Labor force (2003) | Labor force (2008) | ||
Afghanistan | 10 million (2000 est.) | 15 million (2004 est.) | |
Albania | 1.283 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers and 261,000 domestically unemployed) (2000 est.) | 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (September 2006 est.) | |
Algeria | 9.4 million (2001 est.) | 9.38 million (2007 est.) | |
American Samoa | 14,000 (1996) | 17,630 (2005) | |
Andorra | 33,000 (2001 est.) | 42,420 (2005) | |
Angola | 5 million (1997 est.) | 6.573 million (2007 est.) | |
Anguilla | 6,049 (2001) | 6,049 (2001) | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 | 30,000 (1991) | |
Argentina | 15 million (1999) | 16.1 million
note: urban areas only (2007 est.) |
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Armenia | 1.4 million (2001) | 1.2 million (2007 est.) | |
Aruba | 41,501 (1997 est.) | 41,500 (2004 est.) | |
Australia | 9.2 million (37256) | 10.9 million (2007 est.) | |
Austria | 4.3 million (2001) | 3.56 million (2007 est.) | |
Azerbaijan | 3.7 million (2001) | 5.243 million (2007 est.) | |
Bahamas, The | 156,000 (1999) | 181,900 (2006) | |
Bahrain | 295,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (1998 est.) |
363,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2007 est.) |
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Bangladesh | 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) |
69.4 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. (2007 est.) |
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Barbados | 128,500 (2001 est.) | 128,500 (2001 est.) | |
Belarus | 4.8 million (2000) | 4.3 million (31 December 2005) | |
Belgium | 4.44 million (2001) | 5.03 million (2007 est.) | |
Belize | 90,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel |
113,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2006 est.) |
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Benin | NA | 5.38 million (2007 est.) | |
Bermuda | 37,472 (2000) | 38,360 (2004) | |
Bhutan | NA
note: massive lack of skilled labor |
NA
note: major shortage of skilled labor |
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Bolivia | 2.5 million | 4.793 million (2006 est.) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.026 million | 1.026 million (2001) | |
Botswana | 264,000 formal sector employees (2000) | 288,400 formal sector employees (2004) | |
Brazil | 79 million (1999 est.) | 99.47 million (2007 est.) | |
British Virgin Islands | 4,911 (1980) | 12,770 (2004) | |
Brunei | 143,400
note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (1999 est.) |
180,400 (2006 est.) | |
Bulgaria | 3.83 million (2000 est.) | 3.44 million (2007 est.) | |
Burkina Faso | 5 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2002) |
5 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003) |
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Burma | 23.7 million (1999 est.) | 29.26 million (2007 est.) | |
Burundi | 3.7 million (2000) | 2.99 million (2002) | |
Cambodia | 6 million (1998 est.) | 7 million (2003 est.) | |
Cameroon | NA | 6.68 million (2007 est.) | |
Canada | 16.4 million (2001 est.) | 17.9 million (2007 est.) | |
Cape Verde | NA | 120,600 (1990) | |
Cayman Islands | 19,820 (1995) | 23,450 (2004) | |
Central African Republic | NA | 1.857 million (2006) | |
Chad | NA | 3.747 million (2006) | |
Chile | 5.9 million (2000 est.) | 6.97 million (2007 est.) | |
China | 744 million (2001 est.) | 803.3 million (2007 est.) | |
Christmas Island | NA | NA | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA | NA | |
Colombia | 18.3 million (1999 est.) | 20.65 million (2007 est.) | |
Comoros | 144,500 (1996 est.) | 144,500 (1996 est.) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 14.51 million (1993 est.) | 15 million (2006 est.) | |
Congo, Republic of the | NA | NA | |
Cook Islands | 8,000 (1996) | 6,820 (2001) | |
Costa Rica | 1.9 million (1999) | 1.946 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2007 est.) |
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Cote d'Ivoire | 68% agricultural (2000 est.) | 6.907 million (68% agricultural) (2007 est.) | |
Croatia | 1.7 million (2001) | 1.714 million (2007 est.) | |
Cuba | 4.3 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2000 est.) |
4.853 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2007 est.) |
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Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 291,000; Turkish Cypriot area: 86,300 (2000) | area under government control: 391,000
