Labor force In 36 editions of 36.

3.001 billion (2005 est.)

10.15 million (2005 est.)

5.58 million (2005 est.)

3.211 million

288,400 formal sector employees (2004)

5 million

note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)

2.99 million (2002)

120,600

6.86 million (2005 est.)

NA

2.719 million

144,500 (1996 est.)

14.51 million

NA

• 6.95 million (68% agricultural) (2005 est.)

282,000 (2000)

21.34 million (2005 est.)

NA

NA

155,700 (2003)

27.27 million

640,000 (2005 est.)

400,000 (1996)

10.62 million (2005 est.)

3 million (1999)

480,000 (1999)

11.85 million (2005 est.)

838,000 (2000)

1.64 million (2005 est.)

7.3 million (2000)

4.5 million (2001 est.)

3.93 million (2001 est.)

786,000 (2001)

570,000 (2005 est.)

44,560 (2002)

11.19 million (2005 est.)

9.2 million (2000 est.)

820,000 (2005 est.)

70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public sector (2002 est.)

57.21 million (2005 est.)

299,000 (2002)

4.6 million (2000)

2,486

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

35,050

4.82 million (2005 est.)

30,900 (1996)

1.369 million (1981 est.)

3.7 million (very few skilled laborers)

15.23 million economically active (2005 est.)

7.415 million (1996 est.)

19.22 million (2005 est.)

1.302 million (1998)

3.41 million

note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)

13.17 million (2005 est.)

12,000

4.8 million (2005 est.)

3.94 million (2005 est.)

24,500 (1999 est.)

165,900 (2005 est.)

NA

15 million (2004 est.)

1.2 million (2005)

5.45 million (2005 est.)

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.)

NA

note: major shortage of skilled labor

791.4 million (2005 est.)

2.04 million (2004 est.)

496.4 million (2005 est.)

66.4 million (2005 est.)

7.85 million (2005 est.)

9.6 million

23.53 million (2005 est.)

2.7 million (2000)

88,000 (2000)

1.488 million (2003)

10.4 million

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

46.84 million

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

74.22 million (2005 est.)

8.08 million (2005 est.)

3.7 million (2003)

2.32 million (2003 est.)

14.26 million (2005 est.)

6,049 (2001)

30,000

41,500 (2004 est.)

176,300 (2004)

128,500 (2001 est.)

90,000

note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.)

12,770 (2004)

23,450 (2004)

1.82 million (2005 est.)

4.6 million

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

25,000 (1999 est.)

• 2.3 million-2.6 million (2000 est.)

2.81 million (2005 est.)

42,300 (1996)

191,400 (1999)

3.76 million (2005 est.)

3.6 million

note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995)

2.54 million (2005 est.)

1.2 million (2005 est.)

165,900 (1998)

4,521

note: lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity (2000 est.)

83,600 (2005)

2.01 million (2005 est.)

1.39 million

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

1.3 million (2000)

18,170 (June 1995)

43,800 (2001 est.)

41,680 (1991 est.)

620,000 (2005 est.)

4,848 (1990 est.)

43,980 (2004 est.)

• 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.)

48,740 (2004)

3.49 million (2005 est.)

4.3 million (31 December 2005)

4.77 million (2005 est.)

1.026 million (2001)

3.34 million (2005 est.)

1.71 million (2005 est.)

5.27 million (2005 est.)

2.9 million (2005 est.)

670,000 (2005 est.)

218.5 million (2005 est.)

24,250 (October 2000)

2.61 million (2005 est.)

27.72 million (2005 est.)

43.32 million (2005 est.)

• 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)

4.72 million (2005 est.)

32,290 (2001)

NA

4.18 million (2005 est.)

2.03 million (2005 est.)

39,690 (2001)

24.49 million (2005 est.)

52,790 (2004)

1.11 million (2005 est.)

29,500 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001)

1.61 million (2005 est.)

316,500 of whom 121,600 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2005 est.)

160,000 (2005 est.)

1.34 million (2005 est.)

41,110

note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2004)

259,100 (2004)

7.53 million (2005 est.)

855,000 (2004 est.)

2.4 million (2005 est.)

17.1 million (2005 est.)

5.52 million (2005 est.)

9.31 million (2005 est.)

19,970 (2003)

• 2.961 million for Serbia (including Kosovo) (2002 est.)

2.24 million (30 September 2005 est.)

920,000 (2005 est.)

20.67 million (2005 est.)

4.49 million (2005 est.)

3.8 million (2005 est.)

22.67 million (2005 est.)

30.07 million (2005 est.)

380,000

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

Republic of Cyprus:

370,000, north Cyprus: 95,025 (2005 est.)

278,000 (April-June 2005)

23.68 million

note: shortage of skilled labor (2005 est.)

7.4 million (2004 est.)

2.42 million (2005 est.)

1.46 million (2005 est.)

1.67 million

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

2.6 million

note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2001 est.)

920,000 (2002 est.)

440,000 (2005 est.)

6.76 million

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

5.12 million (2004 est.)