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Country
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Labor force
|
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Afghanistan
|
15 million (2004 est.)
|
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Albania
|
1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.)
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Algeria
|
10.15 million (2005 est.)
|
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American Samoa
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14,000 (1996)
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Andorra
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48,740 (2004)
|
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Angola
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5.58 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Anguilla
|
6,049 (2001)
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Antigua and Barbuda
|
30,000
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Argentina
|
15.34 million (2005 est.)
|
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Armenia
|
1.2 million (2005)
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Aruba
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41,500 (2004 est.)
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Australia
|
10.42 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Austria
|
3.49 million (2005 est.)
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|
Azerbaijan
|
5.45 million (2005 est.)
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|
Bahamas, The
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176,300 (2004)
|
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Bahrain
|
380,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)
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Bangladesh
|
66.6 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (2005 est.)
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Barbados
|
128,500 (2001 est.)
|
|
Belarus
|
4.3 million (31 December 2005)
|
|
Belgium
|
4.77 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Belize
|
90,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.)
|
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Benin
|
NA
|
|
Bermuda
|
38,360 (2004)
|
|
Bhutan
|
NA
note: major shortage of skilled labor
|
|
Bolivia
|
4.22 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1.026 million (2001)
|
|
Botswana
|
288,400 formal sector employees (2004)
|
|
Brazil
|
90.41 million (2005 est.)
|
|
British Virgin Islands
|
12,770 (2004)
|
|
Brunei
|
146,300
note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (2003 est.)
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|
Bulgaria
|
3.34 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
5 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)
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Burma
|
27.75 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Burundi
|
2.99 million (2002)
|
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Cambodia
|
7 million (2003 est.)
|
|
Cameroon
|
6.86 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Canada
|
16.3 million (December 2005)
|
|
Cape Verde
|
NA
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
19,820 (1995)
|
|
Central African Republic
|
NA
|
|
Chad
|
NA
|
|
Chile
|
6.3 million (2005 est.)
|
|
China
|
791.4 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Christmas Island
|
NA
|
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
NA
|
|
Colombia
|
20.52 million (2005)
|
|
Comoros
|
144,500 (1996 est.)
|
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
NA
|
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
NA
|
|
Cook Islands
|
8,000 (1996)
|
|
Costa Rica
|
1.82 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
6.95 million (68% agricultural) (2005 est.)
|
|
Croatia
|
1.71 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Cuba
|
4.6 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2005 est.)
|
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Cyprus
|
Republic of Cyprus: 370,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2004 est.)
|
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Czech Republic
|
5.27 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Denmark
|
2.9 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Djibouti
|
282,000 (2000)
|
|
Dominica
|
25,000 (1999 est.)
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
2.3 million-2.6 million (2000 est.)
|
|
East Timor
|
NA
|
|
Ecuador
|
4.6 million (urban) (2005 est.)
|
|
Egypt
|
21.34 million (2005 est.)
|
|
El Salvador
|
2.81 million (2005 est.)
|
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Equatorial Guinea
|
NA
|
|
Eritrea
|
NA
|
|
Estonia
|
670,000 (2005 est.)
|
|
Ethiopia
|
NA
|
|
European Union
|
218.5 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
1,100 (est.)
|
|
Faroe Islands
|
24,250 (October 2000)
|
|
Fiji
|
137,000 (1999)
|
|
Finland
|
2.61 million (2005 est.)
|
|
France
|
27.72 million (2005 est.)
|
|
French Guiana
|
58,800 (1997)
|
|
French Polynesia
|
70,000 (1996)
|
|
Gabon
|
640,000 (2005 est.)
|
|
Gambia, The
|
400,000 (1996)
|
|
Gaza Strip
|
278,000 (April-June 2005)
|
|
Georgia
|
2.04 million (2004 est.)
|
|
Germany
|
43.32 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Ghana
|
10.62 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Gibraltar
|
14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (1999)
|
|
Greece
|
4.72 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Greenland
|
24,500 (1999 est.)
|
|
Grenada
|
42,300 (1996)
|
|
Guadeloupe
|
125,900 (1997)
|
|
Guam
|
60,000 (2000 est.)
|
|
Guatemala
|
3.76 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Guernsey
|
32,290 (2001)
|
|
Guinea
|
3 million (1999)
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
480,000 (1999)
|
|
Guyana
|
418,000 (2001 est.)
|
|
Haiti
|
3.6 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995)
|
|
Holy See (Vatican City)
|
NA
|
|
Honduras
|
2.54 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Hong Kong
|
3.61 million (October 2005)
|
|
Hungary
|
4.18 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Iceland
|
165,900 (2005 est.)
|
|
India
|
496.4 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Indonesia
|
94.2 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Iran
|
23.68 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)
|
|
Iraq
|
7.4 million (2004 est.)
|
|
Ireland
|
2.03 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Isle of Man
|
39,690 (2001)
|
|
Israel
|
2.42 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Italy
|
24.49 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Jamaica
|
1.2 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Japan
|
66.4 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Jersey
|
52,790 (2004)
|
|
Jordan
|
1.46 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
7.85 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Kenya
|
11.85 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Kiribati
|
7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)
|
|
Korea, North
|
9.6 million
|
|
Korea, South
|
23.53 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Kuwait
|
1.67 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2005 est.)
