![]() | Afghanistan | 10 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Albania | 1.692 million (including 352,000 emigrant workers and 261,000 domestically unemployed) (1994 est.) |
![]() | Algeria | 9.1 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | American Samoa | 14,000 (1996) |
![]() | Andorra | 30,787 salaried employees (1998) |
![]() | Angola | 5 million (1997 est.) |
![]() | Anguilla | 4,400 (1992) |
![]() | Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 |
![]() | Argentina | 15 million (1999) |
![]() | Armenia | 1.5 million (1999) |
![]() | Aruba | 41,501 (1997 est.) |
![]() | Australia | 9.5 million (December 1999) |
![]() | Austria | 3.7 million (1999) |
![]() | Azerbaijan | 2.9 million (1997) |
![]() | Bahamas, The | 156,000 (1999) |
![]() | Bahrain | 295,000 (1998 est.)
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) |
![]() | Bangladesh | 64.1 million (1998)
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 |
![]() | Barbados | 136,000 (1998 est.) |
![]() | Belarus | 4.8 million (2000) |
![]() | Belgium | 4.34 million (1999) |
![]() | Belize | 71,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (1997 est.) |
![]() | Benin | NA |
![]() | Bermuda | 35,296 (1997) |
![]() | Bhutan | NA
note: massive lack of skilled labor |
![]() | Bolivia | 2.5 million |
![]() | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.026 million |
![]() | Botswana | 235,000 formal sector employees (1995) |
![]() | Brazil | 79 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | British Virgin Islands | 4,911 (1980) |
![]() | Brunei | 144,000 (1995 est.); note - includes foreign workers and military personnel
note: temporary residents make up 41% of labor force (1991) |
![]() | Bulgaria | 3.83 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Burkina Faso | 5 million (1999)
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment |
![]() | Burma | 19.7 million (FY98/99 est.) |
![]() | Burundi | 1.9 million |
![]() | Cambodia | 6 million (1998 est.) |
![]() | Cameroon | NA |
![]() | Canada | 16.1 million (2000) |
![]() | Cape Verde | NA |
![]() | Cayman Islands | 19,820 (1995) |
![]() | Central African Republic | NA |
![]() | Chad | NA |
![]() | Chile | 5.8 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | China | 700 million (1998 est.) |
![]() | Christmas Island | NA |
![]() | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA |
![]() | Colombia | 18.3 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | Comoros | 144,500 (1996 est.) |
![]() | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 14.51 million (1993 est.) |
![]() | Congo, Republic of the | NA |
![]() | Cook Islands | 6,601 (1993) |
![]() | Costa Rica | 1.9 million (1999) |
![]() | Cote d'Ivoire | 68% agricultural (2000 est.) |
![]() | Croatia | 1.68 million (October 2000) |
![]() | Cuba | 4.3 million (2000 est.)
