Labor force (2005) | Labor force (2001) | ||
Afghanistan | 11.8 million (2001 est.) | 10 million (2000 est.) | |
Albania | 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.) | 1.692 million (including 352,000 emigrant workers and 261,000 domestically unemployed) (1994 est.) | |
Algeria | 9.91 million (2004 est.) | 9.1 million (2000 est.) | |
American Samoa | 14,000 (1996) | 14,000 (1996) | |
Andorra | 33,000 (2001 est.) | 30,787 salaried employees (1998) | |
Angola | 5.41 million (2004 est.) | 5 million (1997 est.) | |
Anguilla | 6,049 (2001) | 4,400 (1992) | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 | 30,000 | |
Argentina | 15.04 million (2004 est.) | 15 million (1999) | |
Armenia | 1.4 million (2001) | 1.5 million (1999) | |
Aruba | 41,500 (1997 est.) | 41,501 (1997 est.) | |
Australia | 10.35 million (2004 est.) | 9.5 million (December 1999) | |
Austria | 3.45 million (2004 est.) | 3.7 million (1999) | |
Azerbaijan | 5.09 million (2004 est.) | 2.9 million (1997) | |
Bahamas, The | 156,000 (1999) | 156,000 (1999) | |
Bahrain | 370,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.) |
295,000 (1998 est.)
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) |
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Bangladesh | 65.49 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 (2004 est.) |
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 |
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Barbados | 128,500 (2001 est.) | 136,000 (1998 est.) | |
Belarus | 4.305 million (31 December 2003) | 4.8 million (2000) | |
Belgium | 4.75 million (2004 est.) | 4.34 million (1999) | |
Belize | 90,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.) |
71,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (1997 est.) |
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Benin | NA (1996) | NA | |
Bermuda | 37,470 (2000) | 35,296 (1997) | |
Bhutan | NA
note: massive lack of skilled labor |
NA
note: massive lack of skilled labor |
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Bolivia | 3.8 million (2004 est.) | 2.5 million | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.026 million (2001) | 1.026 million | |
Botswana | 264,000 formal sector employees (2000) | 235,000 formal sector employees (1995) | |
Brazil | 89 million (2004 est.) | 79 million (1999 est.) | |
British Virgin Islands | 12,770 (2004) | 4,911 (1980) | |
Brunei | 158,000
note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (2002 est.) |
144,000 (1995 est.); note - includes foreign workers and military personnel
note: temporary residents make up 41% of labor force (1991) |
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Bulgaria | 3.398 million (2004 est.) | 3.83 million (2000 est.) | |
Burkina Faso | 5 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003) |
5 million (1999)
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment |
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Burma | 27.01 million (2004 est.) | 19.7 million (FY98/99 est.) | |
Burundi | 2.99 million (2002) | 1.9 million | |
Cambodia | 7 million (2003 est.) | 6 million (1998 est.) | |
Cameroon | 6.68 million (2004 est.) | NA | |
Canada | 17.37 million (2004) | 16.1 million (2000) | |
Cape Verde | NA | NA | |
Cayman Islands | 19,820 (1995) | 19,820 (1995) | |
Central African Republic | NA | NA | |
Chad | NA | NA | |
Chile | 6.2 million (2004 est.) | 5.8 million (1999 est.) | |
China | 760.8 million (2003) | 700 million (1998 est.) | |
Christmas Island | NA | NA | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA | NA | |
Colombia | 20.7 million (2004 est.) | 18.3 million (1999 est.) | |
Comoros | 144,500 (1996 est.) | 144,500 (1996 est.) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 14.51 million (1993 est.) | 14.51 million (1993 est.) | |
Congo, Republic of the | NA | NA | |
Cook Islands | 8,000 (1996) | 6,601 (1993) | |
Costa Rica | 1.81 million (2004 est.) | 1.9 million (1999) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 6.7 million (68% agricultural) (2004 est.) | 68% agricultural (2000 est.) | |
Croatia | 1.71 million (2004 est.) | 1.68 million (October 2000) | |
Cuba | 4.55 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2004 est.) |
4.3 million (2000 est.)
