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Afghanistan Afghanistan 11.8 million (2001 est.) 15 million (2004 est.)
Albania Albania 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.) 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.)
Algeria Algeria 9.91 million (2004 est.) 10.15 million (2005 est.)
American Samoa American Samoa 14,000 (1996) 17,630 (2005)
Andorra Andorra 33,000 (2001 est.) 48,740 (2004)
Angola Angola 5.41 million (2004 est.) 5.58 million (2005 est.)
Anguilla Anguilla 6,049 (2001) 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 30,000
Argentina Argentina 15.04 million (2004 est.) 15.34 million (2005 est.)
Armenia Armenia 1.4 million (2001) 1.2 million (2005)
Aruba Aruba 41,500 (1997 est.) 41,500 (2004 est.)
Australia Australia 10.35 million (2004 est.) 10.42 million (2005 est.)
Austria Austria 3.45 million (2004 est.) 3.49 million (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 5.09 million (2004 est.) 5.45 million (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The Bahamas, The 156,000 (1999) 176,300 (2004)
Bahrain Bahrain 370,000


note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.)		 380,000


note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)
Bangladesh 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.)		 66.6 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 (2005 est.)
Barbados Barbados 128,500 (2001 est.) 128,500 (2001 est.)
Belarus Belarus 4.305 million (31 December 2003) 4.3 million (31 December 2005)
Belgium Belgium 4.75 million (2004 est.) 4.77 million (2005 est.)
Belize Belize 90,000


note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.)		 90,000


note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.)
Benin Benin NA (1996) 3.211 million
Bermuda Bermuda 37,470 (2000) 38,360 (2004)
Bhutan Bhutan NA


note: massive lack of skilled labor		 NA


note: major shortage of skilled labor
Bolivia Bolivia 3.8 million (2004 est.) 4.22 million (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.026 million (2001) 1.026 million (2001)
Botswana Botswana 264,000 formal sector employees (2000) 288,400 formal sector employees (2004)
Brazil Brazil 89 million (2004 est.) 90.41 million (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 12,770 (2004) 12,770 (2004)
Brunei Brunei 158,000


note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (2002 est.)		 146,300


note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (2003 est.)
Bulgaria Bulgaria 3.398 million (2004 est.) 3.34 million (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 5 million


note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)		 5 million


note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)
Burma Burma 27.01 million (2004 est.) 27.75 million (2005 est.)
Burundi Burundi 2.99 million (2002) 2.99 million (2002)
Cambodia Cambodia 7 million (2003 est.) 7 million (2003 est.)
Cameroon Cameroon 6.68 million (2004 est.) 6.86 million (2005 est.)
Canada Canada 17.37 million (2004) 16.3 million (December 2005)
Cape Verde Cape Verde NA 120,600
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 19,820 (1995) 23,450 (2004)
Central African Republic Central African Republic NA NA
Chad Chad NA 2.719 million
Chile Chile 6.2 million (2004 est.) 6.3 million (2005 est.)
China China 760.8 million (2003) 791.4 million (2005 est.)
Christmas Island Christmas Island NA NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA NA
Colombia Colombia 20.7 million (2004 est.) 20.52 million (2005)
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
Congo, Republic of the Congo, Republic of the NA NA
Cook Islands Cook Islands 8,000 (1996) 6,820 (2001)
Costa Rica Costa Rica 1.81 million (2004 est.) 1.82 million (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire 6.7 million (68% agricultural) (2004 est.) 6.95 million (68% agricultural) (2005 est.)
Croatia Croatia 1.71 million (2004 est.) 1.71 million (2005 est.)
Cuba Cuba 4.55 million


note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2004 est.)		 4.6 million