note: state sector 75%, non-state sector 25% (1998) |
![]() | Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 291,000; Turkish Cypriot area: 86,300 (2000) |
![]() | Czech Republic | 5.203 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | Denmark | 2.856 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Djibouti | 282,000 |
![]() | Dominica | 25,000 |
![]() | Dominican Republic | 2.3 million - 2.6 million |
![]() | Ecuador | 4.2 million |
![]() | Egypt | 19.9 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | El Salvador | 2.35 million (1999) |
![]() | Equatorial Guinea | NA |
![]() | Eritrea | NA |
![]() | Estonia | 785,500 (1999 est.) |
![]() | Ethiopia | NA |
![]() | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,100 (est.) |
![]() | Faroe Islands | 24,250 (October 2000) |
![]() | Fiji | 235,000 |
![]() | Finland | 2.6 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | France | 25 million (2000) |
![]() | French Guiana | 58,800 (1997) |
![]() | French Polynesia | 70,000 (1996) |
![]() | Gabon | 600,000 |
![]() | Gambia, The | 400,000 |
![]() | Gaza Strip | NA |
![]() | Georgia | 3.08 million (1997) |
![]() | Germany | 40.5 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | Ghana | 9 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Gibraltar | 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) |
![]() | Greece | 4.32 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | Greenland | 24,500 (1999 est.) |
![]() | Grenada | 42,300 (1996) |
![]() | Guadeloupe | 125,900 (1997) |
![]() | Guam | 60,000 (2000 est.) |
![]() | Guatemala | 4.2 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | Guernsey | 31,322 (2000) |
![]() | Guinea | 3 million (1999) |
![]() | Guinea-Bissau | 480,000 |
![]() | Guyana | 245,492 (1992) |
![]() | Haiti | 3.6 million (1995)
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1998) |
![]() | Holy See (Vatican City) | NA |
![]() | Honduras | 2.3 million (1997 est.) |
![]() | Hong Kong | 3.39 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Hungary | 4.2 million (1997) |
![]() | Iceland | 159,000 (2000) |
![]() | India | NA |
![]() | Indonesia | 99 million (1999) |
![]() | Iran | 17.3 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (1998) |
![]() | Iraq | 4.4 million (1989) |
![]() | Ireland | 1.82 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Isle of Man | 36,610 (1998) |
![]() | Israel | 2.4 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Italy | 23.4 million (2000) |
![]() | Jamaica | 1.13 million (1998) |
![]() | Japan | 67.7 million (December 2000) |
![]() | Jersey | 57,050 (1996) |
![]() | Jordan | 1.15 million
note: in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad (1997 est.) |
![]() | Kazakhstan | 8.8 million (1997) |
![]() | Kenya | 9.2 million (1998 est.) |
![]() | Kiribati | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (1985 est.) |
![]() | Korea, North | 9.6 million |
![]() | Korea, South | 22 million (2000) |
![]() | Kuwait | 1.3 million (1998 est.)
note: 68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) |
![]() | Kyrgyzstan | 1.7 million |
![]() | Laos | 1 million - 1.5 million |
![]() | Latvia | 1.4 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Lebanon | 1.3 million (1999 est.)
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (1997 est.) |
![]() | Lesotho | 700,000 economically active |
![]() | Libya | 1.5 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Liechtenstein | 22,891 of which 13,847 are foreigners; 8,231 commute from Austria and Switzerland to work each day |
![]() | Lithuania | 2 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Luxembourg | 248,000 (of whom 70,200 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000) |
![]() | Macau | 283,450 (1999) |
![]() | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 1 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | Madagascar | 7 million (1999) |
![]() | Malawi | 3.5 million |
![]() | Malaysia | 9.6 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Maldives | 67,000 (1995) |
![]() | Mali | NA |
![]() | Malta | 145,901 (1999) |
![]() | Marshall Islands | NA |
![]() | Martinique | 170,000 (1997) |
![]() | Mauritania | 750,000 (1999) |
![]() | Mauritius | 514,000 (1995) |
![]() | Mayotte | NA |
![]() | Mexico | 39.8 million (2000) |
![]() | Micronesia, Federated States of | NA |
![]() | Moldova | 1.7 million (1998) |
![]() | Monaco | 30,540 (January 1994) |
![]() | Mongolia | 1.3 million (1999) |
![]() | Montserrat | 4,521 (1992); note - recently lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity |
![]() | Morocco | 11 million (1997 est.) |
![]() | Mozambique | 7.4 million (1997 est.) |
![]() | Namibia | 500,000 |
![]() | Nepal | 10 million (1996 est.)