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
2.7 million (2000)
|
|
Laos
|
2.8 million (2002 est.)
|
|
Latvia
|
1.11 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Lebanon
|
2.6 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.)
|
|
Lesotho
|
838,000 (2000)
|
|
Libya
|
1.64 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
29,000 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (2001)
|
|
Lithuania
|
1.61 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Luxembourg
|
316,500 of whom 121,600 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2005 est.)
|
|
Macau
|
251,200 (3rd Quarter, 2005)
|
|
Macedonia
|
855,000 (2004 est.)
|
|
Madagascar
|
7.3 million (2000)
|
|
Malawi
|
4.5 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Malaysia
|
10.67 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Maldives
|
88,000 (2000)
|
|
Mali
|
3.93 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Malta
|
160,000 (2005 est.)
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
28,700 (1996 est.)
|
|
Martinique
|
165,900 (1998)
|
|
Mauritania
|
786,000 (2001)
|
|
Mauritius
|
570,000 (2005 est.)
|
|
Mayotte
|
48,800 (2000)
|
|
Mexico
|
43.4 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
NA
|
|
Moldova
|
1.34 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Monaco
|
30,540 (January 1994)
|
|
Mongolia
|
1.488 million (2003)
|
|
Montserrat
|
4,521
note: lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity (2000 est.)
|
|
Morocco
|
11.19 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Mozambique
|
9.2 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Namibia
|
820,000 (2005 est.)
|
|
Nepal
|
10.4 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2004 est.)
|
|
Netherlands
|
7.53 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
83,600 (2005)
|
|
New Caledonia
|
78,900 (including 11,300 unemployed) (2004)
|
|
New Zealand
|
2.13 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Nicaragua
|
2.01 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Niger
|
70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public sector (2002 est.)
|
|
Nigeria
|
57.21 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Niue
|
NA
|
|
Norfolk Island
|
1,345
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (June 1995)
|
|
Norway
|
2.4 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Oman
|
920,000 (2002 est.)
|
|
Pakistan
|
46.84 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2005 est.)
|
|
Palau
|
9,845 (2000)
|
|
Panama
|
1.39 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2005 est.)
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
3.4 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Paraguay
|
2.68 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Peru
|
9.06 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Philippines
|
36.73 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Pitcairn Islands
|
15 able-bodied men (2004)
|
|
Poland
|
17.1 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Portugal
|
5.52 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
1.3 million (2000)
|
|
Qatar
|
440,000 (2005 est.)
|
|
Reunion
|
309,900 (2000)
|
|
Romania
|
9.31 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Russia
|
74.22 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Rwanda
|
4.6 million (2000)
|
|
Saint Helena
|
3,500
note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
18,170 (June 1995)
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
43,800 (2001 est.)
|
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
3,261 (1999)
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
67,000 (1984 est.)
|
|
Samoa
|
90,000 (2000 est.)
|
|
San Marino
|
18,500 (1999)
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
NA
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
6.76 million
note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)
|
|
Senegal
|
4.82 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
3.22 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Seychelles
|
30,900 (1996)
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
1.369 million (1981 est.)
|
|
Singapore
|
2.28 million (September 2005 est.)
|
|
Slovakia
|
2.24 million (30 September 2005 est.)
|
|
Slovenia
|
920,000 (2005 est.)
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
26,840 (1999)
|
|
Somalia
|
3.7 million (very few skilled laborers)
|
|
South Africa
|
15.23 million economically active (2005 est.)
|
|
Spain
|
20.67 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
8.08 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Sudan
|
11 million (1996 est.)
|
|
Suriname
|
156,700 (2004)
|
|
Svalbard
|
NA
|
|
Swaziland
|
155,700 (2003)
|
|
Sweden
|
4.49 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Switzerland
|
3.8 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Syria
|
5.12 million (2004 est.)
|
|
Taiwan
|
10.6 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Tajikistan
|
3.7 million (2003)
|
|
Tanzania
|
19.22 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Thailand
|
35.36 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Togo
|
1.74 million (1996)
|
|
Tokelau
|
NA
|
|
Tonga
|
33,910 (1996)
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
620,000 (2005 est.)
|
|
Tunisia
|
3.41 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)
|
|
Turkey
|
24.7 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2005 est.)
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
2.32 million (2003 est.)
|
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
4,848 (1990 est.)
|
|
Tuvalu
|
7,000 (2001 est.)
|
|
Uganda
|
13.17 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Ukraine
|
22.67 million (2005 est.)
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2.8 million
note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)
|
|
United Kingdom
|
30.07 million (2005 est.)
|
|
United States
|
149.3 million (includes unemployed) (2005 est.)
|
|
Uruguay
|
1.52 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
14.26 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Vanuatu
|
NA
|
|
Venezuela
|
12.31 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Vietnam
|
44.39 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Virgin Islands
|
48,900 (2003 est.)
|
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
NA
|
|
West Bank
|
614,000 (April-June 2005)
|
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Western Sahara
|
12,000
|
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World
|
3.001 billion (2005)
|
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Yemen
|
5.83 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Zambia
|
4.8 million (2005 est.)
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
3.94 million (2005 est.)
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