1. India
Orphan population: 31 million
India ranks as first on our list 11 countries with the highest orphan population. Devastating statistics show that nine percent of all children in India are orphaned, 70 million are child laborers, 10 million are bonded laborers, 13 million are homeless, 2 million live on streets without families, and over two million are orphaned due to AIDS. All this make India the country where children are extremely vulnerable and exposed to different forms of abuse. Moreover, in last five years, adoption rate in India halved. In response to the decrease, the government introduced measures to make adoption procedure for foreigners easier and faster.
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