note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2005 est.)
Cyprus Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: 330,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2004 est.) Republic of Cyprus: 370,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2005 est.)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 5.25 million (2004 est.) 5.27 million (2005 est.)
Denmark Denmark 2.87 million (2004 est.) 2.9 million (2005 est.)
Djibouti Djibouti 282,000 (2000) 282,000 (2000)
Dominica Dominica 25,000 (1999 est.) 25,000 (1999 est.)
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 2.3 million - 2.6 million (2000 est.) 2.3 million-2.6 million (2000 est.)
East Timor East Timor NA NA
Ecuador Ecuador 4.53 million (urban) (2004 est.) 4.6 million (urban) (2005 est.)
Egypt Egypt 20.71 million (2004 est.) 21.34 million (2005 est.)
El Salvador El Salvador 2.75 million (2004 est.) 2.81 million (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea NA NA
Eritrea Eritrea NA NA
Estonia Estonia 660,000 (2004 est.) 670,000 (2005 est.)
Ethiopia Ethiopia NA (2001 est.) 27.27 million
European Union European Union 215 million (various) 218.5 million (2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 (est.) 1,724 (est.)
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 24,250 (October 2000) 24,250 (October 2000)
Fiji Fiji 137,000 (1999) 137,000 (1999)
Finland Finland 2.66 million (2004 est.) 2.61 million (2005 est.)
France France 27.7 million (2004 est.) 27.72 million (2005 est.)
French Guiana French Guiana 58,800 (1997) 62,630 (1999)
French Polynesia French Polynesia 70,000 (1996) 65,870 (December 2005)
Gabon Gabon 650,000 (2004 est.) 640,000 (2005 est.)
Gambia, The Gambia, The 400,000 (1996) 400,000 (1996)
Gaza Strip Gaza Strip 725,000 (2004) 278,000 (April-June 2005)
Georgia Georgia 2.1 million (2001 est.) 2.04 million (2004 est.)
Germany Germany 42.63 million (2004 est.) 43.32 million (2005 est.)
Ghana Ghana 10.24 million (2004 est.) 10.62 million (2005 est.)
Gibraltar Gibraltar 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (1999) 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)
Greece Greece 4.4 million (2004 est.) 4.72 million (2005 est.)
Greenland Greenland 24,500 (1999 est.) 24,500 (1999 est.)
Grenada Grenada 42,300 (1996) 42,300 (1996)
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 125,900 (1997) 191,400 (1999)
Guam Guam 60,000 (2000 est.) 62,050 (2002 est.)
Guatemala Guatemala 3.68 million (2004 est.) 3.76 million (2005 est.)
Guernsey Guernsey 32,290 (2001) 32,290 (2001)
Guinea Guinea 3 million (1999) 3 million (1999)
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 480,000 (1999) 480,000 (1999)
Guyana Guyana 418,000 (2001 est.) 418,000 (2001 est.)
Haiti 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)
Holy See (Vatican City) Holy See (Vatican City) NA NA
Honduras Honduras 2.47 million (2004 est.) 2.54 million (2005 est.)
Hong Kong Hong Kong 3.54 million (October 2004 est.) 3.61 million (October 2005)
Hungary Hungary 4.17 million (2004 est.) 4.18 million (2005 est.)
Iceland Iceland 158,100 (2004 est.) 165,900 (2005 est.)
India India 482.2 million (2004 est.) 496.4 million (2005 est.)
Indonesia Indonesia 111.5 million (2004 est.) 94.2 million (2005 est.)
Iran Iran 23 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.)		 23.68 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)
Iraq Iraq 6.7 million (2004 est.) 7.4 million (2004 est.)
Ireland Ireland 1.92 million (2004 est.) 2.03 million (2005 est.)
Isle of Man Isle of Man 39,690 (2001) 39,690 (2001)
Israel Israel 2.68 million (2004 est.) 2.42 million (2005 est.)
Italy Italy 24.27 million (2004 est.) 24.49 million (2005 est.)
Jamaica Jamaica 1.14 million (2004 est.) 1.2 million (2005 est.)
Japan Japan 66.97 million (2004 est.) 66.4 million (2005 est.)
Jersey Jersey 52,790 (2004) 52,790 (2004)
Jordan Jordan 1.41 million (2004 est.) 1.46 million (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 7.95 million (2004 est.) 7.85 million (2005 est.)
Kenya Kenya 11.4 million (2004 est.) 11.85 million (2005 est.)
Kiribati Kiribati 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 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 22.9 million (2004 est.) 23.53 million (2005 est.)
Kuwait Kuwait 1.42 million


note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2004 est.)		 1.67 million


note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 2.7 million (2000) 2.7 million (2000)
Laos Laos 2.6 million (2001 est.) 2.8 million (2002 est.)
Latvia Latvia 1.17 million (2004 est.) 1.11 million (2005 est.)
Lebanon Lebanon 2.6 million


