Compare Labor force (2002) - Labor force (2003)

Compare Labor force (2002) with Labor force (2003)

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	Labor force (2002)	Labor force (2003)
Anguilla	6,735 (1999) (1999)	6,049 (2001)
Aruba	41,501	41,501 (1997 est.)
Australia	9.2 million (December 2001 )	9.2 million (37256)
Azerbaijan	3.7 million (1997) (2001)	3.7 million (2001)
Bahrain	295,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) (1998 est.)	295,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (1998 est.)
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 (1998)	64.1 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 (1998)
Belize	90,000 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
Brunei	143,400 (1999 est.); note - includes foreign workers and military personnel note: temporary residents make up 41% of labor force (1991) (1999 est.)	143,400 note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (1999 est.)
Burkina Faso	5 million (1999) note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (1999)	5 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2002)
Burundi	1.9 million	3.7 million (2000)
China	706 million (2000 est.)	744 million (2001 est.)
Costa Rica	1.9 million (1999) (1999)	1.9 million (1999)
Cuba	4.3 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (1999) (2000 est.)	4.3 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2000 est.)
El Salvador	2.35 million (1999) (1999)	2.35 million (1999)
Faroe Islands	24,250 (October 2000 )	24,250 (October 2000)
French Guiana	58,800 (1997) (1997)	58,800 (1997)
French Polynesia	70,000 (1996) (1996)	70,000 (1996)
Gabon	600,000 600,000	600,000
Gambia, The	400,000 400,000	400,000
Greece	4.32 million (1999 est.)	4.37 million (2002 est.)
Grenada	42,300 (1996) (1996)	42,300 (1996)
Guadeloupe	125,900 (1997) (1997)	125,900 (1997)
Guinea	3 million (1999) (1999)	3 million (1999)
Haiti	3.6 million (1995) note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2001) (1995)	3.6 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995)
Hong Kong	3.44 million (2001 est.)	3.52 million (2001 est.)
Hungary	4.2 million (1997) (1997)	4.2 million (1997)
India	406 million (1999) (1999)	406 million (1999)
Iran	18 million note: shortage of skilled labor (1998)	21 million note: shortage of skilled labor (1998)
Iraq	4.4 million (1989) (1989)	6.5 million (2002 est.)
Israel	2.4 million (2000 est.)	2.5 million (2002 est.)
Jamaica	1.13 million (1998) (1998)	1.13 million (1998)
Japan	67.7 million (December 2000 )	67.7 million (December 2001)
Jersey	57,050 (1996) (1996)	57,050 (1996)
Jordan	1.26 million note: in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad (2001)	1.36 million (2002)
Kiribati	7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (1985 est.)	7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers
Kuwait	1.3 million note: 68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) (1998 est.)	1.3 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force. (1998 est.)
Lebanon	1.5 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (1999 est.) (2001 est.)	1.5 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.)
Lesotho	700,000 economically active	838,000
Liechtenstein	28,783 of which 13,847 are foreigners; 8,231 commute from Austria and Switzerland to work each day	29,000 of which 19,000 are foreigners; 13,000 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (37256)
Macau	218,000 (2001)	214,000 (2002)
Madagascar	7 million (1999) (1999)	7.3 million (2000)
Maldives	67,000 (1995) (1995)	88,000 (2000)
Martinique	170,000 (1997) (1997)	165,900 (1998)
Mauritania	786,000 (2001) (2001)	786,000 (2001)
Mauritius	514,000 (1995) (1995)	514,000 (1995)
Mayotte	NA	48,800 (2000)
Mexico	39.8 million (2000) (2000)	39.8 million (2000)
Moldova	1.7 million (1998) (1998)	1.7 million (1998)
Mongolia	1.4 million (2000)	1.4 million (2001)
Montserrat	4,521 (1992); note - lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity	4,521 ; note - lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity
Morocco	11 million (1999) (1999)	11 million (1999)
Mozambique	7.4 million (1997 est.)	9.2 million (2000 est.)
Namibia	500,000	725,000 (2000)
Nicaragua	1.7 million (1999) (1999)	1.7 million (1999)
Northern Mariana Islands	6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (1995)	6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers
Oman	920,000	920,000 (2002 est.)
Palau	8,300 (1999)	9,845 (2000)
Philippines	32 million (2000)	33.7 million (2002)
Puerto Rico	1.3 million (2000) (2000)	1.3 million (2000)
Reunion	261,000 (1995) (1995)	309,900 (2000)
Russia	71.3 million (2001 est.)	71.8 million (2002 est.)
Rwanda	3.6 million	4.6 million (2000)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,000 (1997) (1997)	3,261 (1999)
San Marino	18,500 (1999) (1999)	18,500 (1999)
Saudi Arabia	7 million note: 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)	7 million note: 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national
Seychelles	30,900 (1996) (1996)	30,900 (1996)
Sierra Leone	1.369 million note: only about 65,000 wage earners (1985) (1981 est.)	1.369 million (1981 est.)
Somalia	3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) (1993 est.)	3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers)
South Africa	17 million economically active (2000)	17 million economically active
Swaziland	NA	383,200 (2000)
Syria	4.7 million (1998 est.)	5.2 million (2000 est.)
Taiwan	9.8 million (2001 est.)	10 million (2003)
Togo	1.74 million (1996) (1996)	1.74 million (1996)
Trinidad and Tobago	564,000 (2000) (2000)	564,000 (2000)
Tunisia	2.69 million note: shortage of skilled labor	2.69 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2001 est.)
Turkey	23.8 million (2001 3rd quarter) note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999)	23.8 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2001 3rd quarter)
Turkmenistan	2.34 million (1996) (1996)	2.34 million (1996)
United Arab Emirates	1.6 million note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 2002 est.) (2000 est.)	1.6 million (2000 est.) note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 2002 est.) (2000 est.)
United States	141.8 million (includes unemployed) (2002)	141.8 million (includes unemployed) (2001)
Uruguay	1.2 million (2001) (2001)	1.2 million (2001)
Venezuela	9.9 million (1999) (1999)	9.9 million (1999)
Virgin Islands	48,356	49,000 (2002 est.)
Zambia	3.4 million	4.29 million (2000)
Zimbabwe	5.5 million (2000 est.)	5.8 million (2000 est.)