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Country | Labor force
Afghanistan | 11.8 million (2001 est.)
Albania | 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.)
Algeria | 9.91 million (2004 est.)
American Samoa | 14,000 (1996)
Andorra | 33,000 (2001 est.)
Angola | 5.41 million (2004 est.)
Anguilla | 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000
Argentina | 15.04 million (2004 est.)
Armenia | 1.4 million (2001)
Aruba | 41,500 (1997 est.)
Australia | 10.35 million (2004 est.)
Austria | 3.45 million (2004 est.)
Azerbaijan | 5.09 million (2004 est.)
Bahamas, The | 156,000 (1999)
Bahrain | 370,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.)
Bangladesh | 65.49 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 (2004 est.)
Barbados | 128,500 (2001 est.)
Belarus | 4.305 million (31 December 2003)
Belgium | 4.75 million (2004 est.)
Belize | 90,000 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.)
Benin | NA (1996)
Bermuda | 37,470 (2000)
Bhutan | NA note: massive lack of skilled labor
Bolivia | 3.8 million (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.026 million (2001)
Botswana | 264,000 formal sector employees (2000)
Brazil | 89 million (2004 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 12,770 (2004)
Brunei | 158,000 note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (2002 est.)
Bulgaria | 3.398 million (2004 est.)
Burkina Faso | 5 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)
Burma | 27.01 million (2004 est.)
Burundi | 2.99 million (2002)
Cambodia | 7 million (2003 est.)
Cameroon | 6.68 million (2004 est.)
Canada | 17.37 million (2004)
Cape Verde | NA
Cayman Islands | 19,820 (1995)
Central African Republic | NA
Chad | NA
Chile | 6.2 million (2004 est.)
China | 760.8 million (2003)
Christmas Island | NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA
Colombia | 20.7 million (2004 est.)
Comoros | 144,500 (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 14.51 million (1993 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | NA
Cook Islands | 8,000 (1996)
Costa Rica | 1.81 million (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 6.7 million (68% agricultural) (2004 est.)
Croatia | 1.71 million (2004 est.)
Cuba | 4.55 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2004 est.)
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 330,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2004 est.)
Czech Republic | 5.25 million (2004 est.)
Denmark | 2.87 million (2004 est.)
Djibouti | 282,000 (2000)
Dominica | 25,000 (1999 est.)
Dominican Republic | 2.3 million - 2.6 million (2000 est.)
East Timor | NA
Ecuador | 4.53 million (urban) (2004 est.)
Egypt | 20.71 million (2004 est.)
El Salvador | 2.75 million (2004 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | NA
Eritrea | NA
Estonia | 660,000 (2004 est.)
Ethiopia | NA (2001 est.)
European Union | 215 million (various)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,100 (est.)
Faroe Islands | 24,250 (October 2000)
Fiji | 137,000 (1999)
Finland | 2.66 million (2004 est.)
France | 27.7 million (2004 est.)
French Guiana | 58,800 (1997)
French Polynesia | 70,000 (1996)
Gabon | 650,000 (2004 est.)
Gambia, The | 400,000 (1996)
Gaza Strip | 725,000 (2004)
Georgia | 2.1 million (2001 est.)
Germany | 42.63 million (2004 est.)
Ghana | 10.24 million (2004 est.)
Gibraltar | 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (1999)
Greece | 4.4 million (2004 est.)
Greenland | 24,500 (1999 est.)
Grenada | 42,300 (1996)
Guadeloupe | 125,900 (1997)
Guam | 60,000 (2000 est.)
Guatemala | 3.68 million (2004 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 | 2.47 million (2004 est.)
Hong Kong | 3.54 million (October 2004 est.)
Hungary | 4.17 million (2004 est.)
Iceland | 158,100 (2004 est.)
India | 482.2 million (2004 est.)
Indonesia | 111.5 million (2004 est.)
Iran | 23 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.)
Iraq | 6.7 million (2004 est.)
Ireland | 1.92 million (2004 est.)
Israel | 2.68 million (2004 est.)
Italy | 24.27 million (2004 est.)
Jamaica | 1.14 million (2004 est.)
Japan | 66.97 million (2004 est.)
Jersey | 52,790 (2004)
Jordan | 1.41 million (2004 est.)
Kazakhstan | 7.95 million (2004 est.)
Kenya | 11.4 million (2004 est.)
Kiribati | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)
Korea, North | 9.6 million
Korea, South | 22.9 million (2004 est.)
Kuwait | 1.42 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2004 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 2.7 million (2000)
Laos | 2.6 million (2001 est.)
