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  Labor force (2006)Labor force (2001)
Afghanistan Afghanistan 15 million (2004 est.) 10 million (2000 est.)
Albania 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 Algeria 10.15 million (2005 est.) 9.1 million (2000 est.)
American Samoa American Samoa 17,630 (2005) 14,000 (1996)
Andorra Andorra 48,740 (2004) 30,787 salaried employees (1998)
Angola Angola 5.58 million (2005 est.) 5 million (1997 est.)
Anguilla Anguilla 6,049 (2001) 4,400 (1992)
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 30,000
Argentina Argentina 15.34 million (2005 est.) 15 million (1999)
Armenia Armenia 1.2 million (2005) 1.5 million (1999)
Aruba Aruba 41,500 (2004 est.) 41,501 (1997 est.)
Australia Australia 10.42 million (2005 est.) 9.5 million (December 1999)
Austria Austria 3.49 million (2005 est.) 3.7 million (1999)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 5.45 million (2005 est.) 2.9 million (1997)
Bahamas, The Bahamas, The 176,300 (2004) 156,000 (1999)
Bahrain Bahrain 380,000


note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)		 295,000 (1998 est.)

note:
44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)
Bangladesh Bangladesh 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.)		 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
Barbados Barbados 128,500 (2001 est.) 136,000 (1998 est.)
Belarus Belarus 4.3 million (31 December 2005) 4.8 million (2000)
Belgium Belgium 4.77 million (2005 est.) 4.34 million (1999)
Belize 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.)
Benin Benin 3.211 million NA
Bermuda Bermuda 38,360 (2004) 35,296 (1997)
Bhutan Bhutan NA


note: major shortage of skilled labor		 NA

note:
massive lack of skilled labor
Bolivia Bolivia 4.22 million (2005 est.) 2.5 million
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.026 million (2001) 1.026 million
Botswana Botswana 288,400 formal sector employees (2004) 235,000 formal sector employees (1995)
Brazil Brazil 90.41 million (2005 est.) 79 million (1999 est.)
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 12,770 (2004) 4,911 (1980)
Brunei Brunei 146,300


note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary residents make up about 40% of labor force (2003 est.)		 144,000 (1995 est.); note - includes foreign workers and military personnel

note:
temporary residents make up 41% of labor force (1991)
Bulgaria Bulgaria 3.34 million (2005 est.) 3.83 million (2000 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 (1999)

note:
a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment
Burma Burma 27.75 million (2005 est.) 19.7 million (FY98/99 est.)
Burundi Burundi 2.99 million (2002) 1.9 million
Cambodia Cambodia 7 million (2003 est.) 6 million (1998 est.)
Cameroon Cameroon 6.86 million (2005 est.) NA
Canada Canada 16.3 million (December 2005) 16.1 million (2000)
Cape Verde Cape Verde 120,600 NA
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 23,450 (2004) 19,820 (1995)
Central African Republic Central African Republic NA NA
Chad Chad 2.719 million NA
Chile Chile 6.3 million (2005 est.) 5.8 million (1999 est.)
China China 791.4 million (2005 est.) 700 million (1998 est.)
Christmas Island Christmas Island NA NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA NA
Colombia Colombia 20.52 million (2005) 18.3 million (1999 est.)
Comoros Comoros 144,500 (1996 est.) 144,500 (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14.51 million 14.51 million (1993 est.)
Congo, Republic of the Congo, Republic of the NA NA
Cook Islands Cook Islands 6,820 (2001) 6,601 (1993)
Costa Rica Costa Rica 1.82 million (2005 est.) 1.9 million (1999)
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire 6.95 million (68% agricultural) (2005 est.) 68% agricultural (2000 est.)
Croatia Croatia 1.71 million (2005 est.) 1.68 million (October 2000)
Cuba Cuba 4.6 million


note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2005 est.)		 4.3 million (2000 est.)

