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  Labor force (2005)Labor force (2007)
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) (September 2006 est.)
Algeria Algeria 9.91 million (2004 est.) 9.31 million (2006 est.)
American Samoa American Samoa 14,000 (1996) 17,630 (2005)
Andorra Andorra 33,000 (2001 est.) 42,420 (2005)
Angola Angola 5.41 million (2004 est.) 6.444 million (2006 est.)
Anguilla Anguilla 6,049 (2001) 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 30,000 (1991)
Argentina Argentina 15.04 million (2004 est.) 15.76 million (2006 est.)
Armenia Armenia 1.4 million (2001) 1.2 million (November 2006)
Aruba Aruba 41,500 (1997 est.) 41,500 (2004 est.)
Australia Australia 10.35 million (2004 est.) 10.74 million (2006 est.)
Austria Austria 3.45 million (2004 est.) 3.52 million (2006 est.)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 5.09 million (2004 est.) 5.165 million (2006 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.)		 352,000


note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2006 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.)		 68 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. (2006 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.) 4.9 million (2006 est.)
Belize Belize 90,000


note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.)		 113,000


note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2006 est.)
Benin Benin NA (1996) 3.211 million (1996)
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.) 4.297 million (2006 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.) 97.77 million (2006 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.)		 180,400 (2006 est.)
Bulgaria Bulgaria 3.398 million (2004 est.) 3.416 million (2006 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.) 28.49 million (2006 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.) 6.542 million (2006 est.)
Canada Canada 17.37 million (2004) 17.59 million (2006 est.)
Cape Verde Cape Verde NA 120,600 (1990)
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 19,820 (1995) 23,450 (2004)
Central African Republic Central African Republic NA NA
Chad Chad NA 2.719 million (1993)
Chile Chile 6.2 million (2004 est.) 6.835 million (2006 est.)
China China 760.8 million (2003) 795.3 million (2006 est.)
Christmas Island Christmas Island NA NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA NA
Colombia Colombia 20.7 million (2004 est.) 20.34 million (2006 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.) 15 million (2006 est.)
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.) 1.874 million


note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire 6.7 million (68% agricultural) (2004 est.) 6.799 million (68% agricultural) (2006 est.)
Croatia Croatia 1.71 million (2004 est.) 1.72 million (2006 est.)
Cuba Cuba 4.55 million


note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2004 est.)		 4.847 million


note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2006 est.)
Cyprus Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: 330,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2004 est.) area under government control: 380,000


area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 95,025 (2006 est.)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 5.25 million (2004 est.) 5.334 million (2006 est.)
Denmark Denmark 2.87 million (2004 est.) 2.911 million (2006 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.) 3.896 million (2006 est.)
East Timor East Timor NA -
Ecuador Ecuador 4.53 million (urban) (2004 est.) 4.38 million (urban) (2006 est.)
Egypt Egypt 20.71 million (2004 est.) 21.8 million (2006 est.)
El Salvador El Salvador 2.75 million (2004 est.) 2.875 million (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea NA NA
Eritrea Eritrea NA NA
Estonia Estonia 660,000 (2004 est.) 687,000 (2006 est.)
Ethiopia Ethiopia NA (2001 est.) 27.27 million (1999)
European Union European Union 215 million (various) 220.9 million (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 (est.) 1,724 (est.) (1996)
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.) 2.65 million (2006 est.)
France France 27.7 million (2004 est.) 27.75 million (2006 est.)
French Guiana French Guiana 58,800 (1997) -
French Polynesia French Polynesia 70,000 (1996) 65,930 (December 2005)
Gabon Gabon 650,000 (2004 est.) 574,000 (2006 est.)
Gambia, The Gambia, The 400,000 (1996) 400,000 (1996)
Gaza Strip Gaza Strip 725,000 (2004) 259,000 (2005)
Georgia Georgia 2.1 million (2001 est.) 2.04 million (2004 est.)
Germany Germany 42.63 million (2004 est.) 43.57 million (2006 est.)
Ghana Ghana 10.24 million (2004 est.) 11.07 million (2006 est.)
Gibraltar Gibraltar 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (1999) 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)
Greece Greece 4.4 million (2004 est.) 4.89 million (2006 est.)
Greenland Greenland 24,500 (1999 est.) 32,120 (2004)
Grenada Grenada 42,300 (1996) 42,300 (1996)
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 125,900 (1997) -
Guam Guam 60,000 (2000 est.) 62,050 (2002 est.)
Guatemala Guatemala 3.68 million (2004 est.) 3.86 million (2006 est.)
Guernsey Guernsey 32,290 (2001) 31,470 (March 2006)
Guinea Guinea 3 million (1999) 3.7 million (2006 est.)
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.) 2.574 million (2006 est.)
Hong Kong Hong Kong 3.54 million (October 2004 est.) 3.583 million (2006 est.)
Hungary Hungary 4.17 million (2004 est.) 4.21 million (2006 est.)
Iceland Iceland 158,100 (2004 est.) 175,000 (2006 est.)
India India 482.2 million (2004 est.) 506.9 million (2006 est.)
Indonesia Indonesia 111.5 million (2004 est.) 106.4 million (2006 est.)
Iran Iran 23 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.)		 24.29 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2006 est.)
Iraq Iraq 6.7 million (2004 est.) 7.4 million (2004 est.)
Ireland Ireland 1.92 million (2004 est.) 2.132 million (2006 est.)
Isle of Man Isle of Man 39,690 (2001) 39,690 (2001)
Israel Israel 2.68 million (2004 est.) 2.81 million (2006 est.)
Italy Italy 24.27 million (2004 est.) 24.64 million (2006 est.)
Jamaica Jamaica 1.14 million (2004 est.) 1.249 million (2006 est.)
Japan Japan 66.97 million (2004 est.) 66.57 million (2006 est.)
Jersey Jersey 52,790 (2004) 53,560 (June 2006)
Jordan Jordan 1.41 million (2004 est.) 1.512 million (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 7.95 million (2004 est.) 8.029 million (2006 est.)
Kenya Kenya 11.4 million (2004 est.) 1.963 million (2006 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 (2002 est.)
Korea, South Korea, South 22.9 million (2004 est.) 23.98 million (2006 est.)
Kuwait Kuwait 1.42 million


