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Country
|
Labor force
|
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Afghanistan
|
10 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Albania
|
1.283 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers and 261,000 domestically unemployed) (2000 est.)
|
|
Algeria
|
9.4 million (2001 est.)
|
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American Samoa
|
14,000 (1996)
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Andorra
|
33,000 (2001 est.)
|
|
Angola
|
5 million (1997 est.)
|
|
Anguilla
|
6,735 (1999)
|
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Antigua and Barbuda
|
30,000
|
|
Argentina
|
15 million (1999)
|
|
Armenia
|
1.4 million (2001)
|
|
Aruba
|
41,501 (1997 est.)
|
|
Australia
|
9.2 million (December 2001)
|
|
Austria
|
4.3 million (2001)
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
2.9 million (1997)
|
|
Bahamas, The
|
156,000 (1999)
|
|
Bahrain
|
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
|
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.)
|
|
Belarus
|
4.8 million (2000)
|
|
Belgium
|
4.44 million (2001)
|
|
Belize
|
90,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (1997 est.)
|
|
Benin
|
NA
|
|
Bermuda
|
37,472 (2000)
|
|
Bhutan
|
NA
note: massive lack of skilled labor
|
|
Bolivia
|
2.5 million
|
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1.026 million
|
|
Botswana
|
264,000 formal sector employees (2000)
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|
Brazil
|
79 million (1999 est.)
|
|
British Virgin Islands
|
4,911 (1980)
|
|
Brunei
|
143,400 (1999 est.); note - includes foreign workers and military personnel
note: temporary residents make up 41% of labor force (1991)
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Bulgaria
|
3.83 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
5 million (1999)
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment
|
|
Burma
|
23.7 million (1999 est.)
|
|
Burundi
|
1.9 million
|
|
Cambodia
|
6 million (1998 est.)
|
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Cameroon
|
NA
|
|
Canada
|
16.4 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Cape Verde
|
NA
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
19,820 (1995)
|
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Central African Republic
|
NA
|
|
Chad
|
NA
|
|
Chile
|
5.9 million (2000 est.)
|
|
China
|
706 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Christmas Island
|
NA
|
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
NA
|
|
Colombia
|
18.3 million (1999 est.)
|
|
Comoros
|
144,500 (1996 est.)
|
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
14.51 million (1993 est.)
|
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
NA
|
|
Cook Islands
|
8,000 (1996)
|
|
Costa Rica
|
1.9 million (1999)
|
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
68% agricultural (2000 est.)
|
|
Croatia
|
1.7 million (2001)
|
|
Cuba
|
4.3 million (2000 est.)
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (1999)
|
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Cyprus
|
Greek Cypriot area: 291,000; Turkish Cypriot area: 86,300 (2000)
|
|
Czech Republic
|
5.203 million (1999 est.)
|
|
Denmark
|
2.856 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Djibouti
|
282,000
|
|
Dominica
|
25,000
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
2.3 million - 2.6 million
|
|
East Timor
|
NA
|
|
Ecuador
|
3.7 million (urban)
|
|
Egypt
|
20.6 million (2001 est.)
|
|
El Salvador
|
2.35 million (1999)
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
NA
|
|
Eritrea
|
NA
|
|
Estonia
|
608,600 (2001 est.)
|
|
Ethiopia
|
NA
|
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
1,100 (est.)
|
|
Faroe Islands
|
24,250 (October 2000)
|
|
Fiji
|
137,000 (1999)
|
|
Finland
|
2.6 million (2000 est.)
|
|
France
|
26.6 million (2001 est.)
|
|
French Guiana
|
58,800 (1997)
|
|
French Polynesia
|
70,000 (1996)
|
|
Gabon
|
600,000
|
|
Gambia, The
|
400,000
|
|
Gaza Strip
|
NA
|
|
Georgia
|
2.1 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Germany
|
41.9 million (2001)
|
|
Ghana
|
9 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Gibraltar
|
14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers)
|
|
Greece
|
4.32 million (1999 est.)
|
|
Greenland
|
24,500 (1999 est.)
|
|
Grenada
|
42,300 (1996)
|
|
Guadeloupe
|
125,900 (1997)
|
|
Guam
|
60,000 (2000 est.)
|
|
Guatemala
|
4.2 million (1999 est.)
|
|
Guernsey
|
31,322 (2000)
|
|
Guinea
|
3 million (1999)
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
480,000
|
|
Guyana
|
418,000 (2001 est.)
|
|
Haiti
|
3.6 million (1995)
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2001)
|
|
Holy See (Vatican City)
|
NA
|
|
Honduras
|
2.3 million (1997 est.)
|
|
Hong Kong
|
3.44 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Hungary
|
4.2 million (1997)
|
|
Iceland
|
159,000 (2000)
|
|
India
|
406 million (1999)
|
|
Indonesia
|
99 million (1999)
|
|
Iran
|
18 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (1998)
|
|
Iraq
|
4.4 million (1989)
|
|
Ireland
|
1.8 million (2001)
|
|
Israel
|
2.4 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Italy
|
23.6 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Jamaica
|
1.13 million (1998)
|
|
Japan
|
67.7 million (December 2000)
|
|
Jersey
|
57,050 (1996)
|
|
Jordan
|
1.26 million
note: in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad (2001)
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
8.4 million (1999)
|
|
Kenya
|
10 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Kiribati
|
7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (1985 est.)
|
|
Korea, North
|
9.6 million
|
|
Korea, South
|
22 million (2001)
|
|
Kuwait
|
1.3 million (1998 est.)
note: 68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
2.7 million (2000)
|
|
Laos
|
2.4 million (1999)
|
|
Latvia
|
1.1 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Lebanon
|
1.5 million (2001 est.)