note:
state sector 75%, non-state sector 25% (1998)
Cyprus Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: 370,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2005 est.) Greek Cypriot area: 291,000; Turkish Cypriot area: 86,300 (2000)
Czech Republic Czech Republic 5.27 million (2005 est.) 5.203 million (1999 est.)
Denmark Denmark 2.9 million (2005 est.) 2.856 million (2000 est.)
Djibouti Djibouti 282,000 (2000) 282,000
Dominica Dominica 25,000 (1999 est.) 25,000
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 2.3 million-2.6 million (2000 est.) 2.3 million - 2.6 million
East Timor East Timor NA -
Ecuador Ecuador 4.6 million (urban) (2005 est.) 4.2 million
Egypt Egypt 21.34 million (2005 est.) 19.9 million (2000 est.)
El Salvador El Salvador 2.81 million (2005 est.) 2.35 million (1999)
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea NA NA
Eritrea Eritrea NA NA
Estonia Estonia 670,000 (2005 est.) 785,500 (1999 est.)
Ethiopia Ethiopia 27.27 million NA
European Union European Union 218.5 million (2005 est.) -
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,724 (est.) 1,100 (est.)
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 24,250 (October 2000) 24,250 (October 2000)
Fiji Fiji 137,000 (1999) 235,000
Finland Finland 2.61 million (2005 est.) 2.6 million (2000 est.)
France France 27.72 million (2005 est.) 25 million (2000)
French Guiana French Guiana 62,630 (1999) 58,800 (1997)
French Polynesia French Polynesia 65,870 (December 2005) 70,000 (1996)
Gabon Gabon 640,000 (2005 est.) 600,000
Gambia, The Gambia, The 400,000 (1996) 400,000
Gaza Strip Gaza Strip 278,000 (April-June 2005) NA
Georgia Georgia 2.04 million (2004 est.) 3.08 million (1997)
Germany Germany 43.32 million (2005 est.) 40.5 million (1999 est.)
Ghana Ghana 10.62 million (2005 est.) 9 million (2000 est.)
Gibraltar Gibraltar 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001) 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers)
Greece Greece 4.72 million (2005 est.) 4.32 million (1999 est.)
Greenland Greenland 24,500 (1999 est.) 24,500 (1999 est.)
Grenada Grenada 42,300 (1996) 42,300 (1996)
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 191,400 (1999) 125,900 (1997)
Guam Guam 62,050 (2002 est.) 60,000 (2000 est.)
Guatemala Guatemala 3.76 million (2005 est.) 4.2 million (1999 est.)
Guernsey Guernsey 32,290 (2001) 31,322 (2000)
Guinea Guinea 3 million (1999) 3 million (1999)
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 480,000 (1999) 480,000
Guyana Guyana 418,000 (2001 est.) 245,492 (1992)
Haiti 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)
Holy See (Vatican City) Holy See (Vatican City) NA NA
Honduras Honduras 2.54 million (2005 est.) 2.3 million (1997 est.)
Hong Kong Hong Kong 3.61 million (October 2005) 3.39 million (2000 est.)
Hungary Hungary 4.18 million (2005 est.) 4.2 million (1997)
Iceland Iceland 165,900 (2005 est.) 159,000 (2000)
India India 496.4 million (2005 est.) NA
Indonesia Indonesia 94.2 million (2005 est.) 99 million (1999)
Iran Iran 23.68 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)		 17.3 million

note:
shortage of skilled labor (1998)
Iraq Iraq 7.4 million (2004 est.) 4.4 million (1989)
Ireland Ireland 2.03 million (2005 est.) 1.82 million (2000 est.)
Isle of Man Isle of Man 39,690 (2001) 36,610 (1998)
Israel Israel 2.42 million (2005 est.) 2.4 million (2000 est.)
Italy Italy 24.49 million (2005 est.) 23.4 million (2000)
Jamaica Jamaica 1.2 million (2005 est.) 1.13 million (1998)
Japan Japan 66.4 million (2005 est.) 67.7 million (December 2000)
Jersey Jersey 52,790 (2004) 57,050 (1996)
Jordan Jordan 1.46 million (2005 est.) 1.15 million

note:
in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad (1997 est.)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 7.85 million (2005 est.) 8.8 million (1997)
Kenya Kenya 11.85 million (2005 est.) 9.2 million (1998 est.)
Kiribati Kiribati 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.) 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (1985 est.)
Korea, North Korea, North 9.6 million 9.6 million
Korea, South Korea, South 23.53 million (2005 est.) 22 million (2000)
Kuwait Kuwait 1.67 million


note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2005 est.)		 1.3 million (1998 est.)

