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  Labor force (2002)Labor force (2004)
Afghanistan Afghanistan 10 million (2000 est.) 11.8 million (2001 est.)
Albania Albania 1.283 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers and 261,000 domestically unemployed) (2000 est.) 1.35 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2003 est.)
Algeria Algeria 9.4 million (2001 est.) 9.6 million (2003)
American Samoa American Samoa 14,000 (1996) 14,000 (1996)
Andorra Andorra 33,000 (2001 est.) 33,000 (2001 est.)
Angola Angola 5 million (1997 est.) 5.57 million (2003 est.)
Anguilla Anguilla 6,735 (1999) (1999) 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 30,000
Argentina Argentina 15 million (1999) 14.92 million (2003)
Armenia Armenia 1.4 million (2001) 1.4 million (2001)
Aruba Aruba 41,501 41,500 (1997 est.)
Australia Australia 9.2 million (December 2001 ) 10.19 million (37256)
Austria Austria 4.3 million (2001) 3.425 million (2003)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 3.7 million (1997) (2001) 4.99 million (2003)
Bahamas, The Bahamas, The 156,000 (1999) 156,000 (1999)
Bahrain Bahrain 295,000


note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) (1998 est.)		 350,000


note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2003 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 (1998)		 64.02 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 (2003)
Barbados Barbados 128,500 (2001 est.) 128,500 (2001 est.)
Belarus Belarus 4.8 million (2000) 4.8 million (2000 est.)
Belgium Belgium 4.44 million (2001) 4.73 million (2003)
Belize 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 (2001 est.)
Benin Benin NA NA (1996)
Bermuda Bermuda 37,472 (2000) 37,470 (2000)
Bhutan Bhutan NA


note: massive lack of skilled labor		 NA


note: massive lack of skilled labor (1997 est.)
Bolivia Bolivia 2.5 million 4.1 million (2003)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.026 million 1.026 million (2001)
Botswana Botswana 264,000 formal sector employees (2000) 264,000 formal sector employees (2000)
Brazil Brazil 79 million (1999 est.) 82.59 million (2003 est.)
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 4,911 (1980) 4,911 (1980)
Brunei 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.)
Bulgaria Bulgaria 3.83 million (2000 est.) 3.333 million (2003 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 (1999)		 5 million


note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)
Burma Burma 23.7 million (1999 est.) 22.14 million (2003 est.)
Burundi Burundi 1.9 million 2.99 million (2002)
Cambodia Cambodia 6 million (1998 est.) 7 million (2003 est.)
Cameroon Cameroon NA 6.49 million NA (2003)
Canada Canada 16.4 million (2001 est.) 17.04 million (2003 est.)
Cape Verde Cape Verde NA NA (1980)
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 19,820 (1995) 19,820 (1995)
Central African Republic Central African Republic NA NA (2000 est.)
Chad Chad NA NA (2002)
Chile Chile 5.9 million (2000 est.) 6 million (2003 est.)
China China 706 million (2000 est.) 778.1 million (2003 est.)
Christmas Island Christmas Island NA NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA NA
Colombia Colombia 18.3 million (1999 est.) 20.34 million (2003 est.)
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 (1993 est.)
Congo, Republic of the Congo, Republic of the NA NA (2000 est.)
Cook Islands Cook Islands 8,000 (1996) 8,000 (1996)
Costa Rica Costa Rica 1.9 million (1999) (1999) 1.758 million (2003)
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire 68% agricultural (2000 est.) 6.64 million 68% agricultural (2003)
Croatia Croatia 1.7 million (2001) 1.69 million (2003)
Cuba Cuba 4.3 million


note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (1999) (2000 est.)		 4.58 million


