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        | Angola
          
      
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      9.018 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Argentina
          
      
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      17.32 million 
       
      
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        | Aruba
          
      
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      51,610 
       
      
        note: of the 51,610 workers aged 15 and over in the labor force, 32,252 were born in Aruba and 19,353 came from abroad; foreign workers are 38% of the employed population (2007 est.) 
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        | Bahrain
          
      
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      716,500 
       
      
        note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2013 est.) 
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        | Bangladesh
          
      
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      78.62 million 
       
      
        note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2013 est.) 
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        | Belize
          
      
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      120,500 
       
      
        note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.) 
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        | Benin
          
      
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      3.662 million (2007 est.) 
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        | Bhutan
          
      
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      336,400 
       
      
        note: major shortage of skilled labor (2012) 
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        | Brazil
          
      
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      107.3 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Burkina Faso
          
      
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      6.668 million 
       
      
        note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2007) 
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        | Burma
          
      
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      34.31 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Canada
          
      
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      19.08 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Chad
          
      
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      4.293 million (2007) 
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        | Chile
          
      
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      8.367 million (2013 est.) 
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        | China
          
      
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      797.6 million 
       
      
        note: by the end of 2012, China's population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.0040 billion (2013 est.) 
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        | Costa Rica
          
      
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      2.222 million 
       
      
        note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2013 est.) 
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        | Cuba
          
      
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      5.233 million 
       
      
        note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7% (2013 est.) 
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        | Egypt
          
      
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      27.69 million (2013 est.) 
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        | France
          
      
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      29.94 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Gabon
          
      
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      629,100 (2013 est.) 
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        | Ghana
          
      
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      12.07 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Greece
          
      
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      4.918 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Guam
          
      
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      69,390 
       
      
        note: this number is for the civilian labor force only (2010 est.) 
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        | Guinea
          
      
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      5.409 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Haiti
          
      
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      4.81 million 
       
      
        note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2010 est.) 
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        | India
          
      
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      487.3 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Iran
          
      
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      27.72 million 
       
      
        note: shortage of skilled labor (2013 est.) 
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        | Iraq
          
      
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      8.9 million (2010 est.) 
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        | Israel
          
      
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      3.493 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Italy
          
      
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      25.74 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Japan
          
      
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      65.62 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Jordan
          
      
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      1.898 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Kenya
          
      
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      19.67 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Kiribati
          
      
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      7,870 
       
      
        note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001) 
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        | Korea, North
          
      
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      12.6 million 
       
      
        note: estimates vary widely (2012 est.) 
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        | Kosovo
          
      
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      800,000 
       
      
        note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2011 est.) 
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        | Kuwait
          
      
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      2.38 million 
       
      
        note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2013 est.) 
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        | Laos
          
      
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      3.373 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Latvia
          
      
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      1.022 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Lebanon
          
      
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      1.481 million 
       
      
        note: does not include as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.) 
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        | Libya
          
      
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      1.644 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Liechtenstein
          
      
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      35,830 (2012) 
       
      
        note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commuted daily from Austria, Switzerland, or Germany (2012) 
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        | Luxembourg
          
      
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      208,800 
       
      
        note: data exclude foreign workers; in addition to the figure for domestic labor force, about 150,000 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2013 est.) 
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        | Macau
          
      
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      367,800 (2013 est.) 
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        | Malawi
          
      
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      5.747 million (2007 est.) 
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        | Mali
          
      
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      3.241 million (2007 est.) 
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        | Malta
          
      
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      190,400 (2013 est.) 
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        | Mexico
          
      
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      51.48 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Monaco
          
      
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      52,490 
       
      
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        | Nepal
          
      
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      16 million 
       
      
        note: severe lack of skilled labor (2011 est.) 
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        | Niger
          
      
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      4.688 million (2007) 
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        | Norway
          
      
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      2.707 million (2014 est.) 
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        | Oman
          
      
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      968,800 
       
      
        note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007) 
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        | Pakistan
          
      
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      59.21 million 
       
      
        note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2012 est.) 
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        | Panama
          
      
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      1.54 million 
       
      
        note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2013 est.) 
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        | Peru
          
      
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      16.16 million 
       
      
        note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2012 est.) 
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        | Poland
          
      
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      18.22 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Qatar
          
      
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      1.424 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Russia
          
      
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      75.29 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Saudi Arabia
          
      
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      8.412 million 
       
      
        note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2013 est.) 
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        | Serbia
          
      
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      1.703 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Singapore
          
      
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      3.444 million 
       
      
        note: excludes non-residents (2013 est.) 
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        | Spain
          
      
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      23.2 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Sudan
          
      
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      11.92 million (2007 est.) 
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        | Sweden
          
      
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      5.107 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Syria
          
      
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      5.014 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Taiwan
          
      
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      11.55 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Togo
          
      
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      2.595 million (2007) 
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        | Turkey
          
      
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      27.91 million 
       
      
        note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2013 est.) 
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        | Uganda
          
      
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      17.4 million (2013 est.) 
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        | United Arab Emirates
          
      
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      4.588 million 
       
      
        note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2013 est.) 
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        | United States
          
      
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      155.4 million 
       
      
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        | World
          
      
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      3.308 billion (2013 est.) 
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        | Yemen
          
      
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      7.1 million (2013 est.) 
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        | Zambia
          
      
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      6.275 million (2013 est.) 
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