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (1999 est.)
|
|
Lesotho
|
700,000 economically active
|
|
Libya
|
1.5 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
22,891 of which 13,847 are foreigners; 8,231 commute from Austria and Switzerland to work each day
|
|
Lithuania
|
1.5 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Luxembourg
|
262,300 (of whom 87,400 are foreign cross-border workers primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2000)
|
|
Macau
|
218,000 (2001)
|
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
|
1.1 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Madagascar
|
7 million (1999)
|
|
Malawi
|
4.5 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Malaysia
|
9.9 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Maldives
|
67,000 (1995)
|
|
Mali
|
3.93 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Malta
|
147,700 (2000)
|
|
Man, Isle of
|
36,610 (1998)
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
28,698
|
|
Martinique
|
170,000 (1997)
|
|
Mauritania
|
786,000 (2001)
|
|
Mauritius
|
514,000 (1995)
|
|
Mayotte
|
NA
|
|
Mexico
|
39.8 million (2000)
|
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
NA
|
|
Moldova
|
1.7 million (1998)
|
|
Monaco
|
30,540 (January 1994)
|
|
Mongolia
|
1.4 million (2000)
|
|
Montserrat
|
4,521 (1992); note - lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity
|
|
Morocco
|
11 million (1999)
|
|
Mozambique
|
7.4 million (1997 est.)
|
|
Namibia
|
500,000
|
|
Nepal
|
10 million (1996 est.)
note: severe lack of skilled labor
|
|
Netherlands
|
7.2 million (2000)
|
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
89,000
|
|
New Caledonia
|
79,395 (including 15,018 unemployed, 1996)
|
|
New Zealand
|
1.92 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Nicaragua
|
1.7 million (1999)
|
|
Niger
|
70,000 receive regular wages or salaries
|
|
Nigeria
|
66 million (1999 est.)
|
|
Niue
|
NA
|
|
Norfolk Island
|
NA
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (1995)
|
|
Norway
|
2.4 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Oman
|
920,000 (2002 est.)
|
|
Pakistan
|
40.4 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000)
|
|
Palau
|
8,300 (1999)
|
|
Panama
|
1.1 million (2000 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
2.3 million (1999)
|
|
Paraguay
|
2 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Peru
|
7.5 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Philippines
|
32 million (2000)
|
|
Pitcairn Islands
|
12 able-bodied men (1997)
|
|
Poland
|
17.6 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Portugal
|
5.1 million (2000)
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
1.3 million (2000)
|
|
Qatar
|
280,122 (1997 est.)
|
|
Reunion
|
261,000 (1995)
|
|
Romania
|
9.9 million (1999 est.)
|
|
Russia
|
71.3 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Rwanda
|
3.6 million
|
|
Saint Helena
|
3,500 (1998 est.)
note: 1,200 work offshore
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
18,172 (June 1995)
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
43,800
|
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
3,000 (1997)
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
67,000 (1984 est.)
|
|
Samoa
|
90,000 (2000 est.)
|
|
San Marino
|
18,500 (1999)
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
NA
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
7 million
note: 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)
|
|
Senegal
|
NA
|
|
Seychelles
|
30,900 (1996)
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
1.369 million (1981 est.)
note: only about 65,000 wage earners (1985)
|
|
Singapore
|
2.19 million (2000)
|
|
Slovakia
|
3 million (1999)
|
|
Slovenia
|
857,400
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
26,842
|
|
Somalia
|
3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers) (1993 est.)
|
|
South Africa
|
17 million economically active (2000)
|
|
Spain
|
17.1 million (2001)
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
6.6 million (1998)
|
|
Sudan
|
11 million (1996 est.)
|
|
Suriname
|
100,000
|
|
Svalbard
|
NA
|
|
Swaziland
|
NA
|
|
Sweden
|
4.4 million (2000 est.)
|
|
Switzerland
|
4 million (2001)
|
|
Syria
|
4.7 million (1998 est.)
|
|
Taiwan
|
9.8 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Tajikistan
|
3.187 million (2000)
|
|
Tanzania
|
13.495 million
|
|
Thailand
|
33.4 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Togo
|
1.74 million (1996)
|
|
Tokelau
|
NA
|
|
Tonga
|
33,908 (1996)
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
564,000 (2000)
|
|
Tunisia
|
2.69 million (2001 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor
|
|
Turkey
|
23.8 million (2001 3rd quarter)
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999)
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
2.34 million (1996)
|
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
4,848 (1990 est.)
|
|
Tuvalu
|
7,000 (2001 est.)
|
|
Uganda
|
12 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Ukraine
|
22.8 million (yearend 1997)
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
1.6 million (2000 est.)
note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 2002 est.)
|
|
United Kingdom
|
29.7 million (2001)
|
|
United States
|
141.8 million (includes unemployed) (2001)
|
|
Uruguay
|
1.2 million (2001)
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
11.9 million (1998 est.)
|
|
Vanuatu
|
NA
|
|
Venezuela
|
9.9 million (1999)
|
|
Vietnam
|
38.2 million (1998 est.)
|
|
Virgin Islands
|
48,356 (2002 est.)
|
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
NA
|
|
West Bank
|
NA
|
|
Western Sahara
|
12,000
|
|
World
|
NA
|
|
Yemen
|
NA
|
|
Yugoslavia
|
3 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Zambia
|
3.4 million
|
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Zimbabwe
|
5.5 million (2000 est.)
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