Labor force (2005) | Labor force (2004) | ||
Albania | 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.) | 1.35 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2003 est.) | |
Algeria | 9.91 million (2004 est.) | 9.6 million (2003) | |
Angola | 5.41 million (2004 est.) | 5.57 million (2003 est.) | |
Argentina | 15.04 million (2004 est.) | 14.92 million (2003) | |
Australia | 10.35 million (2004 est.) | 10.19 million (37256) | |
Austria | 3.45 million (2004 est.) | 3.425 million (2003) | |
Azerbaijan | 5.09 million (2004 est.) | 4.99 million (2003) | |
Bahrain | 370,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.) |
350,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2003 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.) |
64.02 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) |
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Belarus | 4.305 million (31 December 2003) | 4.8 million (2000 est.) | |
Belgium | 4.75 million (2004 est.) | 4.73 million (2003) | |
Bhutan | NA
note: massive lack of skilled labor |
NA
note: massive lack of skilled labor (1997 est.) |
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Bolivia | 3.8 million (2004 est.) | 4.1 million (2003) | |
Brazil | 89 million (2004 est.) | 82.59 million (2003 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.) |
143,400
note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (1999 est.) |
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Bulgaria | 3.398 million (2004 est.) | 3.333 million (2003 est.) | |
Burma | 27.01 million (2004 est.) | 22.14 million (2003 est.) | |
Cameroon | 6.68 million (2004 est.) | 6.49 million NA (2003) | |
Canada | 17.37 million (2004) | 17.04 million (2003 est.) | |
Cape Verde | NA | NA (1980) | |
Central African Republic | NA | NA (2000 est.) | |
Chad | NA | NA (2002) | |
Chile | 6.2 million (2004 est.) | 6 million (2003 est.) | |
China | 760.8 million (2003) | 778.1 million (2003 est.) | |
Colombia | 20.7 million (2004 est.) | 20.34 million (2003 est.) | |
Congo, Republic of the | NA | NA (2000 est.) | |
Costa Rica | 1.81 million (2004 est.) | 1.758 million (2003) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 6.7 million (68% agricultural) (2004 est.) | 6.64 million 68% agricultural (2003) | |
Croatia | 1.71 million (2004 est.) | 1.69 million (2003) | |
Cuba | 4.55 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2004 est.) |
4.58 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2003 est.) |
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Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 330,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2004 est.) | 330,000 Republic of Cyprus: 306,000; north Cyprus: 95,025 (2003) | |
Czech Republic | 5.25 million (2004 est.) | 5.25 million (2003 est.) | |
Denmark | 2.87 million (2004 est.) | 2.863 million (2003 est.) | |
Ecuador | 4.53 million (urban) (2004 est.) | 4.36 million (urban) (2003) | |
Egypt | 20.71 million (2004 est.) | 20.19 million (2003 est.) | |
El Salvador | 2.75 million (2004 est.) | 2.62 million (2003) | |
Equatorial Guinea | NA | NA (October 2000) | |
Eritrea | NA | NA (1999) | |
Estonia | 660,000 (2004 est.) | 654,000 (2003 est.) | |
European Union | 215 million (various) | 211.1 million | |
Finland | 2.66 million (2004 est.) | 2.599 million (2003 est.) | |
France | 27.7 million (2004 est.) | 27.39 million (2003 est.) | |
Gabon | 650,000 (2004 est.) | 610,000 (2003) | |
Gaza Strip | 725,000 (2004) | NA (1997) | |
Germany | 42.63 million (2004 est.) | 42.63 million (2003) | |
Ghana | 10.24 million (2004 est.) | 10 million (2003 est.) | |
Greece | 4.4 million (2004 est.) | 4.39 million (2003 est.) | |
Guatemala | 3.68 million (2004 est.) | 3.84 million (2003 est.) | |
Guernsey | 32,290 (2001) | 31,320 (2000) | |
Honduras | 2.47 million (2004 est.) | 2.41 million (2003 est.) | |
Hong Kong | 3.54 million (October 2004 est.) | 3.5 million (2003 est.) | |
Hungary | 4.17 million (2004 est.) | 4.164 million (2003) | |
Iceland | 158,100 (2004 est.) | 160,000 (2003) | |
India | 482.2 million (2004 est.) | 472 million (2003) | |
Indonesia | 111.5 million (2004 est.) | 105.7 million (2003) | |
Iran | 23 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.) |
22.32 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2003 est.) |
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Iraq | 6.7 million (2004 est.) | 7.8 million (2004 est.) | |
Ireland | 1.92 million (2004 est.) | 1.871 million (2003) | |
Isle of Man | 39,690 (2001) | 36,610 (1998) | |
Israel | 2.68 million (2004 est.) | 2.61 million (2003 est.) | |
Italy | 24.27 million (2004 est.) | 24.15 million (2003 est.) | |
Jamaica | 1.14 million (2004 est.) | 1.13 million (2003) | |
Japan | 66.97 million (2004 est.) | 66.66 million (2003) | |
Jersey | 52,790 (2004) | 57,050 (1996) | |
Jordan | 1.41 million (2004 est.) | 1.36 million (2003) | |
Kazakhstan | 7.95 million (2004 est.) | 7.634 million (2003) | |
Kenya | 11.4 million (2004 est.) | 11.45 million (2003 est.) | |
Korea, South | 22.9 million (2004 est.) | 22.92 million (2003) | |
Kuwait | 1.42 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2004 est.) |
1.38 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force. (2003 est.) |
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Latvia | 1.17 million (2004 est.) | 1.18 million (2003 est.) | |
Lebanon | 2.6 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 (2001 est.) |
