Labor force (2006)

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Informations about Labor force in 2006 year

	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.)