Labor force (2007)

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Informations about Labor force in 2007 year

	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.)