note:
68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 2.7 million (2000) 1.7 million
Laos Laos 2.8 million (2002 est.) 1 million - 1.5 million
Latvia Latvia 1.11 million (2005 est.) 1.4 million (2000 est.)
Lebanon 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.)
Lesotho Lesotho 838,000 (2000) 700,000 economically active
Libya Libya 1.64 million (2005 est.) 1.5 million (2000 est.)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 29,500 of whom 13,900 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 Lithuania 1.61 million (2005 est.) 2 million (2000 est.)
Luxembourg Luxembourg 316,500 of whom 121,600 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2005 est.) 248,000 (of whom 70,200 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000)
Macau Macau 251,200 (3rd Quarter, 2005) 283,450 (1999)
Macedonia Macedonia 855,000 (2004 est.) -
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of - 1 million (1999 est.)
Madagascar Madagascar 7.3 million (2000) 7 million (1999)
Malawi Malawi 4.5 million (2001 est.) 3.5 million
Malaysia Malaysia 10.67 million (2005 est.) 9.6 million (2000 est.)
Maldives Maldives 88,000 (2000) 67,000 (1995)
Mali Mali 3.93 million (2001 est.) NA
Malta Malta 160,000 (2005 est.) 145,901 (1999)
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 14,680 (2000) NA
Martinique Martinique 165,900 (1998) 170,000 (1997)
Mauritania Mauritania 786,000 (2001) 750,000 (1999)
Mauritius Mauritius 570,000 (2005 est.) 514,000 (1995)
Mayotte Mayotte 44,560 (2002) NA
Mexico Mexico 43.4 million (2005 est.) 39.8 million (2000)
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of 37,410 NA
Moldova Moldova 1.34 million (2005 est.) 1.7 million (1998)
Monaco Monaco 41,110


note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2004)		 30,540 (January 1994)
Mongolia Mongolia 1.488 million (2003) 1.3 million (1999)
Montenegro Montenegro 259,100 (2004) -
Montserrat Montserrat 4,521


note: lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity (2000 est.)		 4,521 (1992); note - recently lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity
Morocco Morocco 11.19 million (2005 est.) 11 million (1997 est.)
Mozambique Mozambique 9.2 million (2000 est.) 7.4 million (1997 est.)
Namibia Namibia 820,000 (2005 est.) 500,000
Nepal Nepal 10.4 million


note: severe lack of skilled labor (2004 est.)		 10 million (1996 est.)

note:
severe lack of skilled labor
Netherlands Netherlands 7.53 million (2005 est.) 7.2 million (2000)
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 83,600 (2005) 89,000
New Caledonia New Caledonia 78,990 (including 11,300 unemployed) (2004) 79,395 (including 15, 018 unemployed, 1996)
New Zealand New Zealand 2.13 million (2005 est.) 1.88 million (2000)
Nicaragua Nicaragua 2.01 million (2005 est.) 1.7 million (1999)
Niger Niger 70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public sector (2002 est.) 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries
Nigeria Nigeria 57.21 million (2005 est.) 66 million (1999 est.)
Niue Niue NA 663 450 (1992 est.)
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island 1,345 1,395 (1991 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands 44,470 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2000) 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (1995)
Norway Norway 2.4 million (2005 est.) 2.4 million (2000 est.)
Oman Oman 920,000 (2002 est.) 850,000 (1997 est.)
Pakistan Pakistan 46.84 million


note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2005 est.)		 40 million

note:
extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000 est.)
Palau Palau 9,777 (2005) 8,300 (1999)
Panama Panama 1.39 million


note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2005 est.)		 1.1 million (2000 est.)

note:
shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 2.413 million (2004) 1.941 million
Paraguay Paraguay 2.68 million (2005 est.) 2 million (2000 est.)
Peru Peru 9.06 million (2005 est.) 7.6 million (1996 est.)
Philippines Philippines 36.73 million (2005 est.) 48.1 million (2000 est.)
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands 15 able-bodied men (2004) 12 able-bodied men (1997)
Poland Poland 17.1 million (2005 est.) 17.2 million (1999 est.)
Portugal Portugal 5.52 million (2005 est.) 5 million (1999)
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 1.3 million (2000) 1.3 million (2000)
Qatar Qatar 440,000 (2005 est.) 233,000 (1993 est.)
Reunion Reunion 299,000 (2002) 261,000 (1995)
Romania Romania 9.31 million (2005 est.) 9.9 million (1999 est.)
Russia Russia 74.22 million (2005 est.) 66 million (1997)
Rwanda Rwanda 4.6 million (2000) 3.6 million
Saint Helena Saint Helena 2,486


note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)		 3,500 (1998 est.)

