	30	14	16
Nigeria	138	69	69
Pakistan	34	12	22
Peru	27	13	14
Philippines	167	83	84
Poland	52	28	24
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11	4	7
Sierra Leone	25	14	11
South Africa	24	12	12
Taiwan	69	36	33
Thailand	28	12	16
Uganda	200	112	88
Ukraine	409	235	174
All other countries	218	107	111
Unknown	3	2	1

By Country of Birth and Age

Country of Birth	Under 1 year	1 to 4 years	5 years and over
Total	286	3,308	2,400
Bangladesh	7	4	6
Brazil	-	3	7
Bulgaria	-	88	92
China, People's Republic	19	1,516	467
Colombia	15	40	100
Congo, Democratic Republic	D	71	D
Costa Rica	-	D	D
Ethiopia	80	316	285
Ghana	5	30	74
Guatemala	-	-	30
Guyana	-	4	29
Haiti	-	192	222
Honduras	-	7	10
Hong Kong	D	18	D
Hungary	-	7	15
India	-	94	40
Jamaica	-	7	42
Japan	10	5	5
Korea, South	-	366	7
Latvia	-	10	51
Liberia	D	D	9
Lithuania	-	3	11
Marshall Islands	26	3	-
Mexico	-	D	D
Morocco	22	15	8
Nicaragua	3	12	15
Nigeria	8	84	46
Pakistan	26	3	5
Peru	-	5	22
Philippines	-	46	121
Poland	-	18	34
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	D	5	D
Sierra Leone	-	5	20
South Africa	-	14	10
Taiwan	11	30	28
Thailand	-	13	15
Uganda	9	102	89
Ukraine	14	87	308
All other countries	23	77	118
Unknown	-	1	2

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