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  Labor force (2001)Labor force (2006)
Afghanistan Afghanistan 10 million (2000 est.) 15 million (2004 est.)
Albania Albania 1.692 million (including 352,000 emigrant workers and 261,000 domestically unemployed) (1994 est.) 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.)
Algeria Algeria 9.1 million (2000 est.) 10.15 million (2005 est.)
American Samoa American Samoa 14,000 (1996) 17,630 (2005)
Andorra Andorra 30,787 salaried employees (1998) 48,740 (2004)
Angola Angola 5 million (1997 est.) 5.58 million (2005 est.)
Anguilla Anguilla 4,400 (1992) 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 30,000
Argentina Argentina 15 million (1999) 15.34 million (2005 est.)
Armenia Armenia 1.5 million (1999) 1.2 million (2005)
Aruba Aruba 41,501 (1997 est.) 41,500 (2004 est.)
Australia Australia 9.5 million (December 1999) 10.42 million (2005 est.)
Austria Austria 3.7 million (1999) 3.49 million (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2.9 million (1997) 5.45 million (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The Bahamas, The 156,000 (1999) 176,300 (2004)
Bahrain Bahrain 295,000 (1998 est.)

note:
44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)		 380,000


note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)
Bangladesh 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		 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 Barbados 136,000 (1998 est.) 128,500 (2001 est.)
Belarus Belarus 4.8 million (2000) 4.3 million (31 December 2005)
Belgium Belgium 4.34 million (1999) 4.77 million (2005 est.)
Belize Belize 71,000

note:
shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (1997 est.)		 90,000


note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.)
Benin Benin NA 3.211 million
Bermuda Bermuda 35,296 (1997) 38,360 (2004)
Bhutan Bhutan NA

note:
massive lack of skilled labor		 NA


note: major shortage of skilled labor
Bolivia Bolivia 2.5 million 4.22 million (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.026 million 1.026 million (2001)
Botswana Botswana 235,000 formal sector employees (1995) 288,400 formal sector employees (2004)
Brazil Brazil 79 million (1999 est.) 90.41 million (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 4,911 (1980) 12,770 (2004)
Brunei Brunei 144,000 (1995 est.); note - includes foreign workers and military personnel

note:
temporary residents make up 41% of labor force (1991)		 146,300


note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (2003 est.)
Bulgaria Bulgaria 3.83 million (2000 est.) 3.34 million (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 5 million (1999)

note:
a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment		 5 million


note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)
Burma Burma 19.7 million (FY98/99 est.) 27.75 million (2005 est.)
Burundi Burundi 1.9 million 2.99 million (2002)
Cambodia Cambodia 6 million (1998 est.) 7 million (2003 est.)
Cameroon Cameroon NA 6.86 million (2005 est.)
Canada Canada 16.1 million (2000) 16.3 million (December 2005)
Cape Verde Cape Verde NA 120,600
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 19,820 (1995) 23,450 (2004)
Central African Republic Central African Republic NA NA
Chad Chad NA 2.719 million
Chile Chile 5.8 million (1999 est.) 6.3 million (2005 est.)
China China 700 million (1998 est.) 791.4 million (2005 est.)
Christmas Island Christmas Island NA NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA NA
Colombia Colombia 18.3 million (1999 est.) 20.52 million (2005)
Comoros Comoros 144,500 (1996 est.) 144,500 (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14.51 million (1993 est.) 14.51 million
Congo, Republic of the Congo, Republic of the NA NA
Cook Islands Cook Islands 6,601 (1993) 6,820 (2001)
Costa Rica Costa Rica 1.9 million (1999) 1.82 million (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire 68% agricultural (2000 est.) 6.95 million (68% agricultural) (2005 est.)
Croatia Croatia 1.68 million (October 2000) 1.71 million (2005 est.)
Cuba Cuba 4.3 million (2000 est.)