note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2004 est.)		 1.168 million


note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2006 est.)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 2.7 million (2000) 2.7 million (2000)
Laos Laos 2.6 million (2001 est.) 2.1 million (2006 est.)
Latvia Latvia 1.17 million (2004 est.) 1.136 million (2006 est.)
Lebanon 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 (2005 est.)
Lesotho Lesotho 838,000 (2000) 838,000 (2000)
Libya Libya 1.59 million (2004 est.) 1.748 million (2006 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.) 1.588 million (2006 est.)
Luxembourg Luxembourg 293,700 (of whom 105,000 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2004 est.) 203,000 of whom 121,600 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2006 est.)
Macau Macau 231,500 (3rd Quarter, 2004) 248,000 (2005)
Macedonia Macedonia 855,000 (2004 est.) 880,000 (2006 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.) 10.68 million (2006 est.)
Maldives Maldives 88,000 (2000) 101,300 (2004)
Mali Mali 3.93 million (2001 est.) 3.93 million (2001 est.)
Malta Malta 160,000 (2002 est.) 164,000 (2006 est.)
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 28,700 (1996 est.) 14,680 (2000)
Martinique Martinique 165,900 (1998) -
Mauritania Mauritania 786,000 (2001) 786,000 (2001)
Mauritius Mauritius 560,000 (2004 est.) 541,000 (2006 est.)
Mayotte Mayotte 48,800 (2000) 44,560 (2002)
Mexico Mexico 34.73 million (2004 est.) 44.51 million (2006 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of NA 37,410 (2000)
Moldova Moldova 1.36 million (2004 est.) 1.339 million (2006 est.)
Monaco Monaco 30,540 (January 1994) 44,000


note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.)
Mongolia Mongolia 1.488 million (2003) 1.577 million (2005)
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.) 10.86 million (2006 est.)
Mozambique Mozambique 9.2 million (2000 est.) 9.4 million (2006 est.)
Namibia Namibia 840,000 (2004 est.) 657,000 (2006 est.)
Nepal Nepal 10 million


note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.)		 11.11 million


note: severe lack of skilled labor (2006 est.)
Netherlands Netherlands 7.53 million (2004 est.) 7.49 million (2006 est.)
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 89,000 (2000) 83,600 (2005)
New Caledonia New Caledonia 79,400 (including 15,018 unemployed) (1996) 78,990 (2004)
New Zealand New Zealand 2.05 million (2004 est.) 2.199 million (2006 est.)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 1.93 million (2004 est.) 2.204 million (2006 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.) 49.62 million (2006 est.)
Niue Niue NA 663 (2001)
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 1,345 NA
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.) 2.447 million (2006 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.)		 47.87 million


