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Attorney Demographics

Attorney populations by country and status.

Country Active Inactive Judge Not Eligible Total
Algeria 1 0 0 0 1
ARGENTINA 8 5 0 2 15
ARMENIA 1 1 0 0 2
Australia 61 96 0 42 199
Austria 8 14 0 2 24
Bahamas 1 0 0 0 1
BAHRAIN 2 2 0 0 4
BARBADOS 0 2 0 0 2
BELGIUM 12 13 0 6 31
BELIZE 0 0 0 1 1
Bermuda 1 2 0 2 5
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1 1 0 0 2
Brazil 13 10 0 3 26
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 1 1
BULGARIA 2 0 0 1 3
CAMBODIA 1 1 0 1 3
Canada 222 292 1 84 599
CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 7 0 0 8
Chile 1 4 0 4 9
China 329 116 0 48 493
CHINA PRC 1 0 0 0 1
COLOMBIA 4 4 0 0 8
COSTA RICA 2 8 0 2 12
COTE D'IVOIRE 0 1 0 0 1
CROATIA 0 1 0 0 1
CYPRUS 0 2 0 0 2
CZECH REPUBLIC 4 7 0 2 13
Denmark 9 11 0 2 22
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 0 0 0 2
ECUADOR 2 0 0 2 4
EGYPT 3 0 0 0 3
England 0 0 0 41 41
ESTONIA 1 0 0 0 1
ETHIOPIA 0 0 0 1 1
Federal Republic of Germany 0 0 0 6 6
FIJI 0 1 0 0 1
FIJI ISLANDS 0 0 0 1 1
FINLAND 7 3 0 1 11
France 85 111 0 17 213
GABON 0 1 0 0 1
GEORGIA 2 0 0 0 2
GERMANY 89 68 0 10 167
GHANA 1 1 0 0 2
GIBRALTAR 0 1 0 0 1
Greece 3 2 0 1 6
GUAM 0 1 0 0 1
Guatemala 1 1 0 1 3
Hong Kong 147 74 0 25 246
Hungary 1 5 0 3 9
ICELAND 2 1 0 0 3
INDIA 31 18 0 9 58
INDONESIA 5 7 0 4 16
IRAN 0 0 0 1 1
IRAQ 0 1 0 0 1
Ireland 21 21 0 8 50
Israel 26 60 0 22 108
ISREAL 0 0 0 1 1
Italy 25 23 0 3 51
JAMAICA 0 1 0 0 1
Japan 387 98 0 19 504
JORDAN 1 1 0 0 2
KAZAKHSTAN 3 1 0 1 5
Kenya 2 2 0 2 6
KOREA 0 1 0 3 4
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 262 147 0 46 455
KUWAIT 1 1 0 2 4
LATVIA 1 1 0 1 3
LEBANON 1 1 0 0 2
LIECHTENSTEIN 0 1 0 0 1
LITHUANIA 1 1 0 0 2
LUXEMBOURG 6 10 0 1 17
MALAYSIA 2 1 0 1 4
MARSHALL ISLANDS 1 1 0 0 2
MARTINIQUE 1 0 0 0 1
MAURITIUS 1 0 0 0 1
Mexico 20 22 0 7 49
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 0 1 0 0 1
Monaco 0 0 0 1 1
MONGOLIA 0 1 0 0 1
Morocco 1 1 0 0 2
NEPAL 0 1 0 0 1
NETHERLANDS 31 41 0 2 74
NEW ZEALAND 10 41 0 12 63
NIGERIA 0 2 0 3 5
NORTHERN IRELAND 0 0 0 1 1
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 1
NORWAY 8 4 0 2 14
OMAN 0 1 0 0 1
PAKISTAN 0 2 0 0 2
PALAU 0 1 0 0 1
PANAMA 1 3 0 1 5
PARAGUAY 1 0 0 0 1
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2 0 0 0 2
PERU 0 4 0 0 4
PHILIPPINES 12 20 0 11 43
POLAND 1 2 0 1 4
PORTUGAL 9 4 0 2 15
PUERTO RICO 3 3 0 0 6
QATAR 3 0 0 0 3
REPUBLIC OF KOREA 10 3 0 1 14
ROMANIA 3 2 0 0 5
RUPUBLIC OF KOREA 2 0 0 0 2
RUSSIA 0 0 0 1 1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2 1 0 0 3
RWANDA 0 1 0 0 1
Saudi Arabia 20 4 0 1 25
SCOTLAND 0 0 0 2 2
Serbia 0 1 0 0 1
Singapore 92 44 0 4 140
SOUTH AFRICA 4 5 0 3 12
South Korea 4 2 0 6 12
Spain 27 22 0 8 57
SRI LANKA 0 1 0 0 1
SWEDEN 17 24 0 2 43
Switzerland 65 63 0 11 139
TAIWAN 89 41 0 18 148
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 0 0 0 1 1
Thailand 21 31 0 12 64
THE NETHERLANDS 0 1 0 2 3
The Philippines 0 0 0 1 1
TURKEY 6 8 0 0 14
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 0 1 0 0 1
UKRAINE 1 3 0 0 4
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 37 8 0 5 50
UNITED KINGDOM 323 266 0 37 626
VENEZUELA 1 0 0 0 1
VIETNAM 12 5 0 3 20
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH 2 0 0 0 2
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. 0 1 0 1 2
WEST AFRICA 0 0 0 1 1
WEST INDIES 0 2 0 0 2
ZAMBIA 0 1 0 1 2
Total 2,650 1,963 1 600 5,214

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