note:
state sector 75%, non-state sector 25% (1998)		 4.6 million


note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2005 est.)
Cyprus Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: 291,000; Turkish Cypriot area: 86,300 (2000) Republic of Cyprus: 370,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2005 est.)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 5.203 million (1999 est.) 5.27 million (2005 est.)
Denmark Denmark 2.856 million (2000 est.) 2.9 million (2005 est.)
Djibouti Djibouti 282,000 282,000 (2000)
Dominica Dominica 25,000 25,000 (1999 est.)
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 2.3 million - 2.6 million 2.3 million-2.6 million (2000 est.)
East Timor East Timor - NA
Ecuador Ecuador 4.2 million 4.6 million (urban) (2005 est.)
Egypt Egypt 19.9 million (2000 est.) 21.34 million (2005 est.)
El Salvador El Salvador 2.35 million (1999) 2.81 million (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea NA NA
Eritrea Eritrea NA NA
Estonia Estonia 785,500 (1999 est.) 670,000 (2005 est.)
Ethiopia Ethiopia NA 27.27 million
European Union European Union - 218.5 million (2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 (est.) 1,724 (est.)
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 24,250 (October 2000) 24,250 (October 2000)
Fiji Fiji 235,000 137,000 (1999)
Finland Finland 2.6 million (2000 est.) 2.61 million (2005 est.)
France France 25 million (2000) 27.72 million (2005 est.)
French Guiana French Guiana 58,800 (1997) 62,630 (1999)
French Polynesia French Polynesia 70,000 (1996) 65,870 (December 2005)
Gabon Gabon 600,000 640,000 (2005 est.)
Gambia, The Gambia, The 400,000 400,000 (1996)
Gaza Strip Gaza Strip NA 278,000 (April-June 2005)
Georgia Georgia 3.08 million (1997) 2.04 million (2004 est.)
Germany Germany 40.5 million (1999 est.) 43.32 million (2005 est.)
Ghana Ghana 9 million (2000 est.) 10.62 million (2005 est.)
Gibraltar Gibraltar 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)
Greece Greece 4.32 million (1999 est.) 4.72 million (2005 est.)
Greenland Greenland 24,500 (1999 est.) 24,500 (1999 est.)
Grenada Grenada 42,300 (1996) 42,300 (1996)
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 125,900 (1997) 191,400 (1999)
Guam Guam 60,000 (2000 est.) 62,050 (2002 est.)
Guatemala Guatemala 4.2 million (1999 est.) 3.76 million (2005 est.)
Guernsey Guernsey 31,322 (2000) 32,290 (2001)
Guinea Guinea 3 million (1999) 3 million (1999)
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 480,000 480,000 (1999)
Guyana Guyana 245,492 (1992) 418,000 (2001 est.)
Haiti Haiti 3.6 million (1995)

note:
shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1998)		 3.6 million


note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995)
Holy See (Vatican City) Holy See (Vatican City) NA NA
Honduras Honduras 2.3 million (1997 est.) 2.54 million (2005 est.)
Hong Kong Hong Kong 3.39 million (2000 est.) 3.61 million (October 2005)
Hungary Hungary 4.2 million (1997) 4.18 million (2005 est.)
Iceland Iceland 159,000 (2000) 165,900 (2005 est.)
India India NA 496.4 million (2005 est.)
Indonesia Indonesia 99 million (1999) 94.2 million (2005 est.)
Iran Iran 17.3 million

note:
shortage of skilled labor (1998)		 23.68 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)
Iraq Iraq 4.4 million (1989) 7.4 million (2004 est.)
Ireland Ireland 1.82 million (2000 est.) 2.03 million (2005 est.)
Isle of Man Isle of Man 36,610 (1998) 39,690 (2001)
Israel Israel 2.4 million (2000 est.) 2.42 million (2005 est.)
Italy Italy 23.4 million (2000) 24.49 million (2005 est.)
Jamaica Jamaica 1.13 million (1998) 1.2 million (2005 est.)
Japan Japan 67.7 million (December 2000) 66.4 million (2005 est.)
Jersey Jersey 57,050 (1996) 52,790 (2004)
Jordan Jordan 1.15 million

note:
in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad (1997 est.)		 1.46 million (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 8.8 million (1997) 7.85 million (2005 est.)
Kenya Kenya 9.2 million (1998 est.) 11.85 million (2005 est.)
Kiribati Kiribati 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (1985 est.) 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)
Korea, North Korea, North 9.6 million 9.6 million
Korea, South Korea, South 22 million (2000) 23.53 million (2005 est.)
Kuwait Kuwait 1.3 million (1998 est.)

note:
68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)		 1.67 million


note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 1.7 million 2.7 million (2000)
Laos Laos 1 million - 1.5 million 2.8 million (2002 est.)
Latvia Latvia 1.4 million (2000 est.) 1.11 million (2005 est.)
Lebanon Lebanon 1.3 million (1999 est.)