note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2006 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.)		 1.439 million


note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2006 est.)
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 3.32 million (2004 est.) 3.477 million (2006 est.)
Paraguay Paraguay 2.66 million (2004 est.) 2.706 million (2006 est.)
Peru Peru 11 million (2004 est.) 9.21 million (2006 est.)
Philippines Philippines 35.86 million (2004 est.) 35.79 million (2006 est.)
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands 15 able-bodied men (2004) 15 able-bodied men (2004)
Poland Poland 17.02 million (2004 est.) 16.94 million (2006 est.)
Portugal Portugal 5.48 million (2004 est.) 5.59 million (2006 est.)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 1.3 million (2000) 1.3 million (2000)
Qatar Qatar 140,000 (2004 est.) 508,000 (2006 est.)
Reunion Reunion 309,900 (2000) -
Romania Romania 9.66 million (2004 est.) 9.33 million (2006 est.)
Russia Russia 71.83 million (2004 est.) 74.26 million (2006 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) 3,450 (2005)
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) 20,470 (2004)
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe NA 35,050 (1991)
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.)		 6.311 million


note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2006 est.)
Senegal Senegal 4.65 million (2004 est.) 4.723 million (2006 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.) 2.47 million (2006 est.)
Slovakia Slovakia 2.2 million (3rd quarter, 2004 est.) 2.658 million (2006 est.)
Slovenia Slovenia 870,000 (2004 est.) 911,000 (2006 est.)
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 26,840 (1999) 249,200 (1999)
Somalia Somalia 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) 3.7 million (few skilled laborers) (1975)
South Africa South Africa 16.63 million economically active (2004 est.) 16.96 million economically active (2006 est.)
Spain Spain 19.33 million (2004 est.) 21.58 million (2006 est.)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 7.26 million (2004 est.) 7.602 million (2006 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) 300,000 (2006)
Sweden Sweden 4.46 million (2004 est.) 4.586 million (2006 est.)
Switzerland Switzerland 3.77 million (2004 est.) 3.8 million (2006 est.)
Syria Syria 5.12 million (2004 est.) 5.276 million (2006 est.)
Taiwan Taiwan 10.22 million (2004 est.) 10.52 million (2006 est.)
Tajikistan Tajikistan 3.187 million (2000) 3.7 million (2003)
Tanzania Tanzania 19 million (2004 est.) 19.35 million (2006 est.)
Thailand Thailand 36.43 million (November 2004 est.) 36.55 million (2006 est.)
Timor-Leste Timor-Leste - NA
Togo Togo 1.74 million (1996) 1.302 million (1998)
Tokelau Tokelau NA 440 (2001)
Tonga Tonga 33,910 (1996) 33,910 (2003)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 590,000 (2004 est.) 625,000 (2006 est.)
Tunisia Tunisia 3.55 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2004 est.)		 3.503 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2006 est.)
Turkey Turkey 25.3 million


note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2003 est.)		 24.79 million


note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2006 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.) 13.58 million (2006 est.)
Ukraine Ukraine 21.11 million (2004 est.) 21.52 million (2006 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.)		 2.968 million (2006 est.)
United Kingdom United Kingdom 29.78 million (2004 est.) 30.48 million (2006 est.)
United States United States 147.4 million (includes unemployed) (2004 est.) 151.4 million (includes unemployed) (2006 est.)
Uruguay Uruguay 1.56 million (2004 est.) 1.27 million (2006 est.)
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 14.64 million (2004 est.) 14.43 million (2006 est.)
Vanuatu Vanuatu NA 76,410 (1999)
Venezuela Venezuela 12.25 million (2004 est.) 12.19 million (2006 est.)
Vietnam Vietnam 42.98 million (2004 est.) 44.58 million (2006 est.)
Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 48,900 (2003 est.) 43,980 (2004 est.)
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna NA 3,104 (2003)
West Bank West Bank 364,000 (2004) 568,000 (2005)
Western Sahara Western Sahara 12,000 12,000
World World NA 3.001 billion (2005 est.)
Yemen Yemen 5.98 million (2004 est.) 5.972 million (2006 est.)
Zambia Zambia 4.63 million (2004 est.) 4.92 million (2006 est.)
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 4.23 million (2004 est.) 3.99 million (2006 est.)
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