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 95,025 (2007 est.) |
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Czech Republic | 5.203 million (1999 est.) | 5.35 million (2007 est.) | |
Denmark | 2.856 million (2000 est.) | 2.9 million (2007 est.) | |
Djibouti | 282,000 | 282,000 (2000) | |
Dominica | 25,000 | 25,000 (2000 est.) | |
Dominican Republic | 2.3 million - 2.6 million | 3.986 million (2007 est.) | |
East Timor | NA | - | |
Ecuador | 3.7 million (urban) | 4.55 million (urban) (2007 est.) | |
Egypt | 20.6 million (2001 est.) | 22.49 million (2007 est.) | |
El Salvador | 2.35 million (1999) | 2.87 million (2007 est.) | |
Equatorial Guinea | NA | NA | |
Eritrea | NA | NA | |
Estonia | 608,600 (2001 est.) | 688,000 (2007 est.) | |
Ethiopia | NA | 27.27 million (1999) | |
European Union | - | 222.4 million (2006 est.) | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,100 (est.) | 1,724 (est.) (1996) | |
Faroe Islands | 24,250 (October 2000) | 24,250 (October 2000) | |
Fiji | 137,000 (1999) | 137,000 (1999) | |
Finland | 2.6 million (2000 est.) | 2.68 million (2007 est.) | |
France | 26.6 million (2001 est.) | 27.76 million (2007 est.) | |
French Guiana | 58,800 (1997) | - | |
French Polynesia | 70,000 (1996) | 65,930 (December 2005) | |
Gabon | 600,000 | 582,000 (2007 est.) | |
Gambia, The | 400,000 | 400,000 (1996) | |
Gaza Strip | NA | 267,000 (2006) | |
Georgia | 2.1 million (2001 est.) | 2.02 million (2007 est.) | |
Germany | 41.9 million (2001) | 43.63 million (2007 est.) | |
Ghana | 9 million (2000 est.) | 11.29 million (2007 est.) | |
Gibraltar | 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) | 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001) | |
Greece | 4.37 million (2002 est.) | 4.94 million (2007 est.) | |
Greenland | 24,500 (1999 est.) | 32,120 (2004) | |
Grenada | 42,300 (1996) | 42,300 (1996) | |
Guadeloupe | 125,900 (1997) | - | |
Guam | 60,000 (2000 est.) | 62,050 (2002 est.) | |
Guatemala | 4.2 million (1999 est.) | 3.958 million (2007 est.) | |
Guernsey | 31,322 (2000) | 31,470 (March 2006) | |
Guinea | 3 million (1999) | 3.7 million (2006 est.) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 480,000 | 480,000 (1999) | |
Guyana | 418,000 (2001 est.) | 418,000 (2001 est.) | |
Haiti | 3.6 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995) |
3.6 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995) |
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Holy See (Vatican City) | NA | NA | |
Honduras | 2.3 million (1997 est.) | 2.812 million (2007 est.) | |
Hong Kong | 3.52 million (2001 est.) | 3.64 million (2007 est.) | |
Hungary | 4.2 million (1997) | 4.19 million (2007 est.) | |
Iceland | 159,000 (2000) | 180,000 (2007 est.) | |
India | 406 million (1999) | 516.4 million (2007 est.) | |
Indonesia | 99 million (1999) | 108 million (2007 est.) | |
Iran | 21 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (1998) |
28.7 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2006 est.) |
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Iraq | 6.5 million (2002 est.) | 7.4 million (2004 est.) | |
Ireland | 1.8 million (2001) | 2.21 million (2007 est.) | |
Isle of Man | 36,610 (1998) | 39,690 (2001) | |
Israel | 2.5 million (2002 est.) | 2.88 million (2007 est.) | |
Italy | 23.6 million (2001 est.) | 24.86 million (2007 est.) | |
Jamaica | 1.13 million (1998) | 1.255 million (2007 est.) | |
Japan | 67.7 million (December 2001) | 66.07 million (2007 est.) | |
Jersey | 57,050 (1996) | 53,560 (June 2006) | |
Jordan | 1.36 million (2002) | 1.563 million (2007 est.) | |
Kazakhstan | 8.4 million (1999) | 8.156 million (2007 est.) | |
Kenya | 10 million (2001 est.) | 11.85 million (2005 est.) | |
Kiribati | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.) | |
Korea, North | 9.6 million | 20 million
note: estimates vary widely (2004 est.) |
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Korea, South | 22 million (2001) | 23.99 million (2007 est.) | |
Kosovo | - | 832,000 (June 2007 est.) | |
Kuwait | 1.3 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force. (1998 est.) |
1.167 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2007 est.) |
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Kyrgyzstan | 2.7 million (2000) | 2.7 million (2000) | |
Laos | 2.4 million (1999) | 2.1 million (2006 est.) | |