note:
in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (1997 est.)		 2.6 million


note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.)
Lesotho Lesotho 700,000 economically active 838,000 (2000)
Libya Libya 1.5 million (2000 est.) 1.64 million (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 22,891 of which 13,847 are foreigners; 8,231 commute from Austria and Switzerland to work each day 29,500 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001)
Lithuania Lithuania 2 million (2000 est.) 1.61 million (2005 est.)
Luxembourg Luxembourg 248,000 (of whom 70,200 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000) 316,500 of whom 121,600 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2005 est.)
Macau Macau 283,450 (1999) 251,200 (3rd Quarter, 2005)
Macedonia Macedonia - 855,000 (2004 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 1 million (1999 est.) -
Madagascar Madagascar 7 million (1999) 7.3 million (2000)
Malawi Malawi 3.5 million 4.5 million (2001 est.)
Malaysia Malaysia 9.6 million (2000 est.) 10.67 million (2005 est.)
Maldives Maldives 67,000 (1995) 88,000 (2000)
Mali Mali NA 3.93 million (2001 est.)
Malta Malta 145,901 (1999) 160,000 (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands NA 14,680 (2000)
Martinique Martinique 170,000 (1997) 165,900 (1998)
Mauritania Mauritania 750,000 (1999) 786,000 (2001)
Mauritius Mauritius 514,000 (1995) 570,000 (2005 est.)
Mayotte Mayotte NA 44,560 (2002)
Mexico Mexico 39.8 million (2000) 43.4 million (2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of NA 37,410
Moldova Moldova 1.7 million (1998) 1.34 million (2005 est.)
Monaco Monaco 30,540 (January 1994) 41,110


note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2004)
Mongolia Mongolia 1.3 million (1999) 1.488 million (2003)
Montenegro Montenegro - 259,100 (2004)
Montserrat Montserrat 4,521 (1992); note - recently lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity 4,521


note: lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity (2000 est.)
Morocco Morocco 11 million (1997 est.) 11.19 million (2005 est.)
Mozambique Mozambique 7.4 million (1997 est.) 9.2 million (2000 est.)
Namibia Namibia 500,000 820,000 (2005 est.)
Nepal Nepal 10 million (1996 est.)

note:
severe lack of skilled labor		 10.4 million


note: severe lack of skilled labor (2004 est.)
Netherlands Netherlands 7.2 million (2000) 7.53 million (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 89,000 83,600 (2005)
New Caledonia New Caledonia 79,395 (including 15, 018 unemployed, 1996) 78,990 (including 11,300 unemployed) (2004)
New Zealand New Zealand 1.88 million (2000) 2.13 million (2005 est.)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 1.7 million (1999) 2.01 million (2005 est.)
Niger Niger 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries 70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public sector (2002 est.)
Nigeria Nigeria 66 million (1999 est.) 57.21 million (2005 est.)
Niue Niue 450 (1992 est.) NA 663
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 1,395 (1991 est.) 1,345
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (1995) 44,470 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2000)
Norway Norway 2.4 million (2000 est.) 2.4 million (2005 est.)
Oman Oman 850,000 (1997 est.) 920,000 (2002 est.)
Pakistan Pakistan 40 million

note:
extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000 est.)		 46.84 million


note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2005 est.)
Palau Palau 8,300 (1999) 9,777 (2005)
Panama Panama 1.1 million (2000 est.)

note:
shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor		 1.39 million


note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 1.941 million 2.413 million (2004)
Paraguay Paraguay 2 million (2000 est.) 2.68 million (2005 est.)
Peru Peru 7.6 million (1996 est.) 9.06 million (2005 est.)
Philippines Philippines 48.1 million (2000 est.) 36.73 million (2005 est.)
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands 12 able-bodied men (1997) 15 able-bodied men (2004)
Poland Poland 17.2 million (1999 est.) 17.1 million (2005 est.)
Portugal Portugal 5 million (1999) 5.52 million (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 1.3 million (2000) 1.3 million (2000)
Qatar Qatar 233,000 (1993 est.) 440,000 (2005 est.)
Reunion Reunion 261,000 (1995) 299,000 (2002)
Romania Romania 9.9 million (1999 est.) 9.31 million (2005 est.)
Russia Russia 66 million (1997) 74.22 million (2005 est.)
Rwanda Rwanda 3.6 million 4.6 million (2000)
Saint Helena Saint Helena 3,500 (1998 est.)

