|
Country
|
Labor force
|
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Afghanistan
|
15 million (2004 est.)
|
|
Albania
|
1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (September 2006 est.)
|
|
Algeria
|
9.44 million (2008 est.)
|
|
American Samoa
|
17,630 (2005)
|
|
Andorra
|
42,230 (2007)
|
|
Angola
|
7.288 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Anguilla
|
6,049 (2001)
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
30,000 (1991)
|
|
Argentina
|
16.27 million
note: urban areas only (2008 est.)
|
|
Armenia
|
1.2 million (2007 est.)
|
|
Aruba
|
41,500 (2004 est.)
|
|
Australia
|
11.21 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Austria
|
3.493 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
5.782 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Bahamas, The
|
181,900 (2006)
|
|
Bahrain
|
463,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2008 est.)
|
|
Bangladesh
|
70.86 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. (2008 est.)
|
|
Barbados
|
128,500 (2001 est.)
|
|
Belarus
|
4.3 million (31 December 2005)
|
|
Belgium
|
4.99 million (2008)
|
|
Belize
|
113,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2006 est.)
|
|
Benin
|
5.38 million (2007 est.)
|
|
Bermuda
|
38,360 (2004)
|
|
Bhutan
|
NA
note: major shortage of skilled labor
|
|
Bolivia
|
4.457 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1.196 million (2007)
|
|
Botswana
|
288,400 formal sector employees (2004)
|
|
Brazil
|
100.9 million (2008 est.)
|
|
British Virgin Islands
|
12,770 (2004)
|
|
Brunei
|
188,800 (2008 est.)
|
|
Bulgaria
|
2.44 million (2008)
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
5 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)
|
|
Burma
|
30.04 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Burundi
|
2.99 million (2002)
|
|
Cambodia
|
8.6 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Cameroon
|
6.716 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Canada
|
18.18 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Cape Verde
|
120,600 (1990)
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
23,450 (2004)
|
|
Central African Republic
|
1.857 million (2006)
|
|
Chad
|
3.747 million (2006)
|
|
Chile
|
7.32 million (2008 est.)
|
|
China
|
807.7 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Christmas Island
|
NA
|
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
NA
|
|
Colombia
|
21.3 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Comoros
|
144,500 (1996 est.)
|
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
15 million (2006 est.)
|
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
NA
|
|
Cook Islands
|
6,820 (2001)
|
|
Costa Rica
|
1.957 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2008 est.)
|
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
7.035 million (68% agricultural) (2008 est.)
|
|
Croatia
|
1.781 million (2008)
|
|
Cuba
|
4.962 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2008 est.)
|
|
Cyprus
|
403,000 (2008 est.)
|
|
Czech Republic
|
5.37 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Denmark
|
2.86 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Djibouti
|
282,000 (2000)
|
|
Dominica
|
25,000 (2000 est.)
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
4.119 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Ecuador
|
4.64 million (urban) (2008 est.)
|
|
Egypt
|
24.72 million (2008 est.)
|
|
El Salvador
|
2.958 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
NA
|
|
Eritrea
|
NA
|
|
Estonia
|
686,000 (2008 est.)
|
|
Ethiopia
|
27.27 million (1999)
|
|
European Union
|
224.8 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
1,724 (est.) (1996)
|
|
Faroe Islands
|
24,250 (October 2000)
|
|
Fiji
|
117,500 (2006 est.)
|
|
Finland
|
2.53 million (2008)
|
|
France
|
28.5 million (2008 est.)
|
|
French Polynesia
|
113,400 (2006)
|
|
Gabon
|
592,000 (2008 est.)
|
|
Gambia, The
|
400,000 (1996)
|
|
Gaza Strip
|
267,000 (2006)
|
|
Georgia
|
2.02 million (2007 est.)
|
|
Germany
|
43.62 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Ghana
|
11.52 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Gibraltar
|
12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)
|
|
Greece
|
4.96 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Greenland
|
32,120 (2004)
|
|
Grenada
|
42,300 (1996)
|
|
Guam
|
62,050 (2002 est.)
|
|
Guatemala
|
4.054 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Guernsey
|
31,470 (March 2006)
|
|
Guinea
|
3.7 million (2006 est.)
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
480,000 (1999)
|
|
Guyana
|
418,000 (2001 est.)
|
|
Haiti
|
3.6 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995)
|
|
Holy See (Vatican City)
|
NA
|
|
Honduras
|
2.892 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Hong Kong
|
3.67 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Hungary
|
4.2 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Iceland
|
166,000 (2008 est.)
|
|
India
|
523.5 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Indonesia
|
112 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Iran
|
24.35 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2008 est.)
|
|
Iraq
|
7.74 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Ireland
|
2.27 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Isle of Man
|
39,690 (2001)
|
|
Israel
|
2.95 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Italy
|
25.09 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Jamaica
|
1.261 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Japan
|
66.15 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Jersey
|
53,560 (June 2006)
|
|
Jordan
|
1.615 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
8.358 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Kenya
|
9.45 million (2007 est.)
|
|
Kiribati
|
7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)
|
|
Korea, North
|
20 million
note: estimates vary widely (2004 est.)
|
|
Korea, South
|
24.35 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Kosovo
|
550,000 (2007 est.)
|
|
Kuwait
|
2.225 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2008 est.)