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Libya | 1.59 million (2004 est.) | 1.51 million (2003 est.) | |
Lithuania | 1.63 million (2004 est.) | 1.642 million (2003 est.) | |
Luxembourg | 293,700 (of whom 105,000 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2004 est.) | 200,000 (of whom 87,400 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2003) | |
Macau | 231,500 (3rd Quarter, 2004) | 214,000 (2002) | |
Macedonia | 855,000 (2004 est.) | 860,000 (2003 est.) | |
Malaysia | 10.49 million (2004 est.) | 10.26 million (2003 est.) | |
Mauritius | 560,000 (2004 est.) | 560,000 (2003) | |
Mexico | 34.73 million (2004 est.) | 34.11 million (2003) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | NA | NA (2000 est.) | |
Moldova | 1.36 million (2004 est.) | 1.383 million (2003) | |
Mongolia | 1.488 million (2003) | 1.4 million (2001) | |
Montserrat | 4,521 (lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity) (2000 est.) | 4,521 ; note - lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity (2000 est.) | |
Morocco | 11.02 million (2004 est.) | 10.84 million (2003) | |
Namibia | 840,000 (2004 est.) | 760,000 (2003) | |
Netherlands | 7.53 million (2004 est.) | 7.46 million (2003) | |
New Caledonia | 79,400 (including 15,018 unemployed) (1996) | 79,400 (including 15,018 unemployed, 1996) | |
New Zealand | 2.05 million (2004 est.) | 2.008 million (2003 est.) | |
Nicaragua | 1.93 million (2004 est.) | 1.91 million (2003) | |
Nigeria | 55.67 million (2004 est.) | 54.36 million (2003 est.) | |
Niue | NA | NA (1998 est.) | |
Norfolk Island | 1,345 | NA | |
Norway | 2.38 million (2004 est.) | 2.38 million (2003 est.) | |
Pakistan | 45.43 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2004 est.) |
43.98 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2003) |
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Panama | 1.32 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2004 est.) |
1.19 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2003 est.) |
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Papua New Guinea | 3.32 million (2004 est.) | 3.25 million (2003) | |
Paraguay | 2.66 million (2004 est.) | 2.15 million (2003 est.) | |
Peru | 11 million (2004 est.) | 8.63 million (2003 est.) | |
Philippines | 35.86 million (2004 est.) | 34.56 million (2003) | |
Pitcairn Islands | 15 able-bodied men (2004) | 12 able-bodied men (1997) | |
Poland | 17.02 million (2004 est.) | 16.92 million (2003 est.) | |
Portugal | 5.48 million (2004 est.) | 5.409 million (2003) | |
Qatar | 140,000 (2004 est.) | 140,000 (2003 est.) | |
Romania | 9.66 million (2004 est.) | 9.28 million (2003 est.) | |
Russia | 71.83 million (2004 est.) | 71.68 million (2003 est.) | |
Saudi Arabia | 6.62 million
note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.) |
6.43 million
note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2003) |
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Senegal | 4.65 million (2004 est.) | 4.62 million NA (2003) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 3.2 million (2004 est.) | 2.93 million (2003 est.) | |
Singapore | 2.18 million (2004 est.) | 2.2 million (2003) | |
Slovakia | 2.2 million (3rd quarter, 2004 est.) | 2.58 million (2003) | |
Slovenia | 870,000 (2004 est.) | 875,000 (2003) | |
South Africa | 16.63 million economically active (2004 est.) | 16.35 million economically active (2003) | |
Spain | 19.33 million (2004 est.) | 18.82 million (2003) | |
Sri Lanka | 7.26 million (2004 est.) | 7.17 million (2003) | |
Suriname | 104,000 (2003) | 100,000 | |
Sweden | 4.46 million (2004 est.) | 4.449 million (2003 est.) | |
Switzerland | 3.77 million (2004 est.) | 3.72 million (2003) | |
Syria | 5.12 million (2004 est.) | 4.97 million (2003 est.) | |
Taiwan | 10.22 million (2004 est.) | 10.08 million (2003) | |
Tanzania | 19 million (2004 est.) | 18.56 million (2003) | |
Thailand | 36.43 million (November 2004 est.) | 34.9 million (2003 est.) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 590,000 (2004 est.) | 590,000 (2003) | |
Tunisia | 3.55 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.) |
3.461 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2003 est.) |
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Turkey | 25.3 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2003 est.) |
23.79 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2003) |
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Turkmenistan | 2.32 million (2003 est.) | 2.34 million (1996) | |
Uganda | 12.41 million (2004 est.) | 12.09 million (2003 est.) | |
Ukraine | 21.11 million (2004 est.) | 21.29 million (2003) | |
United Arab Emirates | 2.36 million
note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.) |
2.16 million
note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2003) |
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United Kingdom | 29.78 million (2004 est.) | 29.6 million (2003) | |
United States | 147.4 million (includes unemployed) (2004 est.) | 147.4 million (includes unemployed) (2003) | |
Uruguay | 1.56 million (2004 est.) | 1.56 million (2003) | |
Uzbekistan | 14.64 million (2004 est.) | 14.2 million (2003 est.) | |
Venezuela | 12.25 million (2004 est.) | 11.38 million (2003) | |
Vietnam | 42.98 million (2004 est.) | 45.74 million (2003 est.) | |
West Bank | 364,000 (2004) | NA | |
Yemen | 5.98 million (2004 est.) | 5.79 million (2003 est.) | |
Zambia | 4.63 million (2004 est.) | 4.59 million (2003) | |
Zimbabwe | 4.23 million (2004 est.) | 4.17 million (2003 est.) |