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The Number of Orphanages - by
country
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| WORLD STATISTICS
(1999) |
Catholic-run institutions:
Orphanages Children’s Homes
WORLD 8,246 11,911
Africa 729 1,645
America 2,280 5,297
Asia 2,968 2,485
Europe 2,043 2,402
Oceania 226 82 check
out the source
Asia (as a whole) :2,492 orphanages managed by the
Catholic Church as of 1995
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| AUSTRALIA |
| At least 150.
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*
is a very dynamic number as orphans come and go to and from
these orphanages as well as the lack of reporting and
monitoring of orphanages in several 3rd world countries.
** each information/statistics
contain a link source.
*** If I can come up with
further information about adoption, I will add them. Also,
if you have other source with other statistics about orphans
and orphanages or adoptions, please email me |
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