note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2003 est.)
Cyprus Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: 291,000; Turkish Cypriot area: 86,300 (2000) 330,000 Republic of Cyprus: 306,000; north Cyprus: 95,025 (2003)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 5.203 million (1999 est.) 5.25 million (2003 est.)
Denmark Denmark 2.856 million (2000 est.) 2.863 million (2003 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 NA
Ecuador Ecuador 3.7 million (urban) 4.36 million (urban) (2003)
Egypt Egypt 20.6 million (2001 est.) 20.19 million (2003 est.)
El Salvador El Salvador 2.35 million (1999) (1999) 2.62 million (2003)
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea NA NA (October 2000)
Eritrea Eritrea NA NA (1999)
Estonia Estonia 608,600 (2001 est.) 654,000 (2003 est.)
Ethiopia Ethiopia NA NA (2001 est.)
European Union European Union - 211.1 million
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 (est.) 1,100 (est.)
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 24,250 (October 2000 ) 24,250 (October 2000)
Fiji Fiji 137,000 (1999) 137,000 (1999)
Finland Finland 2.6 million (2000 est.) 2.599 million (2003 est.)
France France 26.6 million (2001 est.) 27.39 million (2003 est.)
French Guiana French Guiana 58,800 (1997) (1997) 58,800 (1997)
French Polynesia French Polynesia 70,000 (1996) (1996) 70,000 (1996)
Gabon Gabon 600,000 600,000 610,000 (2003)
Gambia, The Gambia, The 400,000 400,000 400,000 (1996)
Gaza Strip Gaza Strip NA NA (1997)
Georgia Georgia 2.1 million (2001 est.) 2.1 million (2001 est.)
Germany Germany 41.9 million (2001) 42.63 million (2003)
Ghana Ghana 9 million (2000 est.) 10 million (2003 est.)
Gibraltar Gibraltar 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (1999)
Greece Greece 4.32 million (1999 est.) 4.39 million (2003 est.)
Greenland Greenland 24,500 (1999 est.) 24,500 (1999 est.)
Grenada Grenada 42,300 (1996) (1996) 42,300 (1996)
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 125,900 (1997) (1997) 125,900 (1997)
Guam Guam 60,000 (2000 est.) 60,000 (2000 est.)
Guatemala Guatemala 4.2 million (1999 est.) 3.84 million (2003 est.)
Guernsey Guernsey 31,322 (2000) 31,320 (2000)
Guinea Guinea 3 million (1999) (1999) 3 million (1999)
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 480,000 480,000 (1999)
Guyana Guyana 418,000 (2001 est.) 418,000 (2001 est.)
Haiti 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)
Holy See (Vatican City) Holy See (Vatican City) NA NA
Honduras Honduras 2.3 million (1997 est.) 2.41 million (2003 est.)
Hong Kong Hong Kong 3.44 million (2001 est.) 3.5 million (2003 est.)
Hungary Hungary 4.2 million (1997) (1997) 4.164 million (2003)
Iceland Iceland 159,000 (2000) 160,000 (2003)
India India 406 million (1999) (1999) 472 million (2003)
Indonesia Indonesia 99 million (1999) 105.7 million (2003)
Iran Iran 18 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (1998)		 22.32 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2003 est.)
Iraq Iraq 4.4 million (1989) (1989) 7.8 million (2004 est.)
Ireland Ireland 1.8 million (2001) 1.871 million (2003)
Isle of Man Isle of Man 36,610 (1998) 36,610 (1998)
Israel Israel 2.4 million (2000 est.) 2.61 million (2003 est.)
Italy Italy 23.6 million (2001 est.) 24.15 million (2003 est.)
Jamaica Jamaica 1.13 million (1998) (1998) 1.13 million (2003)
Japan Japan 67.7 million (December 2000 ) 66.66 million (2003)
Jersey Jersey 57,050 (1996) (1996) 57,050 (1996)
Jordan Jordan 1.26 million


note: in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad (2001)		 1.36 million (2003)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 8.4 million (1999) 7.634 million (2003)
Kenya Kenya 10 million (2001 est.) 11.45 million (2003 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 (2001) 22.92 million (2003)
Kuwait Kuwait 1.3 million


note: 68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) (1998 est.)		 1.38 million