note: state sector 75%, non-state sector 25% (1998) |
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Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 330,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2004 est.) | Greek Cypriot area: 291,000; Turkish Cypriot area: 86,300 (2000) | |
Czech Republic | 5.25 million (2004 est.) | 5.203 million (1999 est.) | |
Denmark | 2.87 million (2004 est.) | 2.856 million (2000 est.) | |
Djibouti | 282,000 (2000) | 282,000 | |
Dominica | 25,000 (1999 est.) | 25,000 | |
Dominican Republic | 2.3 million - 2.6 million (2000 est.) | 2.3 million - 2.6 million | |
East Timor | NA | - | |
Ecuador | 4.53 million (urban) (2004 est.) | 4.2 million | |
Egypt | 20.71 million (2004 est.) | 19.9 million (2000 est.) | |
El Salvador | 2.75 million (2004 est.) | 2.35 million (1999) | |
Equatorial Guinea | NA | NA | |
Eritrea | NA | NA | |
Estonia | 660,000 (2004 est.) | 785,500 (1999 est.) | |
Ethiopia | NA (2001 est.) | NA | |
European Union | 215 million (various) | - | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,100 (est.) | 1,100 (est.) | |
Faroe Islands | 24,250 (October 2000) | 24,250 (October 2000) | |
Fiji | 137,000 (1999) | 235,000 | |
Finland | 2.66 million (2004 est.) | 2.6 million (2000 est.) | |
France | 27.7 million (2004 est.) | 25 million (2000) | |
French Guiana | 58,800 (1997) | 58,800 (1997) | |
French Polynesia | 70,000 (1996) | 70,000 (1996) | |
Gabon | 650,000 (2004 est.) | 600,000 | |
Gambia, The | 400,000 (1996) | 400,000 | |
Gaza Strip | 725,000 (2004) | NA | |
Georgia | 2.1 million (2001 est.) | 3.08 million (1997) | |
Germany | 42.63 million (2004 est.) | 40.5 million (1999 est.) | |
Ghana | 10.24 million (2004 est.) | 9 million (2000 est.) | |
Gibraltar | 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (1999) | 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) | |
Greece | 4.4 million (2004 est.) | 4.32 million (1999 est.) | |
Greenland | 24,500 (1999 est.) | 24,500 (1999 est.) | |
Grenada | 42,300 (1996) | 42,300 (1996) | |
Guadeloupe | 125,900 (1997) | 125,900 (1997) | |
Guam | 60,000 (2000 est.) | 60,000 (2000 est.) | |
Guatemala | 3.68 million (2004 est.) | 4.2 million (1999 est.) | |
Guernsey | 32,290 (2001) | 31,322 (2000) | |
Guinea | 3 million (1999) | 3 million (1999) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 480,000 (1999) | 480,000 | |
Guyana | 418,000 (2001 est.) | 245,492 (1992) | |
Haiti | 3.6 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995) |
3.6 million (1995)
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1998) |
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Holy See (Vatican City) | NA | NA | |
Honduras | 2.47 million (2004 est.) | 2.3 million (1997 est.) | |
Hong Kong | 3.54 million (October 2004 est.) | 3.39 million (2000 est.) | |
Hungary | 4.17 million (2004 est.) | 4.2 million (1997) | |
Iceland | 158,100 (2004 est.) | 159,000 (2000) | |
India | 482.2 million (2004 est.) | NA | |
Indonesia | 111.5 million (2004 est.) | 99 million (1999) | |
Iran | 23 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.) |
17.3 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (1998) |
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Iraq | 6.7 million (2004 est.) | 4.4 million (1989) | |
Ireland | 1.92 million (2004 est.) | 1.82 million (2000 est.) | |
Isle of Man | 39,690 (2001) | 36,610 (1998) | |
Israel | 2.68 million (2004 est.) | 2.4 million (2000 est.) | |
Italy | 24.27 million (2004 est.) | 23.4 million (2000) | |
Jamaica | 1.14 million (2004 est.) | 1.13 million (1998) | |
Japan | 66.97 million (2004 est.) | 67.7 million (December 2000) | |
Jersey | 52,790 (2004) | 57,050 (1996) | |
Jordan | 1.41 million (2004 est.) | 1.15 million
note: in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad (1997 est.) |
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Kazakhstan | 7.95 million (2004 est.) | 8.8 million (1997) | |
Kenya | 11.4 million (2004 est.) | 9.2 million (1998 est.) | |
Kiribati | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.) | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (1985 est.) | |
Korea, North | 9.6 million | 9.6 million | |
Korea, South | 22.9 million (2004 est.) | 22 million (2000) | |
Kuwait | 1.42 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2004 est.) |
1.3 million (1998 est.)
note: 68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) |
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Kyrgyzstan | 2.7 million (2000) | 1.7 million | |
Laos | 2.6 million (2001 est.) | 1 million - 1.5 million | |
Latvia | 1.17 million (2004 est.) | 1.4 million (2000 est.) | |
Lebanon | 2.6 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.) |
1.3 million (1999 est.)