note:
1,200 of whom are working offshore		 2,486


note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,172 (June 1995) 18,170 (June 1995)
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 43,800 43,800 (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,000 (1997) 3,261 (1999)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 (1984 est.) 41,680 (1991 est.)
Samoa Samoa 90,000 (2000 est.) 90,000 (2000 est.)
San Marino San Marino 18,500 (1999) 19,970 (2003)
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe NA 35,050
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 7 million

note:
35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)		 6.76 million


note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)
Senegal Senegal NA 4.82 million (2005 est.)
Serbia Serbia - 2.961 million for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2002 est.)
Seychelles Seychelles 30,900 (1996) 30,900 (1996)
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1.369 million (1981 est.)

note:
only about 65,000 wage earners (1985)		 1.369 million (1981 est.)
Singapore Singapore 2.1 million (2000) 2.28 million (September 2005 est.)
Slovakia Slovakia 3 million (1999) 2.24 million (30 September 2005 est.)
Slovenia Slovenia 857,400 920,000 (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 26,842 249,200 (1999)
Somalia Somalia 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) (1993 est.) 3.7 million (very few skilled laborers)
South Africa South Africa 17 million economically active (2000) 15.23 million economically active (2005 est.)
Spain Spain 17 million (2000) 20.67 million (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 6.6 million (1998) 8.08 million (2005 est.)
Sudan Sudan 11 million (1996 est.) 7.415 million (1996 est.)
Suriname Suriname 100,000 156,700 (2004)
Svalbard Svalbard NA NA
Swaziland Swaziland NA 155,700 (2003)
Sweden Sweden 4.4 million (2000 est.) 4.49 million (2005 est.)
Switzerland Switzerland 3.9 million (964,000 foreign workers, mostly Italian) (1998 est.) 3.8 million (2005 est.)
Syria Syria 4.7 million (1998 est.) 5.12 million (2004 est.)
Taiwan Taiwan 9.8 million (2000 est.) 10.6 million (2005 est.)
Tajikistan Tajikistan 1.9 million (1996) 3.7 million (2003)
Tanzania Tanzania 13.495 million 19.22 million (2005 est.)
Thailand Thailand 32.6 million (1997 est.) 35.36 million (2005 est.)
Togo Togo 1.74 million (1996) 1.302 million (1998)
Tokelau Tokelau NA 440
Tonga Tonga 34,000 (FY96/97) 33,910 (2003)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 558,700 (1998) 620,000 (2005 est.)
Tunisia Tunisia 2.65 million (2000 est.)

note:
shortage of skilled labor		 3.41 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)
Turkey Turkey 23 million (2000 est.)

note:
about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999)		 24.7 million


note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 2.34 million (1996) 2.32 million (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 (1990 est.) 4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu Tuvalu NA 3,615 (2004 est.)
Uganda Uganda 8.361 million (1993 est.) 13.17 million (2005 est.)
Ukraine Ukraine 22.8 million (yearend 1997) 22.67 million (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates 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.)		 2.8 million (2005 est.)
United Kingdom United Kingdom 29.2 million (1999) 30.07 million (2005 est.)
United States United States 140.9 million (includes unemployed) (2000) 149.3 million (includes unemployed) (2005 est.)
Uruguay Uruguay 1.5 million (1999 est.) 1.52 million (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 11.9 million (1998 est.) 14.26 million (2005 est.)
Vanuatu Vanuatu NA 76,410
Venezuela Venezuela 9.9 million (1999) 12.31 million (2005 est.)
Vietnam Vietnam 38.2 million (1998 est.) 44.39 million (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 47,443 (1990 est.) 43,980 (2004 est.)
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna NA NA 3,104
West Bank West Bank NA 614,000 (April-June 2005)
Western Sahara Western Sahara 12,000 12,000
World World NA 3.001 billion (2005 est.)
Yemen Yemen NA 5.83 million (2005 est.)
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1.6 million (1999 est.) -
Zambia Zambia 3.4 million 4.8 million (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 5.5 million (2000 est.) 3.94 million (2005 est.)
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