note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force. (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 2.7 million (2000) 2.7 million (2000)
Laos Laos 2.4 million (1999) 2.6 million (2001 est.)
Latvia Latvia 1.1 million (2001 est.) 1.18 million (2003 est.)
Lebanon 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 Lesotho 700,000 economically active 838,000 (2000)
Libya Libya 1.5 million (2000 est.) 1.51 million (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 28,783 of which 13,847 are foreigners; 8,231 commute from Austria and Switzerland to work each day 29,000 of whom 19,000 are foreigners; 13,000 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001)
Lithuania Lithuania 1.5 million (2001 est.) 1.642 million (2003 est.)
Luxembourg Luxembourg 262,300 (of whom 87,400 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000) 200,000 (of whom 87,400 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2003)
Macau Macau 218,000 (2001) 214,000 (2002)
Macedonia Macedonia - 860,000 (2003 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 1.1 million (2000 est.) -
Madagascar Madagascar 7 million (1999) (1999) 7.3 million (2000)
Malawi Malawi 4.5 million (2001 est.) 4.5 million (2001 est.)
Malaysia Malaysia 9.9 million (2001 est.) 10.26 million (2003 est.)
Maldives Maldives 67,000 (1995) (1995) 88,000 (2000)
Mali Mali 3.93 million (2001 est.) 3.93 million (2001 est.)
Malta Malta 160,000 (2002 est.) 160,000 (2002 est.)
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 28,698 28,700 (1996 est.)
Martinique Martinique 170,000 (1997) (1997) 165,900 (1998)
Mauritania Mauritania 786,000 (2001) (2001) 786,000 (2001)
Mauritius Mauritius 514,000 (1995) (1995) 560,000 (2003)
Mayotte Mayotte NA 48,800 (2000)
Mexico Mexico 39.8 million (2000) (2000) 34.11 million (2003)
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of NA NA (2000 est.)
Moldova Moldova 1.7 million (1998) (1998) 1.383 million (2003)
Monaco Monaco 30,540 (January 1994) 30,540 (January 1994)
Mongolia Mongolia 1.4 million (2000) 1.4 million (2001)
Montserrat Montserrat 4,521 (1992); note - 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 (1999) (1999) 10.84 million (2003)
Mozambique Mozambique 7.4 million (1997 est.) 9.2 million (2000 est.)
Namibia Namibia 500,000 760,000 (2003)
Nepal Nepal 10 million


note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.)		 10 million


note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.)
Netherlands Netherlands 7.2 million (2000) 7.46 million (2003)
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 89,000 89,000 (2000)
New Caledonia New Caledonia 79,395 (including 15,018 unemployed, 1996) 79,400 (including 15,018 unemployed, 1996)
New Zealand New Zealand 1.92 million (2001 est.) 2.008 million (2003 est.)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 1.7 million (1999) (1999) 1.91 million (2003)
Niger Niger 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries (2002 est.)
Nigeria Nigeria 66 million (1999 est.) 54.36 million (2003 est.)
Niue Niue NA NA (1998 est.)
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island NA NA
Northern Mariana Islands 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 (June 1995)
Norway Norway 2.4 million (2000 est.) 2.38 million (2003 est.)
Oman Oman 920,000 920,000 (2002 est.)
Pakistan Pakistan 40.4 million


note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000)		 43.98 million


note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2003)
Palau Palau 8,300 (1999) 9,845 (2000)
Panama Panama 1.1 million


note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2000 est.)		 1.19 million


note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2003 est.)
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 2.3 million (1999) 3.25 million (2003)
Paraguay Paraguay 2 million (2000 est.) 2.15 million (2003 est.)
Peru Peru 7.5 million (2000 est.) 8.63 million (2003 est.)
Philippines Philippines 32 million (2000) 34.56 million (2003)
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands 12 able-bodied men (1997) 12 able-bodied men (1997)
Poland Poland 17.6 million (2000 est.) 16.92 million (2003 est.)
Portugal Portugal 5.1 million (2000) 5.409 million (2003)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 1.3 million (2000) (2000) 1.3 million (2000)
Qatar Qatar 280,122 (1997 est.) 140,000 (2003 est.)
Reunion Reunion 261,000 (1995) (1995) 309,900 (2000)
Romania Romania 9.9 million (1999 est.) 9.28 million (2003 est.)
Russia Russia 71.3 million (2001 est.) 71.68 million (2003 est.)
Rwanda Rwanda 3.6 million 4.6 million (2000)
Saint Helena Saint Helena 3,500