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (1997 est.) |
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Lesotho | 838,000 (2000) | 700,000 economically active | |
Libya | 1.59 million (2004 est.) | 1.5 million (2000 est.) | |
Liechtenstein | 29,000 of whom 19,000 are foreigners; 13,000 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001) | 22,891 of which 13,847 are foreigners; 8,231 commute from Austria and Switzerland to work each day | |
Lithuania | 1.63 million (2004 est.) | 2 million (2000 est.) | |
Luxembourg | 293,700 (of whom 105,000 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2004 est.) | 248,000 (of whom 70,200 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000) | |
Macau | 231,500 (3rd Quarter, 2004) | 283,450 (1999) | |
Macedonia | 855,000 (2004 est.) | - | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | - | 1 million (1999 est.) | |
Madagascar | 7.3 million (2000) | 7 million (1999) | |
Malawi | 4.5 million (2001 est.) | 3.5 million | |
Malaysia | 10.49 million (2004 est.) | 9.6 million (2000 est.) | |
Maldives | 88,000 (2000) | 67,000 (1995) | |
Mali | 3.93 million (2001 est.) | NA | |
Malta | 160,000 (2002 est.) | 145,901 (1999) | |
Marshall Islands | 28,700 (1996 est.) | NA | |
Martinique | 165,900 (1998) | 170,000 (1997) | |
Mauritania | 786,000 (2001) | 750,000 (1999) | |
Mauritius | 560,000 (2004 est.) | 514,000 (1995) | |
Mayotte | 48,800 (2000) | NA | |
Mexico | 34.73 million (2004 est.) | 39.8 million (2000) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | NA | NA | |
Moldova | 1.36 million (2004 est.) | 1.7 million (1998) | |
Monaco | 30,540 (January 1994) | 30,540 (January 1994) | |
Mongolia | 1.488 million (2003) | 1.3 million (1999) | |
Montserrat | 4,521 (lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity) (2000 est.) | 4,521 (1992); note - recently lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity | |
Morocco | 11.02 million (2004 est.) | 11 million (1997 est.) | |
Mozambique | 9.2 million (2000 est.) | 7.4 million (1997 est.) | |
Namibia | 840,000 (2004 est.) | 500,000 | |
Nepal | 10 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.) |
10 million (1996 est.)
note: severe lack of skilled labor |
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Netherlands | 7.53 million (2004 est.) | 7.2 million (2000) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 89,000 (2000) | 89,000 | |
New Caledonia | 79,400 (including 15,018 unemployed) (1996) | 79,395 (including 15, 018 unemployed, 1996) | |
New Zealand | 2.05 million (2004 est.) | 1.88 million (2000) | |
Nicaragua | 1.93 million (2004 est.) | 1.7 million (1999) | |
Niger | 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries (2002 est.) | 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries | |
Nigeria | 55.67 million (2004 est.) | 66 million (1999 est.) | |
Niue | NA | 450 (1992 est.) | |
Norfolk Island | 1,345 | 1,395 (1991 est.) | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (June 1995) | 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (1995) | |
Norway | 2.38 million (2004 est.) | 2.4 million (2000 est.) | |
Oman | 920,000 (2002 est.) | 850,000 (1997 est.) | |
Pakistan | 45.43 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2004 est.) |
40 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000 est.) |
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Palau | 9,845 (2000) | 8,300 (1999) | |
Panama | 1.32 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2004 est.) |
1.1 million (2000 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor |
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Papua New Guinea | 3.32 million (2004 est.) | 1.941 million | |
Paraguay | 2.66 million (2004 est.) | 2 million (2000 est.) | |
Peru | 11 million (2004 est.) | 7.6 million (1996 est.) | |
Philippines | 35.86 million (2004 est.) | 48.1 million (2000 est.) | |
Pitcairn Islands | 15 able-bodied men (2004) | 12 able-bodied men (1997) | |
Poland | 17.02 million (2004 est.) | 17.2 million (1999 est.) | |
Portugal | 5.48 million (2004 est.) | 5 million (1999) | |
Puerto Rico | 1.3 million (2000) | 1.3 million (2000) | |
Qatar | 140,000 (2004 est.) | 233,000 (1993 est.) | |
Reunion | 309,900 (2000) | 261,000 (1995) | |
Romania | 9.66 million (2004 est.) | 9.9 million (1999 est.) | |
Russia | 71.83 million (2004 est.) | 66 million (1997) | |
Rwanda | 4.6 million (2000) | 3.6 million | |
Saint Helena | 3,500
note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.) |
3,500 (1998 est.)
