- * 2003 Updated: Number
of orphanages: (July 31st, 2003) 916, where 597 is public
orphanages and 319 private orphanages.
* 2002 Total number of orphanages = 940 where 49484
institutionalized children lives in
source: The Romanian National Institute of Statistics <no link
available>
* 1995 No statistic on number of orphanages, but
100,000 children living in such institutions as of 1995.> source
100s of orphanages.
> source
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2003
In Romania are around 5,600,000 children with ages between
0-18, approximately 1.5% of them are under the Public
Specialized Services for Children’s Protection.
Number of children by group of ages in orphanages – July
2003:
In public orphanages: 31,908, in private
orphanages: 5,583, Total: 37,491. In public orphanages:
794 children are under 1yr old, between 1-2yrs old are
1,078; between 3-6yrs old are 1,848; between 7-9yrs old are
2,776; 7,716 children are between 10-13yrs old, between
14-17yrs old are 12,923 children and between 18-26yrs old
are 4,773 children. Total children living in public
orphanages: 31,908.
In private orphanages:
151 children are under 1yr old, 422 children are between
1-2yrs old, 887 children are between 3-6yrs old, 907
children are between 7-9yrs old, 1465 children are between
10-13yrs old, 1471 children are between 14-17yrs old and 280
"children" are between 18-26 yrs old. The Total children
living in private orphanages: 5,583. Source for all
above Romanian statistics:
National Authority for Children Protection and Adoption of
the Romanian Government,
see Report section.
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2002 In Romania are 49484 institutionalized
children in 940 orphanages, these statistics are related by
Romanian National Institute of Statistics. Extra statistics:
More than half of all institutionalized children are boys
(55,2%). Around 1/3 of all institutionalized children are
under 11 years old, the rest of are younger between the ages
12-17. The same Institute relating that about 1/2 of
institutionalized children are not visited by parents or
relatives, every once at 6 months. 22,6% of
institutionalized children are orphans. In the counties
Suceava and Vaslui lives most many institutionalized
children. Source: The Romanian
National Institute of Statistics (2002)
<no
link available>
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Conflicting
numbers from different sources: 125,000+ (2002) “The number
of children in Romanian orphanages has continued to increase
since the end of Ceausescu's tyranny. At the time of
Ceausescu's death in 1989 there were 85,000 children in
orphanages. In 1993 that number had risen to 98,000. Today
in 2002 that number is over 125,000.” Read “New
Opportunities for Romanian Orphaned Children.”
> source or: 60,000 (2002) “Although the situation is
improving, more than 60,000 children still live in state
orphanages, while some 30,000 have been placed with foster
parents.” Read “Romanian Adoption Issue May Cloud Nato
Plans,” by Eugen Tomiuc. Adoption News (4/15/2002) at:
> source
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