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| Field Listing :: Labor force |
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| Angola
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8.745 million (2012 est.)
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| Argentina
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17.05 million
note: urban areas only (2012 est.)
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| Aruba
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51,610
note: of the 51,610 workers aged 15 and over in the labor force, 32,252 were born in Aruba and 19,353 came from abroad; foreign workers are 38% of the employed population (2007 est.)
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| Bahrain
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655,300
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2012 est.)
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| Bangladesh
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77 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2012 est.)
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| Belize
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120,500
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)
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| Benin
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3.662 million (2007 est.)
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| Bhutan
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299,900
note: major shortage of skilled labor (2008)
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| Brazil
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105.7 million (2012 est.)
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| Burkina Faso
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6.668 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2007)
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| Burma
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33.41 million (2012 est.)
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| Canada
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18.89 million (2012 est.)
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| Chad
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4.293 million (2007)
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| Chile
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8.234 million (2012 est.)
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| China
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798.5 million
note: by the end of 2012, China's population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.0040 billion
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| Costa Rica
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2.182 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2012 est.)
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| Cuba
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5.227 million
note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7% (2012 est.)
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| Egypt
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27 million (2012 est.)
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| France
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29.78 million (2012 est.)
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| Gabon
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616,700 (2012 est.)
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| Ghana
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11.79 million (2012 est.)
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| Greece
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4.95 million (2012 est.)
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| Guam
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69,390
note: this number is for the civilian labor force only (2010 est.)
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| Guinea
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5.24 million (2012 est.)
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| Haiti
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4.81 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2010 est.)
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| India
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482.3 million (2012 est.)
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| Iran
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27.05 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2012 est.)
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| Iraq
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8.9 million (2010 est.)
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| Israel
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3.606 million (2012 est.)
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| Italy
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25.62 million (2012 est.)
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| Japan
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65.55 million (2012 est.)
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| Jordan
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1.835 million (2012 est.)
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| Kenya
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19.11 million (2012 est.)
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| Kiribati
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7,870
note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001)
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| Korea, North
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12.2 million
note: estimates vary widely (2009 est.)
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| Kosovo
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800,000
note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2011 est.)
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| Kuwait
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2.304 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2012 est.)
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| Laos
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3.308 million (2012 est.)
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| Latvia
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1.031 million (2012 est.)
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| Lebanon
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1.481 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)
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| Libya
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1.353 million (2012 est.)
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| Liechtenstein
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35,250 (2012)
note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commuted daily from Austria, Switzerland, or Germany (2012)
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| Luxembourg
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208,200
note: data exclude foreign workers; in addition to the figure for domestic labor force, about 150,000 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2012 est.)
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| Macau
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356,700 (2012 est.)
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| Malawi
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5.747 million (2007 est.)
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| Mali
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3.241 million (2007 est.)
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| Malta
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184,500 (2012 est.)
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| Mexico
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50.64 million (2012 est.)
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| Monaco
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50,580
note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2011 est.)
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| Nepal
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18 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2009 est.)
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| Niger
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4.688 million (2007)
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| Norway
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2.678 million (2012 est.)
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| Oman
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968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)
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| Pakistan
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59.21 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2012 est.)
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| Panama
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1.517 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2012 est.)
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| Peru
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11.02 million
note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2012 est.)
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| Poland
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18.17 million (2012 est.)
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| Qatar
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1.339 million (2012 est.)
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| Russia
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75.68 million (2012 est.)
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| Saudi Arabia
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8.012 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2012 est.)
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| Serbia
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3.17 million (2012 est.)
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| Singapore
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3.362 million
note: excludes non-residents (2012 est.)
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| Spain
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23.05 million (2012 est.)
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| Sudan
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11.92 million (2007 est.)
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| Sweden
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5.058 million (2012 est.)
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| Syria
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5.327 million (2012 est.)
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| Taiwan
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11.34 million (2012 est.)
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| Togo
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2.595 million (2007)
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| Turkey
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27.34 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2012 est.)
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| Uganda
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16.83 million (2012 est.)
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| United Arab Emirates
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4.337 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2012 est.)
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| World
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3.297 billion (2012 est.)
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| Yemen
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7.158 million (2012 est.)
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| Zambia
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6.098 million (2012 est.)
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Central Intelligence Agency
