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Country | Labor force
Afghanistan | 15 million (2004 est.)
Albania | 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (September 2006 est.)
Algeria | 9.31 million (2006 est.)
American Samoa | 17,630 (2005)
Andorra | 42,420 (2005)
Angola | 6.444 million (2006 est.)
Anguilla | 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 (1991)
Argentina | 15.76 million (2006 est.)
Armenia | 1.2 million (November 2006)
Aruba | 41,500 (2004 est.)
Australia | 10.74 million (2006 est.)
Austria | 3.52 million (2006 est.)
Azerbaijan | 5.165 million (2006 est.)
Bahamas, The | 176,300 (2004)
Bahrain | 352,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2006 est.)
Bangladesh | 68 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. (2006 est.)
Barbados | 128,500 (2001 est.)
Belarus | 4.3 million (31 December 2005)
Belgium | 4.9 million (2006 est.)
Belize | 113,000 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2006 est.)
Benin | 3.211 million (1996)
Bermuda | 38,360 (2004)
Bhutan | NA note: major shortage of skilled labor
Bolivia | 4.297 million (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.026 million (2001)
Botswana | 288,400 formal sector employees (2004)
Brazil | 97.77 million (2006 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 12,770 (2004)
Brunei | 180,400 (2006 est.)
Bulgaria | 3.416 million (2006 est.)
Burkina Faso | 5 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)
Burma | 28.49 million (2006 est.)
Burundi | 2.99 million (2002)
Cambodia | 7 million (2003 est.)
Cameroon | 6.542 million (2006 est.)
Canada | 17.59 million (2006 est.)
Cape Verde | 120,600 (1990)
Cayman Islands | 23,450 (2004)
Central African Republic | NA
Chad | 2.719 million (1993)
Chile | 6.835 million (2006 est.)
China | 795.3 million (2006 est.)
Christmas Island | NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA
Colombia | 20.34 million (2006 est.)
Comoros | 144,500 (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 15 million (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | NA
Cook Islands | 6,820 (2001)
Costa Rica | 1.874 million note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 6.799 million (68% agricultural) (2006 est.)
Croatia | 1.72 million (2006 est.)
Cuba | 4.847 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2006 est.)
Cyprus | area under government control: 380,000 area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 95,025 (2006 est.)
Czech Republic | 5.334 million (2006 est.)
Denmark | 2.911 million (2006 est.)
Djibouti | 282,000 (2000)
Dominica | 25,000 (1999 est.)
Dominican Republic | 3.896 million (2006 est.)
Ecuador | 4.38 million (urban) (2006 est.)
Egypt | 21.8 million (2006 est.)
El Salvador | 2.875 million (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | NA
Eritrea | NA
Estonia | 687,000 (2006 est.)
Ethiopia | 27.27 million (1999)
European Union | 220.9 million (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,724 (est.) (1996)
Faroe Islands | 24,250 (October 2000)
Fiji | 137,000 (1999)
Finland | 2.65 million (2006 est.)
France | 27.75 million (2006 est.)
French Polynesia | 65,930 (December 2005)
Gabon | 574,000 (2006 est.)
Gambia, The | 400,000 (1996)
Gaza Strip | 259,000 (2005)
Georgia | 2.04 million (2004 est.)
Germany | 43.57 million (2006 est.)
Ghana | 11.07 million (2006 est.)
Gibraltar | 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)
Greece | 4.89 million (2006 est.)
Greenland | 32,120 (2004)
Grenada | 42,300 (1996)
Guam | 62,050 (2002 est.)
Guatemala | 3.86 million (2006 est.)
Guernsey | 31,470 (March 2006)
Guinea | 3.7 million (2006 est.)
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 | 2.574 million (2006 est.)
Hong Kong | 3.583 million (2006 est.)
Hungary | 4.21 million (2006 est.)
Iceland | 175,000 (2006 est.)
India | 506.9 million (2006 est.)
Indonesia | 106.4 million (2006 est.)
Iran | 24.29 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2006 est.)
Iraq | 7.4 million (2004 est.)
Ireland | 2.132 million (2006 est.)
Isle of Man | 39,690 (2001)
Israel | 2.81 million (2006 est.)
Italy | 24.64 million (2006 est.)
Jamaica | 1.249 million (2006 est.)
Japan | 66.57 million (2006 est.)
Jersey | 53,560 (June 2006)
Jordan | 1.512 million (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan | 8.029 million (2006 est.)
Kenya | 1.963 million (2006 est.)
Kiribati | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)
Korea, North | 9.6 million (2002 est.)
Korea, South | 23.98 million (2006 est.)
Kuwait | 1.168 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2006 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 2.7 million (2000)
Laos | 2.1 million (2006 est.)
Latvia | 1.136 million (2006 est.)
Lebanon | 1.5 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2005 est.)
Lesotho | 838,000 (2000)
Libya | 1.748 million (2006 est.)