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
2.7 million (2000)
|
|
Laos
|
2.1 million (2006 est.)
|
|
Latvia
|
1.169 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Lebanon
|
1.1 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)
|
|
Lesotho
|
838,000 (2000 est.)
|
|
Libya
|
1.916 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
31,000 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2006)
|
|
Lithuania
|
1.601 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Luxembourg
|
207,100 of whom 125,400 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2008 est.)
|
|
Macau
|
337,400 (2008 est.)
|
|
Macedonia
|
900,000 (2008 est.)
|
|
Madagascar
|
7.3 million (2000)
|
|
Malawi
|
4.5 million (2001 est.)
|
|
Malaysia
|
11.2 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Maldives
|
128,800 (2006)
|
|
Mali
|
5.4 million (2007 est.)
|
|
Malta
|
173,000 (2008)
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
14,680 (2000)
|
|
Mauritania
|
786,000 (2001)
|
|
Mauritius
|
584,000 (2008 est.)
|
|
Mayotte
|
44,560 (2002)
|
|
Mexico
|
45.5 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
16,360 (2008)
|
|
Moldova
|
1.327 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Monaco
|
44,000
note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.)
|
|
Mongolia
|
1.068 million (2008)
|
|
Montenegro
|
259,100 (2004)
|
|
Montserrat
|
4,521
note: lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity (2000 est.)
|
|
Morocco
|
11.5 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Mozambique
|
10.04 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Namibia
|
667,000 (2008 est.)
|
|
Nepal
|
14.6 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2008 est.)
|
|
Netherlands
|
7.75 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
83,600 (2005)
|
|
New Caledonia
|
78,990 (2004)
|
|
New Zealand
|
2.26 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Nicaragua
|
2.322 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Niger
|
70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public sector (1995)
|
|
Nigeria
|
51.04 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Niue
|
663 (2001)
|
|
Norfolk Island
|
NA
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
38,450 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2005 est.)
|
|
Norway
|
2.59 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Oman
|
920,000 (2002 est.)
|
|
Pakistan
|
50.58 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2008 est.)
|
|
Palau
|
9,777 (2005)
|
|
Panama
|
1.392 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2008 est.)
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
3.639 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Paraguay
|
2.839 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Peru
|
10.2 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Philippines
|
36.81 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Pitcairn Islands
|
15 able-bodied men (2004)
|
|
Poland
|
16.95 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Portugal
|
5.64 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
1.3 million (2000)
|
|
Qatar
|
1.124 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Romania
|
9.32 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Russia
|
75.7 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Rwanda
|
4.6 million (2000)
|
|
Saint Helena
|
2,486
note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
18,170 (June 1995)
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
43,800 (2001 est.)
|
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
3,450 (2005)
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
41,680 (1991 est.)
|
|
Samoa
|
90,000 (2000 est.)
|
|
San Marino
|
22,660 (2008)
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
35,050 (1991)
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
6.74 million
note: about one-third of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2008 est.)
|
|
Senegal
|
4.973 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Serbia
|
2.961 million (2002 est.)
|
|
Seychelles
|
39,560 (2006)
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
1.369 million (1981 est.)
|
|
Singapore
|
2.96 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Slovakia
|
2.254 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Slovenia
|
920,000 (2008 est.)
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
249,200 (1999)
|
|
Somalia
|
3.7 million (few skilled laborers) (1975)
|
|
South Africa
|
18.22 million economically active (2008 est.)
|
|
Spain
|
23.1 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
7.588 million
note: excludes northern and eastern provinces (2008 est.)
|
|
Sudan
|
7.415 million (1996 est.)
|
|
Suriname
|
156,700 (2004)
|
|
Svalbard
|
NA
|
|
Swaziland
|
300,000 (2006)
|
|
Sweden
|
4.9 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Switzerland
|
4.04 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Syria
|
5.547 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Taiwan
|
10.85 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Tajikistan
|
2.1 million (2008)
|
|
Tanzania
|
20.38 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Thailand
|
37.78 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Timor-Leste
|
NA
|
|
Togo
|
1.302 million (1998)
|
|
Tokelau
|
440 (2001)
|
|
Tonga
|
33,910 (2003)
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
620,800 (2008 est.)
|
|
Tunisia
|
3.676 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Turkey
|
23.21 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2008 est.)
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
2.089 million (2004 est.)
|
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
4,848 (1990 est.)
|
|
Tuvalu
|
3,615 (2004 est.)
|
|
Uganda
|
14.48 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Ukraine
|
21.71 million (2008 est.)
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
3.266 million (2008 est.)
|
|
United Kingdom
|
31.2 million (2008 est.)
|
|
United States
|
155.2 million (includes unemployed) (2008 est.)
|
|
Uruguay
|
1.641 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
15.28 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Vanuatu
|
76,410 (1999)
|
|
Venezuela
|
12.49 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Vietnam
|
47.41 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Virgin Islands
|
43,980 (2004 est.)
|
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
3,104 (2003)
|
|
West Bank
|
605,000 (2006)
|
|
Western Sahara
|
12,000 (2005 est.)
|
|
World
|
3.167 billion (2008 est.)
|
|
Yemen
|
6.494 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Zambia
|
5.093 million (2008 est.)
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
4.039 million (2008 est.)
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