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Country | Labor force
Afghanistan | 15 million (2004 est.)
Albania | 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.)
Algeria | 10.15 million (2005 est.)
American Samoa | 17,630 (2005)
Andorra | 48,740 (2004)
Angola | 5.58 million (2005 est.)
Anguilla | 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000
Argentina | 15.34 million (2005 est.)
Armenia | 1.2 million (2005)
Aruba | 41,500 (2004 est.)
Australia | 10.42 million (2005 est.)
Austria | 3.49 million (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan | 5.45 million (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The | 176,300 (2004)
Bahrain | 380,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)
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.)
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.)
Benin | 3.211 million
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.)
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)
Burma | 27.75 million (2005 est.)
Burundi | 2.99 million (2002)
Cambodia | 7 million (2003 est.)
Cameroon | 6.86 million (2005 est.)
Canada | 16.3 million (December 2005)
Cape Verde | 120,600
Cayman Islands | 23,450 (2004)
Central African Republic | NA
Chad | 2.719 million
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 | 14.51 million
Congo, Republic of the | NA
Cook Islands | 6,820 (2001)
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.)
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 370,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2005 est.)
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.)
Equatorial Guinea | NA
Eritrea | NA
Estonia | 670,000 (2005 est.)
Ethiopia | 27.27 million
European Union | 218.5 million (2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,724 (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 | 62,630 (1999)
French Polynesia | 65,870 (December 2005)
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 | 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)
Greece | 4.72 million (2005 est.)
Greenland | 24,500 (1999 est.)
Grenada | 42,300 (1996)
Guadeloupe | 191,400 (1999)
Guam | 62,050 (2002 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 | 29,500 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 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 | 14,680 (2000)
Martinique | 165,900 (1998)
Mauritania | 786,000 (2001)
Mauritius | 570,000 (2005 est.)
Mayotte | 44,560 (2002)
Mexico | 43.4 million (2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 37,410
Moldova | 1.34 million (2005 est.)
Monaco | 41,110 note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2004)
Mongolia | 1.488 million (2003)
Montenegro | 259,100 (2004)
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 | 78,990 (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 663
Norfolk Island | 1,345
Northern Mariana Islands | 44,470 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2000)
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 | 9,777 (2005)
Panama | 1.39 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 2.413 million (2004)
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 | 299,000 (2002)
Romania | 9.31 million (2005 est.)
Russia | 74.22 million (2005 est.)
Rwanda | 4.6 million (2000)
Saint Helena | 2,486 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 | 41,680 (1991 est.)
Samoa | 90,000 (2000 est.)
San Marino | 19,970 (2003)
Sao Tome and Principe | 35,050
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 | 2.961 million for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2002 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 | 249,200 (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 | 7.415 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 | 1.302 million (1998)
Tokelau | 440
Tonga | 33,910 (2003)
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 | 3,615 (2004 est.)
Uganda | 13.17 million (2005 est.)
Ukraine | 22.67 million (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 2.8 million (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 | 76,410
Venezuela | 12.31 million (2005 est.)
Vietnam | 44.39 million (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands | 43,980 (2004 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | NA 3,104
West Bank | 614,000 (April-June 2005)
Western Sahara | 12,000
World | 3.001 billion (2005 est.)
Yemen | 5.83 million (2005 est.)
Zambia | 4.8 million (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe | 3.94 million (2005 est.)
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