Liechtenstein | 29,500 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001)
Lithuania | 1.588 million (2006 est.)
Luxembourg | 203,000 of whom 121,600 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2006 est.)
Macau | 248,000 (2005)
Macedonia | 880,000 (2006 est.)
Madagascar | 7.3 million (2000)
Malawi | 4.5 million (2001 est.)
Malaysia | 10.68 million (2006 est.)
Maldives | 101,300 (2004)
Mali | 3.93 million (2001 est.)
Malta | 164,000 (2006 est.)
Marshall Islands | 14,680 (2000)
Mauritania | 786,000 (2001)
Mauritius | 541,000 (2006 est.)
Mayotte | 44,560 (2002)
Mexico | 44.51 million (2006 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 37,410 (2000)
Moldova | 1.339 million (2006 est.)
Monaco | 44,000 note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.)
Mongolia | 1.577 million (2005)
Montenegro | 259,100 (2004)
Montserrat | 4,521 note: lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity (2000 est.)
Morocco | 10.86 million (2006 est.)
Mozambique | 9.4 million (2006 est.)
Namibia | 657,000 (2006 est.)
Nepal | 11.11 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2006 est.)
Netherlands | 7.49 million (2006 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | 83,600 (2005)
New Caledonia | 78,990 (2004)
New Zealand | 2.199 million (2006 est.)
Nicaragua | 2.204 million (2006 est.)
Niger | 70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public sector (2002 est.)
Nigeria | 49.62 million (2006 est.)
Niue | 663 (2001)
Norfolk Island | NA
Northern Mariana Islands | 44,470 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2000)
Norway | 2.447 million (2006 est.)
Oman | 920,000 (2002 est.)
Pakistan | 47.87 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2006 est.)
Palau | 9,777 (2005)
Panama | 1.439 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2006 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 3.477 million (2006 est.)
Paraguay | 2.706 million (2006 est.)
Peru | 9.21 million (2006 est.)
Philippines | 35.79 million (2006 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | 15 able-bodied men (2004)
Poland | 16.94 million (2006 est.)
Portugal | 5.59 million (2006 est.)
Puerto Rico | 1.3 million (2000)
Qatar | 508,000 (2006 est.)
Romania | 9.33 million (2006 est.)
Russia | 74.26 million (2006 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 | 3,450 (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 41,680 (1991 est.)
Samoa | 90,000 (2000 est.)
San Marino | 20,470 (2004)
Sao Tome and Principe | 35,050 (1991)
Saudi Arabia | 6.311 million note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2006 est.)
Senegal | 4.723 million (2006 est.)
Serbia | 2.961 million for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2002 est.)
Seychelles | 30,900 (1996)
Sierra Leone | 1.369 million (1981 est.)
Singapore | 2.47 million (2006 est.)
Slovakia | 2.658 million (2006 est.)
Slovenia | 911,000 (2006 est.)
Solomon Islands | 249,200 (1999)
Somalia | 3.7 million (few skilled laborers) (1975)
South Africa | 16.96 million economically active (2006 est.)
Spain | 21.58 million (2006 est.)
Sri Lanka | 7.602 million (2006 est.)
Sudan | 7.415 million (1996 est.)
Suriname | 156,700 (2004)
Svalbard | NA
Swaziland | 300,000 (2006)
Sweden | 4.586 million (2006 est.)
Switzerland | 3.8 million (2006 est.)
Syria | 5.276 million (2006 est.)
Taiwan | 10.52 million (2006 est.)
Tajikistan | 3.7 million (2003)
Tanzania | 19.35 million (2006 est.)
Thailand | 36.55 million (2006 est.)
Timor-Leste | NA
Togo | 1.302 million (1998)
Tokelau | 440 (2001)
Tonga | 33,910 (2003)
Trinidad and Tobago | 625,000 (2006 est.)
Tunisia | 3.503 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2006 est.)
Turkey | 24.79 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2006 est.)
Turkmenistan | 2.32 million (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu | 3,615 (2004 est.)
Uganda | 13.58 million (2006 est.)
Ukraine | 21.52 million (2006 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 2.968 million (2006 est.)
United Kingdom | 30.48 million (2006 est.)
United States | 151.4 million (includes unemployed) (2006 est.)
Uruguay | 1.27 million (2006 est.)
Uzbekistan | 14.43 million (2006 est.)
Vanuatu | 76,410 (1999)
Venezuela | 12.19 million (2006 est.)
Vietnam | 44.58 million (2006 est.)
Virgin Islands | 43,980 (2004 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | 3,104 (2003)
West Bank | 568,000 (2005)
Western Sahara | 12,000
World | 3.001 billion (2005 est.)
Yemen | 5.972 million (2006 est.)
Zambia | 4.92 million (2006 est.)
Zimbabwe | 3.99 million (2006 est.)
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