5. Ethiopia
Orphan population: 4.8 million
In the fifth country on our list 11 countries with highest orphan population, Ethiopia, one out of every 8 children is an orphan while around one million lost a parent because of AIDS. Although for years Ethiopia has been one of the countries from which the greatest number of children is being adopted, the orphan crisis won’t end soon, as the rate at which children are losing parents greatly exceeds the adoption rate. In last four years, adoption rate from Ethiopia plummeted because Ethiopian government decided to restrict international adoption after series of reported abuse of adopted children in America.