note: 1,200 of whom are working offshore |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18,170 (June 1995) | 18,172 (June 1995) | |
Saint Lucia | 43,800 (2001 est.) | 43,800 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,261 (1999) | 3,000 (1997) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67,000 (1984 est.) | 67,000 (1984 est.) | |
Samoa | 90,000 (2000 est.) | 90,000 (2000 est.) | |
San Marino | 18,500 (1999) | 18,500 (1999) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | NA | NA | |
Saudi Arabia | 6.62 million
note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.) |
7 million
note: 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) |
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Senegal | 4.65 million (2004 est.) | NA | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 3.2 million (2004 est.) | - | |
Seychelles | 30,900 (1996) | 30,900 (1996) | |
Sierra Leone | 1.369 million (1981 est.) | 1.369 million (1981 est.)
note: only about 65,000 wage earners (1985) |
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Singapore | 2.18 million (2004 est.) | 2.1 million (2000) | |
Slovakia | 2.2 million (3rd quarter, 2004 est.) | 3 million (1999) | |
Slovenia | 870,000 (2004 est.) | 857,400 | |
Solomon Islands | 26,840 (1999) | 26,842 | |
Somalia | 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) | 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) (1993 est.) | |
South Africa | 16.63 million economically active (2004 est.) | 17 million economically active (2000) | |
Spain | 19.33 million (2004 est.) | 17 million (2000) | |
Sri Lanka | 7.26 million (2004 est.) | 6.6 million (1998) | |
Sudan | 11 million (1996 est.) | 11 million (1996 est.) | |
Suriname | 104,000 (2003) | 100,000 | |
Svalbard | NA | NA | |
Swaziland | 383,200 (2000) | NA | |
Sweden | 4.46 million (2004 est.) | 4.4 million (2000 est.) | |
Switzerland | 3.77 million (2004 est.) | 3.9 million (964,000 foreign workers, mostly Italian) (1998 est.) | |
Syria | 5.12 million (2004 est.) | 4.7 million (1998 est.) | |
Taiwan | 10.22 million (2004 est.) | 9.8 million (2000 est.) | |
Tajikistan | 3.187 million (2000) | 1.9 million (1996) | |
Tanzania | 19 million (2004 est.) | 13.495 million | |
Thailand | 36.43 million (November 2004 est.) | 32.6 million (1997 est.) | |
Togo | 1.74 million (1996) | 1.74 million (1996) | |
Tokelau | NA | NA | |
Tonga | 33,910 (1996) | 34,000 (FY96/97) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 590,000 (2004 est.) | 558,700 (1998) | |
Tunisia | 3.55 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.) |
2.65 million (2000 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor |
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Turkey | 25.3 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2003 est.) |
23 million (2000 est.)
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999) |
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Turkmenistan | 2.32 million (2003 est.) | 2.34 million (1996) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 (1990 est.) | 4,848 (1990 est.) | |
Tuvalu | 7,000 (2001 est.) | NA | |
Uganda | 12.41 million (2004 est.) | 8.361 million (1993 est.) | |
Ukraine | 21.11 million (2004 est.) | 22.8 million (yearend 1997) | |
United Arab Emirates | 2.36 million
note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.) |
1.4 million (1998 est.)
note: 75% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) |
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United Kingdom | 29.78 million (2004 est.) | 29.2 million (1999) | |
United States | 147.4 million (includes unemployed) (2004 est.) | 140.9 million (includes unemployed) (2000) | |
Uruguay | 1.56 million (2004 est.) | 1.5 million (1999 est.) | |
Uzbekistan | 14.64 million (2004 est.) | 11.9 million (1998 est.) | |
Vanuatu | NA | NA | |
Venezuela | 12.25 million (2004 est.) | 9.9 million (1999) | |
Vietnam | 42.98 million (2004 est.) | 38.2 million (1998 est.) | |
Virgin Islands | 48,900 (2003 est.) | 47,443 (1990 est.) | |
Wallis and Futuna | NA | NA | |
West Bank | 364,000 (2004) | NA | |
Western Sahara | 12,000 | 12,000 | |
World | NA | NA | |
Yemen | 5.98 million (2004 est.) | NA | |
Yugoslavia | - | 1.6 million (1999 est.) | |
Zambia | 4.63 million (2004 est.) | 3.4 million | |
Zimbabwe | 4.23 million (2004 est.) | 5.5 million (2000 est.) |