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.) |
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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 |
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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.) |
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Benin | NA | |
Bermuda | 35,296 (1997) | |
Bhutan | NA
note: massive lack of skilled labor |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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.) |
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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.) |
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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.) |
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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 |
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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.) |
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Palau | 8,300 (1999) | |
Panama | 1.1 million (2000 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor |
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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 |
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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.) |
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Senegal | NA | |
Seychelles | 30,900 (1996) | |
Sierra Leone | 1.369 million (1981 est.)
note: only about 65,000 wage earners (1985) |
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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 |
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Turkey | 23 million (2000 est.)
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999) |
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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.) |
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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.) |