![]() | 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.) |