note: severe lack of skilled labor |
![]() | Netherlands | 7.2 million (2000) |
![]() | Netherlands Antilles | 89,000 |
![]() | New Caledonia | 79,395 (including 15, 018 unemployed, 1996) |
![]() | New Zealand | 1.88 million (2000) |
![]() | Nicaragua | 1.7 million (1999) |
![]() | Niger | 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries |
![]() | Nigeria | 66 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | Niue | 450 (1992 est.) |
![]() | Norfolk Island | 1,395 (1991 est.) |
![]() | Northern Mariana Islands | 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (1995) |
![]() | Norway | 2.4 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Oman | 850,000 (1997 est.) |
![]() | Pakistan | 40 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000 est.) |
![]() | Palau | 8,300 (1999) |
![]() | Panama | 1.1 million (2000 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor |
![]() | Papua New Guinea | 1.941 million |
![]() | Paraguay | 2 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Peru | 7.6 million (1996 est.) |
![]() | Philippines | 48.1 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Pitcairn Islands | 12 able-bodied men (1997) |
![]() | Poland | 17.2 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | Portugal | 5 million (1999) |
![]() | Puerto Rico | 1.3 million (2000) |
![]() | Qatar | 233,000 (1993 est.) |
![]() | Reunion | 261,000 (1995) |
![]() | Romania | 9.9 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | Russia | 66 million (1997) |
![]() | Rwanda | 3.6 million |
![]() | Saint Helena | 3,500 (1998 est.)
note: 1,200 of whom are working offshore |
![]() | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18,172 (June 1995) |
![]() | Saint Lucia | 43,800 |
![]() | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,000 (1997) |
![]() | 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 | 7 million
note: 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) |
![]() | Senegal | NA |
![]() | Seychelles | 30,900 (1996) |
![]() | Sierra Leone | 1.369 million (1981 est.)
note: only about 65,000 wage earners (1985) |
![]() | Singapore | 2.1 million (2000) |
![]() | Slovakia | 3 million (1999) |
![]() | Slovenia | 857,400 |
![]() | Solomon Islands | 26,842 |
![]() | Somalia | 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) (1993 est.) |
![]() | South Africa | 17 million economically active (2000) |
![]() | Spain | 17 million (2000) |
![]() | Sri Lanka | 6.6 million (1998) |
![]() | Sudan | 11 million (1996 est.) |
![]() | Suriname | 100,000 |
![]() | Svalbard | NA |
![]() | Swaziland | NA |
![]() | Sweden | 4.4 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Switzerland | 3.9 million (964,000 foreign workers, mostly Italian) (1998 est.) |
![]() | Syria | 4.7 million (1998 est.) |
![]() | Taiwan | 9.8 million (2000 est.) |
![]() | Tajikistan | 1.9 million (1996) |
![]() | Tanzania | 13.495 million |
![]() | Thailand | 32.6 million (1997 est.) |
![]() | Togo | 1.74 million (1996) |
![]() | Tokelau | NA |
![]() | Tonga | 34,000 (FY96/97) |
![]() | Trinidad and Tobago | 558,700 (1998) |
![]() | Tunisia | 2.65 million (2000 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor |
![]() | Turkey | 23 million (2000 est.)
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999) |
![]() | Turkmenistan | 2.34 million (1996) |
![]() | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 (1990 est.) |
![]() | Tuvalu | NA |
![]() | Uganda | 8.361 million (1993 est.) |
![]() | Ukraine | 22.8 million (yearend 1997) |
![]() | United Arab Emirates | 1.4 million (1998 est.)
note: 75% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) |
![]() | United Kingdom | 29.2 million (1999) |
![]() | United States | 140.9 million (includes unemployed) (2000) |
![]() | Uruguay | 1.5 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | Uzbekistan | 11.9 million (1998 est.) |
![]() | Vanuatu | NA |
![]() | Venezuela | 9.9 million (1999) |
![]() | Vietnam | 38.2 million (1998 est.) |
![]() | Virgin Islands | 47,443 (1990 est.) |
![]() | Wallis and Futuna | NA |
![]() | West Bank | NA |
![]() | Western Sahara | 12,000 |
![]() | World | NA |
![]() | Yemen | NA |
![]() | Yugoslavia | 1.6 million (1999 est.) |
![]() | Zambia | 3.4 million |
![]() | Zimbabwe | 5.5 million (2000 est.) |