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| The World Factbook. 2008. |
| Labor force |
| Country | Labor force |
| Afghanistan | 15 million (2004 est.) |
| Albania | 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (September 2006 est.) |
| Algeria | 9.38 million (2007 est.) |
| American Samoa | 17,630 (2005) |
| Andorra | 42,420 (2005) |
| Angola | 6.573 million (2007 est.) |
| Anguilla | 6,049 (2001) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 (1991) |
| Argentina | 16.1 million note: urban areas only (2007 est.) |
| Armenia | 1.2 million (2007 est.) |
| Aruba | 41,500 (2004 est.) |
| Australia | 10.9 million (2007 est.) |
| Austria | 3.56 million (2007 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | 5.243 million (2007 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | 181,900 (2006) |
| Bahrain | 363,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2007 est.) |
| Bangladesh | 69.4 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. (2007 est.) |
| Barbados | 128,500 (2001 est.) |
| Belarus | 4.3 million (31 December 2005) |
| Belgium | 5.03 million (2007 est.) |
| 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 | 4.793 million (2006 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.026 million (2001) |
| Botswana | 288,400 formal sector employees (2004) |
| Brazil | 99.47 million (2007 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | 12,770 (2004) |
| Brunei | 180,400 (2006 est.) |
| Bulgaria | 3.44 million (2007 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | 5 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003) |
| Burma | 29.26 million (2007 est.) |
| Burundi | 2.99 million (2002) |
| Cambodia | 7 million (2003 est.) |
| Cameroon | 6.68 million (2007 est.) |
| Canada | 17.9 million (2007 est.) |
| Cape Verde | 120,600 (1990) |
| Cayman Islands | 23,450 (2004) |
| Central African Republic | 1.857 million (2006) |
| Chad | 3.747 million (2006) |
| Chile | 6.97 million (2007 est.) |
| China | 803.3 million (2007 est.) |
| Christmas Island | NA |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA |
| Colombia | 20.65 million (2007 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 | 1.946 million note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2007 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 6.907 million (68% agricultural) (2007 est.) |
| Croatia | 1.714 million (2007 est.) |
| Cuba | 4.853 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2007 est.) |
| Cyprus | area under government control: 391,000 area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 95,025 (2007 est.) |
| Czech Republic | 5.35 million (2007 est.) |
| Denmark | 2.9 million (2007 est.) |
| Djibouti | 282,000 (2000) |
| Dominica | 25,000 (2000 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 3.986 million (2007 est.) |
| Ecuador | 4.55 million (urban) (2007 est.) |
| Egypt | 22.49 million (2007 est.) |
| El Salvador | 2.87 million (2007 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | NA |
| Eritrea | NA |
| Estonia | 688,000 (2007 est.) |
| Ethiopia | 27.27 million (1999) |
| European Union | 222.4 million (2006 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,724 (est.) (1996) |
| Faroe Islands | 24,250 (October 2000) |
| Fiji | 137,000 (1999) |
| Finland | 2.68 million (2007 est.) |
| France | 27.76 million (2007 est.) |
| French Polynesia | 65,930 (December 2005) |
| Gabon | 582,000 (2007 est.) |
| Gambia, The | 400,000 (1996) |
| Gaza Strip | 267,000 (2006) |
| Georgia | 2.02 million (2007 est.) |
| Germany | 43.63 million (2007 est.) |
| Ghana | 11.29 million (2007 est.) |
| Gibraltar | 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001) |
| Greece | 4.94 million (2007 est.) |
| Greenland | 32,120 (2004) |
| Grenada | 42,300 (1996) |
| Guam | 62,050 (2002 est.) |
| Guatemala | 3.958 million (2007 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 | 2.812 million (2007 est.) |
| Hong Kong | 3.64 million (2007 est.) |
| Hungary | 4.19 million (2007 est.) |
| Iceland | 180,000 (2007 est.) |
| India | 516.4 million (2007 est.) |
| Indonesia | 108 million (2007 est.) |
| Iran | 28.7 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2006 est.) |
| Iraq | 7.4 million (2004 est.) |
| Ireland | 2.21 million (2007 est.) |
| Isle of Man | 39,690 (2001) |
| Israel | 2.88 million (2007 est.) |
| Italy | 24.86 million (2007 est.) |
| Jamaica | 1.255 million (2007 est.) |
| Japan | 66.07 million (2007 est.) |
| Jersey | 53,560 (June 2006) |
| Jordan | 1.563 million (2007 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | 8.156 million (2007 est.) |
| Kenya | 11.85 million (2005 est.) |
| Kiribati | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.) |
| Korea, North | 20 million note: estimates vary widely (2004 est.) |
| Korea, South | 23.99 million (2007 est.) |
| Kosovo | 832,000 (June 2007 est.) |
| Kosovo | 832,000 (June 2007 est.) |
| Kuwait | 1.167 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2007 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2.7 million (2000) |
| Laos | 2.1 million (2006 est.) |
| Latvia | 1.136 million (2006 est.) |
| Lebanon | 1.5 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2005 est.) |
| Lesotho | 838,000 (2000 est.) |
