International adoption of South Korean children
Statistics

International adoption of South Korean children

Section Title: Statistics
Table Section Text: None

Intercountry Adoptions Out of South Korea From 1953 to 2008

Year	Total	Year	Total	Year	Total	Year	Total	Year	Total	Year	Total

1960	638	1970	1,932	1980	4,144	1990	2,962	2000	2,360

1961	660	1971	2,725	1981	4,628	1991	2,197	2001	2,436

1962	254	1972	3,490	1982	6,434	1992	2,045	2002	2,365

1953	4	1963	442	1973	4,688	1983	7,263	1993	2,290	2003	2,287

1954	8	1964	462	1974	5,302	1984	7,924	1994	2,262	2004	2,258

1955	59	1965	451	1975	5,077	1985	8,837	1995	2,180	2005	2,010

1956	671	1966	494	1976	6,597	1986	8,680	1996	2,080	2006	1,899

1957	486	1967	626	1977	6,159	1987	7,947	1997	2,057	2007	1,264

1958	930	1968	949	1978	5,917	1988	6,463	1998	2,443	2008	1,250

1959	741	1969	1,190	1979	4,148	1989	4,191	1999	2,409

1953-1959 Total 2,899	1960-1969 Total 6,166	1970-1979 Total 46,035	1980-1989 Total 66,511	1990-1999 Total 22,925	2000-2008 Total 18,129

There was a total of 162,665 overseas adoptions out of South Korea from 1953 to 2008.

Sources: Hübinette (2005) and South Korean Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs (2009)

Sentence(s)

The nation had 2057 overseas adoptions in 1997.

final_sentence: The nation had 2057 overseas adoptions in 1997.