| Rank | Country | Labor force |
54 | Iraq | 7.4 million (2004 est.) |
111 | Ireland |  2.217 million (2007 est.) |
188 | Isle of Man | 39,690 (2001) |
99 | Israel | 2.894 million (2007 est.) |
21 | Italy |  24.74 million (2007 est.) |
130 | Jamaica | 1.255 million (2007 est.) |
| Jan Mayen | void |
8 | Japan | 66.69 million (2007 est.) |
178 | Jersey | 53,560 (June 2006) |
123 | Jordan | 1.563 million (2007 est.) |
50 | Kazakhstan | 8.229 million (2007 est.) |
39 | Kenya | 11.85 million (2005 est.) |
209 | Kiribati | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.) |
30 | Korea, North | 20 million note: estimates vary widely (2004 est.) |
22 | Korea, South | 24.22 million (2007 est.) |
141 | Kosovo | 832,000 (June 2007 est.) |
114 | Kuwait | 2.093 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2007 est.) |
104 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.7 million (2000) |
112 | Laos | 2.1 million (2006 est.) |
132 | Latvia | 1.167 million (2007 est.) |
124 | Lebanon | 1.5 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2005 est.) |
140 | Lesotho | 838,000 (2000 est.) |
| Liberia | void |
119 | Libya | 1.83 million (2007 est.) |
197 | Liechtenstein | 29,500 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001) |
122 | Lithuania |  1.603 million (2007 est.) |
160 | Luxembourg | 205,000 of whom 121,600 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2007 est.) |
156 | Macau | 275,000 (2006) |
138 | Macedonia | 890,000 (2007 est.) |
55 | Madagascar | 7.3 million (2000) |
79 | Malawi | 4.5 million (2001 est.) |
44 | Malaysia | 10.94 million (2007 est.) |
171 | Maldives | 101,300 (2004) |
66 | Mali | 5.4 million (2007 est.) |
164 | Malta |  166,000 (2007 est.) |
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