| Libya | 1.82 million (2007 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | 29,500 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001) |
| Lithuania | 1.587 million (2007 est.) |
| Luxembourg | 205,000 of whom 121,600 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2007 est.) |
| Macau | 275,000 (2006) |
| Macedonia | 890,000 (2007 est.) |
| Madagascar | 7.3 million (2000) |
| Malawi | 4.5 million (2001 est.) |
| Malaysia | 10.91 million (2007 est.) |
| Maldives | 101,300 (2004) |
| Mali | 3.93 million (2001 est.) |
| Malta | 164,000 (2006 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | 14,680 (2000) |
| Mauritania | 786,000 (2001) |
| Mauritius | 550,000 (2007 est.) |
| Mayotte | 44,560 (2002) |
| Mexico | 45.38 million (2007 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 37,410 (2000) |
| Moldova | 1.333 million (2007 est.) |
| Monaco | 44,000 note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.) |
| Mongolia | 1.042 million (2006) |
| Montenegro | 259,100 (2004) |
| Montserrat | 4,521 note: lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity (2000 est.) |
| Morocco | 11.35 million (2007 est.) |
| Mozambique | 9.6 million (2007 est.) |
| Namibia | 660,000 (2007 est.) |
| Nepal | 11.11 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2006 est.) |
| Netherlands | 7.5 million (2007 est.) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 83,600 (2005) |
| New Caledonia | 78,990 (2004) |
| New Zealand | 2.23 million (2007 est.) |
| Nicaragua | 2.262 million (2007 est.) |
| Niger | 70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public sector (1995) |
| Nigeria | 50.13 million (2007 est.) |
| Niue | 663 (2001) |
| Norfolk Island | NA |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 44,470 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2000) |
| Norway | 2.5 million (2007 est.) |
| Oman | 920,000 (2002 est.) |
| Pakistan | 49.18 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2007 est.) |
| Palau | 9,777 (2005) |
| Panama | 1.471 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2007 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | 3.557 million (2007 est.) |
| Paraguay | 2.735 million (2007) |
| Peru | 9.419 million (2007 est.) |
| Philippines | 36.22 million (2007 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands | 15 able-bodied men (2004) |
| Poland | 17.01 million (2007 est.) |
| Portugal | 5.62 million (2007 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | 1.3 million (2000) |
| Qatar | 638,000 (2007 est.) |
| Romania | 9.35 million (2007 est.) |
| Russia | 75.1 million (November 2007 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 | 20,470 (2004) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 35,050 (1991) |
| Saudi Arabia | 6.488 million note: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2007 est.) |
| Senegal | 4.85 million (2007 est.) |
| Serbia | 2.961 million for Serbia (includes Kosovo) (2002 est.) |
| Seychelles | 30,900 (1996) |
| Sierra Leone | 1.369 million (1981 est.) |
| Singapore | 2.67 million (2007 est.) |
| Slovakia | 2.661 million (2007 est.) |
| Slovenia | 920,000 (2007 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | 249,200 (1999) |
| Somalia | 3.7 million (few skilled laborers) (1975) |
| South Africa | 20.49 million economically active (2007 est.) |
| Spain | 22.01 million (2007 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | 7.67 million (2007 est.) |
| Sudan | 7.415 million (1996 est.) |
| Suriname | 156,700 (2004) |
| Svalbard | NA |
| Swaziland | 300,000 (2006) |
| Sweden | 4.66 million (2007 est.) |
| Switzerland | 3.85 million (2007 est.) |
| Syria | 5.457 million (2007 est.) |
| Taiwan | 10.78 million (2007 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 3.7 million (2003) |
| Tanzania | 19.69 million (2007 est.) |
| Thailand | 37.12 million (2007 est.) |
| Timor-Leste | NA |
| Togo | 1.302 million (1998) |
| Tokelau | 440 (2001) |
| Tonga | 33,910 (2003) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 615,400 (2007 est.) |
| Tunisia | 3.591 million (2007 est.) |
| Turkey | 25.27 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2007 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | 2.32 million (2003 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 (1990 est.) |
| Tuvalu | 3,615 (2004 est.) |
| Uganda | 14.05 million (2007 est.) |
| Ukraine | 21.63 million (2007 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates | 3.119 million (2007 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 30.71 million (2007 est.) |
| United States | 153.1 million (includes unemployed) (2007 est.) |
| Uruguay | 1.5 million (2007 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | 14.6 million (2007 est.) |
| Vanuatu | 76,410 (1999) |
| Venezuela | 12.5 million (2007 est.) |
| Vietnam | 45.73 million (2007 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | 43,980 (2004 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna | 3,104 (2003) |
| West Bank | 605,000 (2006) |
| Western Sahara | 12,000 |
| World | 3.001 billion (2007 est.) |
| Yemen | 6.316 million (2007 est.) |
| Zambia | 4.989 million (2007 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | 3.998 million (2007 est.) |
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