note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.)		 2.6 million


note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.)
Lesotho Lesotho 838,000 (2000) 838,000 (2000)
Libya Libya 1.59 million (2004 est.) 1.64 million (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 29,000 of whom 19,000 are foreigners; 13,000 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001) 29,500 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001)
Lithuania Lithuania 1.63 million (2004 est.) 1.61 million (2005 est.)
Luxembourg Luxembourg 293,700 (of whom 105,000 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2004 est.) 316,500 of whom 121,600 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2005 est.)
Macau Macau 231,500 (3rd Quarter, 2004) 251,200 (3rd Quarter, 2005)
Macedonia Macedonia 855,000 (2004 est.) 855,000 (2004 est.)
Madagascar Madagascar 7.3 million (2000) 7.3 million (2000)
Malawi Malawi 4.5 million (2001 est.) 4.5 million (2001 est.)
Malaysia Malaysia 10.49 million (2004 est.) 10.67 million (2005 est.)
Maldives Maldives 88,000 (2000) 88,000 (2000)
Mali Mali 3.93 million (2001 est.) 3.93 million (2001 est.)
Malta Malta 160,000 (2002 est.) 160,000 (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 28,700 (1996 est.) 14,680 (2000)
Martinique Martinique 165,900 (1998) 165,900 (1998)
Mauritania Mauritania 786,000 (2001) 786,000 (2001)
Mauritius Mauritius 560,000 (2004 est.) 570,000 (2005 est.)
Mayotte Mayotte 48,800 (2000) 44,560 (2002)
Mexico Mexico 34.73 million (2004 est.) 43.4 million (2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of NA 37,410
Moldova Moldova 1.36 million (2004 est.) 1.34 million (2005 est.)
Monaco Monaco 30,540 (January 1994) 41,110


note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2004)
Mongolia Mongolia 1.488 million (2003) 1.488 million (2003)
Montenegro Montenegro - 259,100 (2004)
Montserrat 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 Morocco 11.02 million (2004 est.) 11.19 million (2005 est.)
Mozambique Mozambique 9.2 million (2000 est.) 9.2 million (2000 est.)
Namibia Namibia 840,000 (2004 est.) 820,000 (2005 est.)
Nepal Nepal 10 million


note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.)		 10.4 million


note: severe lack of skilled labor (2004 est.)
Netherlands Netherlands 7.53 million (2004 est.) 7.53 million (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 89,000 (2000) 83,600 (2005)
New Caledonia New Caledonia 79,400 (including 15,018 unemployed) (1996) 78,990 (including 11,300 unemployed) (2004)
New Zealand New Zealand 2.05 million (2004 est.) 2.13 million (2005 est.)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 1.93 million (2004 est.) 2.01 million (2005 est.)
Niger Niger 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries (2002 est.) 70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public sector (2002 est.)
Nigeria Nigeria 55.67 million (2004 est.) 57.21 million (2005 est.)
Niue Niue NA NA 663
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 1,345 1,345
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (June 1995) 44,470 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2000)
Norway Norway 2.38 million (2004 est.) 2.4 million (2005 est.)
Oman Oman 920,000 (2002 est.) 920,000 (2002 est.)
Pakistan Pakistan 45.43 million


note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2004 est.)		 46.84 million


note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2005 est.)
Palau Palau 9,845 (2000) 9,777 (2005)
Panama Panama 1.32 million


note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2004 est.)		 1.39 million


note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 3.32 million (2004 est.) 2.413 million (2004)
Paraguay Paraguay 2.66 million (2004 est.) 2.68 million (2005 est.)
Peru Peru 11 million (2004 est.) 9.06 million (2005 est.)
Philippines Philippines 35.86 million (2004 est.) 36.73 million (2005 est.)
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands 15 able-bodied men (2004) 15 able-bodied men (2004)
Poland Poland 17.02 million (2004 est.) 17.1 million (2005 est.)
Portugal Portugal 5.48 million (2004 est.) 5.52 million (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 1.3 million (2000) 1.3 million (2000)
Qatar Qatar 140,000 (2004 est.) 440,000 (2005 est.)
Reunion Reunion 309,900 (2000) 299,000 (2002)
Romania Romania 9.66 million (2004 est.) 9.31 million (2005 est.)
Russia Russia 71.83 million (2004 est.) 74.22 million (2005 est.)
Rwanda Rwanda 4.6 million (2000) 4.6 million (2000)
Saint Helena Saint Helena 3,500