Latvia | 1.17 million (2004 est.)
Lebanon | 2.6 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.)
Lesotho | 838,000 (2000)
Libya | 1.59 million (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein | 29,000 of whom 19,000 are foreigners; 13,000 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001)
Lithuania | 1.63 million (2004 est.)
Luxembourg | 293,700 (of whom 105,000 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2004 est.)
Macau | 231,500 (3rd Quarter, 2004)
Macedonia | 855,000 (2004 est.)
Madagascar | 7.3 million (2000)
Malawi | 4.5 million (2001 est.)
Malaysia | 10.49 million (2004 est.)
Maldives | 88,000 (2000)
Mali | 3.93 million (2001 est.)
Malta | 160,000 (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of | 39,690 (2001)
Marshall Islands | 28,700 (1996 est.)
Martinique | 165,900 (1998)
Mauritania | 786,000 (2001)
Mauritius | 560,000 (2004 est.)
Mayotte | 48,800 (2000)
Mexico | 34.73 million (2004 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | NA
Moldova | 1.36 million (2004 est.)
Monaco | 30,540 (January 1994)
Mongolia | 1.488 million (2003)
Montserrat | 4,521 (lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity) (2000 est.)
Morocco | 11.02 million (2004 est.)
Mozambique | 9.2 million (2000 est.)
Namibia | 840,000 (2004 est.)
Nepal | 10 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.)
Netherlands | 7.53 million (2004 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | 89,000 (2000)
New Caledonia | 79,400 (including 15,018 unemployed) (1996)
New Zealand | 2.05 million (2004 est.)
Nicaragua | 1.93 million (2004 est.)
Niger | 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries (2002 est.)
Nigeria | 55.67 million (2004 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 | 2.38 million (2004 est.)
Oman | 920,000 (2002 est.)
Pakistan | 45.43 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2004 est.)
Palau | 9,845 (2000)
Panama | 1.32 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2004 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 3.32 million (2004 est.)
Paraguay | 2.66 million (2004 est.)
Peru | 11 million (2004 est.)
Philippines | 35.86 million (2004 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | 15 able-bodied men (2004)
Poland | 17.02 million (2004 est.)
Portugal | 5.48 million (2004 est.)
Puerto Rico | 1.3 million (2000)
Qatar | 140,000 (2004 est.)
Reunion | 309,900 (2000)
Romania | 9.66 million (2004 est.)
Russia | 71.83 million (2004 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 | 6.62 million note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.)
Senegal | 4.65 million (2004 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | 3.2 million (2004 est.)
Seychelles | 30,900 (1996)
Sierra Leone | 1.369 million (1981 est.)
Singapore | 2.18 million (2004 est.)
Slovakia | 2.2 million (3rd quarter, 2004 est.)
Slovenia | 870,000 (2004 est.)
Solomon Islands | 26,840 (1999)
Somalia | 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers)
South Africa | 16.63 million economically active (2004 est.)
Spain | 19.33 million (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka | 7.26 million (2004 est.)
Sudan | 11 million (1996 est.)
Suriname | 104,000 (2003)
Svalbard | NA
Swaziland | 383,200 (2000)
Sweden | 4.46 million (2004 est.)
Switzerland | 3.77 million (2004 est.)
Syria | 5.12 million (2004 est.)
Taiwan | 10.22 million (2004 est.)
Tajikistan | 3.187 million (2000)
Tanzania | 19 million (2004 est.)
Thailand | 36.43 million (November 2004 est.)
Togo | 1.74 million (1996)
Tokelau | NA
Tonga | 33,910 (1996)
Trinidad and Tobago | 590,000 (2004 est.)
Tunisia | 3.55 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.)
Turkey | 25.3 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan | 2.32 million (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu | 7,000 (2001 est.)
Uganda | 12.41 million (2004 est.)
Ukraine | 21.11 million (2004 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 2.36 million note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.)
United Kingdom | 29.78 million (2004 est.)
United States | 147.4 million (includes unemployed) (2004 est.)
Uruguay | 1.56 million (2004 est.)
Uzbekistan | 14.64 million (2004 est.)
Vanuatu | NA
Venezuela | 12.25 million (2004 est.)
Vietnam | 42.98 million (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands | 48,900 (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | NA
West Bank | 364,000 (2004)
Western Sahara | 12,000
World | NA
Yemen | 5.98 million (2004 est.)
Zambia | 4.63 million (2004 est.)
Zimbabwe | 4.23 million (2004 est.)
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