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@2095 Labor force
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.)
American Samoa
14,000 (1996)
Andorra
33,000 (2001 est.)
Angola
5 million (1997 est.)
Anguilla
6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda
30,000
Argentina
15 million (1999)
Armenia
1.4 million (2001)
Aruba
41,501 (1997 est.)
Australia
9.2 million (37256)
Austria
4.3 million (2001)
Azerbaijan
3.7 million (2001)
Bahamas, The
156,000 (1999)
Bahrain
295,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national
(1998 est.)
Bangladesh
64.1 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 (1998)
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
Benin
NA
Bermuda
37,472 (2000)
Bhutan
NA
note: massive lack of skilled labor
Bolivia
2.5 million
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.026 million
Botswana
264,000 formal sector employees (2000)
Brazil
79 million (1999 est.)
British Virgin Islands
4,911 (1980)
Brunei
143,400
note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporary
residents make up about 40% of labor force (1999 est.)
Bulgaria
3.83 million (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso
5 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to
neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2002)
Burma
23.7 million (1999 est.)
Burundi
3.7 million (2000)
Cambodia
6 million (1998 est.)
Cameroon
NA
Canada
16.4 million (2001 est.)
Cape Verde
NA
Cayman Islands
19,820 (1995)
Central African Republic
NA
Chad
NA
Chile
5.9 million (2000 est.)
China
744 million (2001 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
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2000 est.)
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
4.37 million (2002 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
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995)
Holy See (Vatican City)
NA
Honduras
2.3 million (1997 est.)
Hong Kong
3.52 million (2001 est.)
Hungary
4.2 million (1997)
Iceland
159,000 (2000)
India
406 million (1999)
Indonesia
99 million (1999)
Iran
21 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (1998)
Iraq
6.5 million (2002 est.)
Ireland
1.8 million (2001)
Israel
2.5 million (2002 est.)
Italy
23.6 million (2001 est.)
Jamaica
1.13 million (1998)
Japan
67.7 million (December 2001)
Jersey
57,050 (1996)
Jordan
1.36 million (2002)
Kazakhstan
8.4 million (1999)
Kenya
10 million (2001 est.)
Kiribati
7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers
Korea, North
9.6 million
Korea, South
22 million (2001)
Kuwait
1.3 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force. (1998
est.)
Kyrgyzstan
2.7 million (2000)
Laos
2.4 million (1999)
Latvia
1.1 million (2001 est.)
Lebanon
1.5 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers
(2001 est.)
Lesotho
838,000
Libya
1.5 million (2000 est.)
Liechtenstein
29,000 of which 19,000 are foreigners; 13,000 commute
from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (37256)
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
214,000 (2002)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
1.1 million (2000 est.)
Madagascar
7.3 million (2000)
Malawi
4.5 million (2001 est.)
Malaysia
9.9 million (2001 est.)
Maldives
88,000 (2000)
Mali
3.93 million (2001 est.)
Malta
160,000 (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of
36,610 (1998)
Marshall Islands
28,698
Martinique
165,900 (1998)
Mauritania
786,000 (2001)
Mauritius
514,000 (1995)
Mayotte
48,800 (2000)
Mexico
39.8 million (2000)
Micronesia, Federated States of
NA
Moldova
1.7 million (1998)
Monaco
30,540 (January 1994)
Mongolia
1.4 million (2001)
Montserrat
4,521 ; note - lowered by flight of people from volcanic
activity
Morocco
11 million (1999)
Mozambique
9.2 million (2000 est.)
Namibia
725,000 (2000)
Nepal
10 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.)
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
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
9,845 (2000)
Panama
1.1 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled
labor (2000 est.)
Papua New Guinea
2.3 million (1999)
Paraguay
2 million (2000 est.)
Peru
7.5 million (2000 est.)
Philippines
33.7 million (2002)
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
309,900 (2000)
Romania
9.9 million (1999 est.)
Russia
71.8 million (2002 est.)
Rwanda
4.6 million (2000)
Saint Helena
3,500
note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
18,172 (June 1995)
Saint Lucia
43,800
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3,261 (1999)
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
Senegal
NA
Serbia and Montenegro
3 million (2001 est.)
Seychelles
30,900 (1996)
Sierra Leone
1.369 million (1981 est.)
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)
South Africa
17 million economically active
Spain
17.1 million (2001)
Sri Lanka
6.6 million (1998)
Sudan
11 million (1996 est.)
Suriname
100,000
Svalbard
NA
Swaziland
383,200 (2000)
Sweden
4.4 million (2000 est.)
Switzerland
4 million (2001)
Syria
5.2 million (2000 est.)
Taiwan
10 million (2003)
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
note: shortage of skilled labor (2001 est.)
Turkey
23.8 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2001 3rd quarter)
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.) (2000 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
49,000 (2002 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
NA
West Bank
NA
Western Sahara
12,000
World
NA
Yemen
NA
Zambia
4.29 million (2000)
Zimbabwe
5.8 million (2000 est.)