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Country
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Labor force
|
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Afghanistan
|
11.8 million (2001 est.)
|
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Albania
|
1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.)
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Algeria
|
9.91 million (2004 est.)
|
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American Samoa
|
14,000 (1996)
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Andorra
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33,000 (2001 est.)
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Angola
|
5.41 million (2004 est.)
|
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Anguilla
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6,049 (2001)
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Antigua and Barbuda
|
30,000
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Argentina
|
15.04 million (2004 est.)
|
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Armenia
|
1.4 million (2001)
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Aruba
|
41,500 (1997 est.)
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Australia
|
10.35 million (2004 est.)
|
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Austria
|
3.45 million (2004 est.)
|
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Azerbaijan
|
5.09 million (2004 est.)
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Bahamas, The
|
156,000 (1999)
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Bahrain
|
370,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.)
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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.)
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Barbados
|
128,500 (2001 est.)
|
|
Belarus
|
4.305 million (31 December 2003)
|
|
Belgium
|
4.75 million (2004 est.)
|
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Belize
|
90,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.)
|
|
Benin
|
NA (1996)
|
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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.)
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Bulgaria
|
3.398 million (2004 est.)
|
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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
|
27.01 million (2004 est.)
|
|
Burundi
|
2.99 million (2002)
|
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Cambodia
|
7 million (2003 est.)
|
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Cameroon
|
6.68 million (2004 est.)
|
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Canada
|
17.37 million (2004)
|
|
Cape Verde
|
NA
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
19,820 (1995)
|
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Central African Republic
|
NA
|
|
Chad
|
NA
|
|
Chile
|
6.2 million (2004 est.)
|
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China
|
760.8 million (2003)
|
|
Christmas Island
|
NA
|
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
NA
|
|
Colombia
|
20.7 million (2004 est.)
|
|
Comoros
|
144,500 (1996 est.)
|
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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.)
|
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Cote d'Ivoire
|
6.7 million (68% agricultural) (2004 est.)
|
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Croatia
|
1.71 million (2004 est.)
|
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Cuba
|
4.55 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2004 est.)
|
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Cyprus
|
Republic of Cyprus: 330,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2004 est.)
|
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Czech Republic
|
5.25 million (2004 est.)
|
|
Denmark
|
2.87 million (2004 est.)
|
|
Djibouti
|
282,000 (2000)
|
|
Dominica
|
25,000 (1999 est.)
|
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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.)
|
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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)
|
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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)
|
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South Africa
|
16.63 million economically active (2004 est.)
|
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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.)
|
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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.)
|
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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)
|
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Western Sahara
|
12,000
|
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World
|
NA
|
|
Yemen
|
5.98 million (2004 est.)
|
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Zambia
|
4.63 million (2004 est.)
|
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Zimbabwe
|
4.23 million (2004 est.)
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