note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)		 3,500


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) (1997) 3,261 (1999)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 (1984 est.) 67,000 (1984 est.)
Samoa Samoa 90,000 (2000 est.) 90,000 (2000 est.)
San Marino San Marino 18,500 (1999) (1999) 18,500 (1999)
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe NA NA
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 7 million


note: 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)		 6.43 million


note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2003)
Senegal Senegal NA 4.62 million NA (2003)
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 3 million (2001 est.) 2.93 million (2003 est.)
Seychelles Seychelles 30,900 (1996) (1996) 30,900 (1996)
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1.369 million


note: only about 65,000 wage earners (1985) (1981 est.)		 1.369 million (1981 est.)
Singapore Singapore 2.19 million (2000) 2.2 million (2003)
Slovakia Slovakia 3 million (1999) 2.58 million (2003)
Slovenia Slovenia 857,400 875,000 (2003)
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 26,842 26,840 (1999)
Somalia Somalia 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) (1993 est.) 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers)
South Africa South Africa 17 million economically active (2000) 16.35 million economically active (2003)
Spain Spain 17.1 million (2001) 18.82 million (2003)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 6.6 million (1998) 7.17 million (2003)
Sudan Sudan 11 million (1996 est.) 11 million (1996 est.)
Suriname Suriname 100,000 100,000
Svalbard Svalbard NA NA
Swaziland Swaziland NA 383,200 (2000)
Sweden Sweden 4.4 million (2000 est.) 4.449 million (2003 est.)
Switzerland Switzerland 4 million (2001) 3.72 million (2003)
Syria Syria 4.7 million (1998 est.) 4.97 million (2003 est.)
Taiwan Taiwan 9.8 million (2001 est.) 10.08 million (2003)
Tajikistan Tajikistan 3.187 million (2000) 3.187 million (2000)
Tanzania Tanzania 13.495 million 18.56 million (2003)
Thailand Thailand 33.4 million (2001 est.) 34.9 million (2003 est.)
Togo Togo 1.74 million (1996) (1996) 1.74 million (1996)
Tokelau Tokelau NA NA
Tonga Tonga 33,908 (1996) 33,910 (1996)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 564,000 (2000) (2000) 590,000 (2003)
Tunisia Tunisia 2.69 million


note: shortage of skilled labor		 3.461 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2003 est.)
Turkey Turkey 23.8 million (2001 3rd quarter)


note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999)		 23.79 million


note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2003)
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 2.34 million (1996) (1996) 2.34 million (1996)
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 (1990 est.) 4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu Tuvalu 7,000 (2001 est.) 7,000 (2001 est.)
Uganda Uganda 12 million (2001 est.) 12.09 million (2003 est.)
Ukraine Ukraine 22.8 million (yearend 1997) 21.29 million (2003)
United Arab Emirates 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.)		 2.16 million


note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2003)
United Kingdom United Kingdom 29.7 million (2001) 29.6 million (2003)
United States United States 141.8 million (includes unemployed) (2002) 147.4 million (includes unemployed) (2003)
Uruguay Uruguay 1.2 million (2001) (2001) 1.56 million (2003)
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 11.9 million (1998 est.) 14.2 million (2003 est.)
Vanuatu Vanuatu NA NA
Venezuela Venezuela 9.9 million (1999) (1999) 11.38 million (2003)
Vietnam Vietnam 38.2 million (1998 est.) 45.74 million (2003 est.)
Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 48,356 48,900 (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna NA NA
West Bank West Bank NA NA
Western Sahara Western Sahara 12,000 12,000
World World NA NA
Yemen Yemen NA 5.79 million (2003 est.)
Zambia Zambia 3.4 million 4.59 million (2003)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 5.5 million (2000 est.) 4.17 million (2003 est.)
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