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Field Listing :: Labor force
Angola
7.769 million (2009 est.)
Argentina
16.54 million
note: urban areas only (2009 est.)
Bahrain
595,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2009 est.)
Bangladesh
72.5 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005-06. (2009 est.)
Belize
122,300
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)
Benin
3.662 million (2007 est.)
Bhutan
299,900
note: major shortage of skilled labor (2008)
Botswana
685,300 formal sector employees (2007)
Brazil
95.21 million (2009 est.)
Burkina Faso
6.668 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2007)
Burma
30.85 million (2009 est.)
Canada
18.4 million (2009 est.)
Chad
4.293 million (2007)
Chile
7.42 million (2009 est.)
China
812.7 million (2009 est.)
Costa Rica
2.09 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2009 est.)
Croatia
1.196 million (November 2009 est.)
Cuba
4.968 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2009 est.)
Ecuador
4.43 million (urban) (2009 est.)
Egypt
25.8 million (2009 est.)
France
27.99 million (2009 est.)
Gabon
633,000 (2009 est.)
Ghana
10.33 million (2009 est.)
Gibraltar
12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)
Guinea
4.392 million (2007 est.)
Haiti
3.643 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2007)
Hungary
3.8 million (January 2010 est.)
India
467 million (2009 est.)
Iran
25.02 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2009 est.)
Iraq
8.175 million (2008 est.)
Israel
3.01 million (2009 est.)
Italy
24.95 million (2009 est.)
Japan
65.93 million (2009 est.)
Jordan
1.667 million (2009 est.)
Kenya
17.47 million (2009 est.)
Kiribati
7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)
Korea, North
20 million
note: estimates vary widely (2004 est.)
Kuwait
2.04 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2009 est.)
Laos
3.65 million (2009 est.)
Latvia
1.205 million (2009 est.)
Lebanon
1.481 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)
Libya
1.686 million (2009 est.)
Liechtenstein
32,440 of whom 16,200 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (2008)
Luxembourg
208,000 of whom 125,400 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2009 est.)
Macau
322,000 (2009 est.)
Malawi
5.747 million (2007 est.)
Mali
3.241 million (2007 est.)
Malta
175,000 (2008 est.)
Monaco
44,000
note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.)
Nepal
18 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2009 est.)
Niger
4.688 million (2007)
Norway
2.6 million (2009 est.)
Oman
968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)
Pakistan
55.88 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2009 est.)
Panama
1.423 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2009 est.)
Peru
10.26 million (2009 est.)
Poland
16.99 million (2009 est.)
Qatar
1.202 million (2009 est.)
Russia
75.81 million (2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia
6.922 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2009 est.)
Serbia
3.107 million (October 2009 est.)
Somalia
3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007)
Spain
22.97 million (2009 est.)
Sri Lanka
8.1 million
note: excludes northern and eastern provinces (2009 est.)
Sudan
11.92 million (2007 est.)
Svalbard
1,234 in Norwegian settlements (2003)
Sweden
4.93 million (2009 est.)
Syria
5.772 million (2009 est.)
Taiwan
10.92 million (2009 est.)
Togo
2.595 million (2007)
Turkey
25.3 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2009 est.)
Uganda
15.01 million (2009 est.)
United Arab Emirates
3.168 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2009 est.)
Vietnam
43.87 million (April 2009 est.)
World
3.179 billion (2009 est.)
Yemen
6.641 million (2009 est.)
Zambia
5.398 million (2009 est.)