Latvia | 1.1 million (2001 est.) | 1.136 million (2006 est.) | |
Lebanon | 1.5 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.) |
1.5 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2005 est.) |
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Lesotho | 838,000 | 838,000 (2000 est.) | |
Libya | 1.5 million (2000 est.) | 1.82 million (2007 est.) | |
Liechtenstein | 29,000 of which 19,000 are foreigners; 13,000 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (37256) | 29,500 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001) | |
Lithuania | 1.5 million (2001 est.) | 1.587 million (2007 est.) | |
Luxembourg | 262,300 (of whom 87,400 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000) | 205,000 of whom 121,600 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2007 est.) | |
Macau | 214,000 (2002) | 275,000 (2006) | |
Macedonia | - | 890,000 (2007 est.) | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 1.1 million (2000 est.) | - | |
Madagascar | 7.3 million (2000) | 7.3 million (2000) | |
Malawi | 4.5 million (2001 est.) | 4.5 million (2001 est.) | |
Malaysia | 9.9 million (2001 est.) | 10.91 million (2007 est.) | |
Maldives | 88,000 (2000) | 101,300 (2004) | |
Mali | 3.93 million (2001 est.) | 3.93 million (2001 est.) | |
Malta | 160,000 (2002 est.) | 164,000 (2006 est.) | |
Marshall Islands | 28,698 | 14,680 (2000) | |
Martinique | 165,900 (1998) | - | |
Mauritania | 786,000 (2001) | 786,000 (2001) | |
Mauritius | 514,000 (1995) | 550,000 (2007 est.) | |
Mayotte | 48,800 (2000) | 44,560 (2002) | |
Mexico | 39.8 million (2000) | 45.38 million (2007 est.) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | NA | 37,410 (2000) | |
Moldova | 1.7 million (1998) | 1.333 million (2007 est.) | |
Monaco | 30,540 (January 1994) | 44,000
note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.) |
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Mongolia | 1.4 million (2001) | 1.042 million (2006) | |
Montenegro | - | 259,100 (2004) | |
Montserrat | 4,521 ; note - lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity | 4,521
note: lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity (2000 est.) |
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Morocco | 11 million (1999) | 11.35 million (2007 est.) | |
Mozambique | 9.2 million (2000 est.) | 9.6 million (2007 est.) | |
Namibia | 725,000 (2000) | 660,000 (2007 est.) | |
Nepal | 10 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.) |
11.11 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2006 est.) |
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Netherlands | 7.2 million (2000) | 7.5 million (2007 est.) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 89,000 | 83,600 (2005) | |
New Caledonia | 79,395 (including 15,018 unemployed, 1996) | 78,990 (2004) | |
New Zealand | 1.92 million (2001 est.) | 2.23 million (2007 est.) | |
Nicaragua | 1.7 million (1999) | 2.262 million (2007 est.) | |
Niger | 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries | 70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public sector (1995) | |
Nigeria | 66 million (1999 est.) | 50.13 million (2007 est.) | |
Niue | NA | 663 (2001) | |
Norfolk Island | NA | NA | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers | 44,470 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2000) | |
Norway | 2.4 million (2000 est.) | 2.5 million (2007 est.) | |
Oman | 920,000 (2002 est.) | 920,000 (2002 est.) | |
Pakistan | 40.4 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000) |
49.18 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2007 est.) |
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Palau | 9,845 (2000) | 9,777 (2005) | |
Panama | 1.1 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2000 est.) |
1.471 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2007 est.) |
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Papua New Guinea | 2.3 million (1999) | 3.557 million (2007 est.) | |
Paraguay | 2 million (2000 est.) | 2.735 million (2007) | |
Peru | 7.5 million (2000 est.) | 9.419 million (2007 est.) | |
Philippines | 33.7 million (2002) | 36.22 million (2007 est.) | |
Pitcairn Islands | 12 able-bodied men (1997) | 15 able-bodied men (2004) | |
Poland | 17.6 million (2000 est.) | 17.01 million (2007 est.) | |
Portugal | 5.1 million (2000) | 5.62 million (2007 est.) | |
Puerto Rico | 1.3 million (2000) | 1.3 million (2000) | |
Qatar | 280,122 (1997 est.) | 638,000 (2007 est.) | |
