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菲律宾现有7000万人口,是亚洲最大的劳务输出国。在世界排名第二,仅次于墨西哥。1999年底,数百万菲律宾海外劳工的汇款源源不断地汇入国内,超过70亿美元。作为国家的主要外汇收入来源之一,菲律宾海外劳工的收益,促进了本国国民经济的稳定复苏。 据官方统计,菲律宾现有正式登记的海外劳工450万。但据亚洲移民中心估计,加上一些从其它渠道出境的劳工,菲律宾海外劳工的实际人数可能达到700万,占全国人口的1/10,分布在世界上168个国家和地区。这些劳工中男性占40％,主要从事航海、建筑、零售和一些繁重的体力劳动;女性占60％,主要从事家政服务、
With a population of 70 million, the Philippines is the largest labor exporter in Asia. Second in the world after Mexico. By the end of 1999, the remittances of millions of Filipino overseas workers continued to flow into China with more than 7 billion U.S. dollars. As one of the country’s major sources of foreign exchange earnings, the returns of overseas workers in the Philippines have contributed to the steady recovery of their national economies. According to official statistics, there are currently 4.5 million overseas workers officially registered in the Philippines. However, as estimated by the Asian Migration Center, plus some workers leaving other sources, the actual number of overseas workers in the Philippines may reach 7 million, accounting for one tenth of the entire national population and distributed in 168 countries and regions in the world. Among these workers, 40% are men, mainly engaged in navigation, construction, retail and some heavy physical labor; 60% of women are mainly engaged in domestic service,