note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)		 2,486


note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 (June 1995) 18,170 (June 1995)
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 43,800 (2001 est.) 43,800 (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 (1999) 3,261 (1999)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 (1984 est.) 41,680 (1991 est.)
Samoa Samoa 90,000 (2000 est.) 90,000 (2000 est.)
San Marino San Marino 18,500 (1999) 19,970 (2003)
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe NA 35,050
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 6.62 million


note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.)		 6.76 million


note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)
Senegal Senegal 4.65 million (2004 est.) 4.82 million (2005 est.)
Serbia Serbia - 2.961 million for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2002 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 3.2 million (2004 est.) -
Seychelles Seychelles 30,900 (1996) 30,900 (1996)
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1.369 million (1981 est.) 1.369 million (1981 est.)
Singapore Singapore 2.18 million (2004 est.) 2.28 million (September 2005 est.)
Slovakia Slovakia 2.2 million (3rd quarter, 2004 est.) 2.24 million (30 September 2005 est.)
Slovenia Slovenia 870,000 (2004 est.) 920,000 (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 26,840 (1999) 249,200 (1999)
Somalia Somalia 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) 3.7 million (very few skilled laborers)
South Africa South Africa 16.63 million economically active (2004 est.) 15.23 million economically active (2005 est.)
Spain Spain 19.33 million (2004 est.) 20.67 million (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 7.26 million (2004 est.) 8.08 million (2005 est.)
Sudan Sudan 11 million (1996 est.) 7.415 million (1996 est.)
Suriname Suriname 104,000 (2003) 156,700 (2004)
Svalbard Svalbard NA NA
Swaziland Swaziland 383,200 (2000) 155,700 (2003)
Sweden Sweden 4.46 million (2004 est.) 4.49 million (2005 est.)
Switzerland Switzerland 3.77 million (2004 est.) 3.8 million (2005 est.)
Syria Syria 5.12 million (2004 est.) 5.12 million (2004 est.)
Taiwan Taiwan 10.22 million (2004 est.) 10.6 million (2005 est.)
Tajikistan Tajikistan 3.187 million (2000) 3.7 million (2003)
Tanzania Tanzania 19 million (2004 est.) 19.22 million (2005 est.)
Thailand Thailand 36.43 million (November 2004 est.) 35.36 million (2005 est.)
Togo Togo 1.74 million (1996) 1.302 million (1998)
Tokelau Tokelau NA 440
Tonga Tonga 33,910 (1996) 33,910 (2003)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 590,000 (2004 est.) 620,000 (2005 est.)
Tunisia Tunisia 3.55 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.)		 3.41 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)
Turkey Turkey 25.3 million


note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2003 est.)		 24.7 million


note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 2.32 million (2003 est.) 2.32 million (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 (1990 est.) 4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu Tuvalu 7,000 (2001 est.) 3,615 (2004 est.)
Uganda Uganda 12.41 million (2004 est.) 13.17 million (2005 est.)
Ukraine Ukraine 21.11 million (2004 est.) 22.67 million (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2.36 million


note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2004 est.)		 2.8 million (2005 est.)
United Kingdom United Kingdom 29.78 million (2004 est.) 30.07 million (2005 est.)
United States United States 147.4 million (includes unemployed) (2004 est.) 149.3 million (includes unemployed) (2005 est.)
Uruguay Uruguay 1.56 million (2004 est.) 1.52 million (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 14.64 million (2004 est.) 14.26 million (2005 est.)
Vanuatu Vanuatu NA 76,410
Venezuela Venezuela 12.25 million (2004 est.) 12.31 million (2005 est.)
Vietnam Vietnam 42.98 million (2004 est.) 44.39 million (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 48,900 (2003 est.) 43,980 (2004 est.)
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna NA NA 3,104
West Bank West Bank 364,000 (2004) 614,000 (April-June 2005)
Western Sahara Western Sahara 12,000 12,000
World World NA 3.001 billion (2005 est.)
Yemen Yemen 5.98 million (2004 est.) 5.83 million (2005 est.)
Zambia Zambia 4.63 million (2004 est.) 4.8 million (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 4.23 million (2004 est.) 3.94 million (2005 est.)
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