note:
1,200 of whom are working offshore
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 (June 1995) 18,172 (June 1995)
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 43,800 (2001 est.) 43,800
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 (1999) 3,000 (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41,680 (1991 est.) 67,000 (1984 est.)
Samoa Samoa 90,000 (2000 est.) 90,000 (2000 est.)
San Marino San Marino 19,970 (2003) 18,500 (1999)
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe 35,050 NA
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 6.76 million


note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)		 7 million

note:
35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)
Senegal Senegal 4.82 million (2005 est.) NA
Serbia Serbia 2.961 million for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2002 est.) -
Seychelles Seychelles 30,900 (1996) 30,900 (1996)
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1.369 million (1981 est.) 1.369 million (1981 est.)

note:
only about 65,000 wage earners (1985)
Singapore Singapore 2.28 million (September 2005 est.) 2.1 million (2000)
Slovakia Slovakia 2.24 million (30 September 2005 est.) 3 million (1999)
Slovenia Slovenia 920,000 (2005 est.) 857,400
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 249,200 (1999) 26,842
Somalia Somalia 3.7 million (very few skilled laborers) 3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) (1993 est.)
South Africa South Africa 15.23 million economically active (2005 est.) 17 million economically active (2000)
Spain Spain 20.67 million (2005 est.) 17 million (2000)
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 8.08 million (2005 est.) 6.6 million (1998)
Sudan Sudan 7.415 million (1996 est.) 11 million (1996 est.)
Suriname Suriname 156,700 (2004) 100,000
Svalbard Svalbard NA NA
Swaziland Swaziland 155,700 (2003) NA
Sweden Sweden 4.49 million (2005 est.) 4.4 million (2000 est.)
Switzerland Switzerland 3.8 million (2005 est.) 3.9 million (964,000 foreign workers, mostly Italian) (1998 est.)
Syria Syria 5.12 million (2004 est.) 4.7 million (1998 est.)
Taiwan Taiwan 10.6 million (2005 est.) 9.8 million (2000 est.)
Tajikistan Tajikistan 3.7 million (2003) 1.9 million (1996)
Tanzania Tanzania 19.22 million (2005 est.) 13.495 million
Thailand Thailand 35.36 million (2005 est.) 32.6 million (1997 est.)
Togo Togo 1.302 million (1998) 1.74 million (1996)
Tokelau Tokelau 440 NA
Tonga Tonga 33,910 (2003) 34,000 (FY96/97)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 620,000 (2005 est.) 558,700 (1998)
Tunisia Tunisia 3.41 million


note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)		 2.65 million (2000 est.)

note:
shortage of skilled labor
Turkey Turkey 24.7 million


note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2005 est.)		 23 million (2000 est.)

note:
about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999)
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 2.32 million (2003 est.) 2.34 million (1996)
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 (1990 est.) 4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu Tuvalu 3,615 (2004 est.) NA
Uganda Uganda 13.17 million (2005 est.) 8.361 million (1993 est.)
Ukraine Ukraine 22.67 million (2005 est.) 22.8 million (yearend 1997)
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2.8 million (2005 est.) 1.4 million (1998 est.)

note:
75% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)
United Kingdom United Kingdom 30.07 million (2005 est.) 29.2 million (1999)
United States United States 149.3 million (includes unemployed) (2005 est.) 140.9 million (includes unemployed) (2000)
Uruguay Uruguay 1.52 million (2005 est.) 1.5 million (1999 est.)
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 14.26 million (2005 est.) 11.9 million (1998 est.)
Vanuatu Vanuatu 76,410 NA
Venezuela Venezuela 12.31 million (2005 est.) 9.9 million (1999)
Vietnam Vietnam 44.39 million (2005 est.) 38.2 million (1998 est.)
Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 43,980 (2004 est.) 47,443 (1990 est.)
Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna NA 3,104 NA
West Bank West Bank 614,000 (April-June 2005) NA
Western Sahara Western Sahara 12,000 12,000
World World 3.001 billion (2005 est.) NA
Yemen Yemen 5.83 million (2005 est.) NA
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia - 1.6 million (1999 est.)
Zambia Zambia 4.8 million (2005 est.) 3.4 million
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 3.94 million (2005 est.) 5.5 million (2000 est.)
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