Reunion | 309,900 (2000) | - | |
Romania | 9.9 million (1999 est.) | 9.35 million (2007 est.) | |
Russia | 71.8 million (2002 est.) | 75.1 million (November 2007 est.) | |
Rwanda | 4.6 million (2000) | 4.6 million (2000) | |
Saint Helena | 3,500
note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.) |
2,486
note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.) |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18,172 (June 1995) | 18,170 (June 1995) | |
Saint Lucia | 43,800 | 43,800 (2001 est.) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,261 (1999) | 3,450 (2005) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67,000 (1984 est.) | 41,680 (1991 est.) | |
Samoa | 90,000 (2000 est.) | 90,000 (2000 est.) | |
San Marino | 18,500 (1999) | 20,470 (2004) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | NA | 35,050 (1991) | |
Saudi Arabia | 7 million
note: 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national |
6.488 million
note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2007 est.) |
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Senegal | NA | 4.85 million (2007 est.) | |
Serbia | - | 2.961 million for Serbia (includes Kosovo) (2002 est.) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 3 million (2001 est.) | - | |
Seychelles | 30,900 (1996) | 30,900 (1996) | |
Sierra Leone | 1.369 million (1981 est.) | 1.369 million (1981 est.) | |
Singapore | 2.19 million (2000) | 2.67 million (2007 est.) | |
Slovakia | 3 million (1999) | 2.661 million (2007 est.) | |
Slovenia | 857,400 | 920,000 (2007 est.) | |
Solomon Islands | 26,842 | 249,200 (1999) | |
Somalia | 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) | 3.7 million (few skilled laborers) (1975) | |
South Africa | 17 million economically active | 20.49 million economically active (2007 est.) | |
Spain | 17.1 million (2001) | 22.01 million (2007 est.) | |
Sri Lanka | 6.6 million (1998) | 7.67 million (2007 est.) | |
Sudan | 11 million (1996 est.) | 7.415 million (1996 est.) | |
Suriname | 100,000 | 156,700 (2004) | |
Svalbard | NA | NA | |
Swaziland | 383,200 (2000) | 300,000 (2006) | |
Sweden | 4.4 million (2000 est.) | 4.66 million (2007 est.) | |
Switzerland | 4 million (2001) | 3.85 million (2007 est.) | |
Syria | 5.2 million (2000 est.) | 5.457 million (2007 est.) | |
Taiwan | 10 million (2003) | 10.78 million (2007 est.) | |
Tajikistan | 3.187 million (2000) | 3.7 million (2003) | |
Tanzania | 13.495 million | 19.69 million (2007 est.) | |
Thailand | 33.4 million (2001 est.) | 37.12 million (2007 est.) | |
Timor-Leste | - | NA | |
Togo | 1.74 million (1996) | 1.302 million (1998) | |
Tokelau | NA | 440 (2001) | |
Tonga | 33,908 (1996) | 33,910 (2003) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 564,000 (2000) | 615,400 (2007 est.) | |
Tunisia | 2.69 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2001 est.) |
3.591 million (2007 est.) | |
Turkey | 23.8 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2001 3rd quarter) |
25.27 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2007 est.) |
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Turkmenistan | 2.34 million (1996) | 2.32 million (2003 est.) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 (1990 est.) | 4,848 (1990 est.) | |
Tuvalu | 7,000 (2001 est.) | 3,615 (2004 est.) | |
Uganda | 12 million (2001 est.) | 14.05 million (2007 est.) | |
Ukraine | 22.8 million (yearend 1997) | 21.63 million (2007 est.) | |
United Arab Emirates | 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.) |
3.119 million (2007 est.) | |
United Kingdom | 29.7 million (2001) | 30.71 million (2007 est.) | |
United States | 141.8 million (includes unemployed) (2001) | 153.1 million (includes unemployed) (2007 est.) | |
Uruguay | 1.2 million (2001) | 1.5 million (2007 est.) | |
Uzbekistan | 11.9 million (1998 est.) | 14.6 million (2007 est.) | |
Vanuatu | NA | 76,410 (1999) | |
Venezuela | 9.9 million (1999) | 12.5 million (2007 est.) | |
Vietnam | 38.2 million (1998 est.) | 45.73 million (2007 est.) | |
Virgin Islands | 49,000 (2002 est.) | 43,980 (2004 est.) | |
Wallis and Futuna | NA | 3,104 (2003) | |
West Bank | NA | 605,000 (2006) | |
Western Sahara | 12,000 | 12,000 | |
World | NA | 3.001 billion (2007 est.) | |
Yemen | NA | 6.316 million (2007 est.) | |
Zambia | 4.29 million (2000) | 4.989 million (2007 est.) | |
Zimbabwe | 5.8 million (2000 est.) | 3.998 million (2007 est.) |