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Attorney Demographics

Attorney populations by country and status.

Country Active Inactive Judge Not Eligible Total
ARGENTINA 5 4 0 2 11
ARMENIA 0 1 0 0 1
Australia 60 95 0 38 193
Austria 9 14 0 2 25
Bahamas 2 0 0 0 2
BAHRAIN 4 1 0 0 5
BANGLADESH 1 0 0 0 1
BARBADOS 0 2 0 0 2
BELGIUM 9 12 0 6 27
BELIZE 0 1 0 0 1
Bermuda 1 2 0 2 5
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 2 0 0 0 2
Brazil 8 10 0 3 21
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 1 1
BULGARIA 1 0 0 1 2
CAMBODIA 2 1 0 1 4
Canada 211 275 0 73 559
CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 6 0 0 7
Chile 0 6 0 3 9
China 276 94 0 39 409
China (PRC) 1 0 0 0 1
COLOMBIA 3 4 0 0 7
COSTA RICA 2 9 0 2 13
COTE D'IVOIRE 0 1 0 0 1
CROATIA 0 1 0 0 1
CYPRUS 0 2 0 0 2
CZECH REPUBLIC 5 7 0 2 14
Denmark 8 10 0 2 20
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 0 0 0 1
ECUADOR 1 0 0 2 3
EGYPT 1 0 0 0 1
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 5 3 0 1 9
France 75 99 0 17 191
GABON 0 1 0 0 1
GERMANY 87 60 0 6 153
GHANA 0 2 0 0 2
GIBRALTAR 0 1 0 0 1
Greece 3 3 0 1 7
GUAM 1 2 0 0 3
Guatemala 0 1 0 1 2
HKSAR, CHINA 1 0 0 0 1
Hong Kong 143 70 0 23 236
HONG KONG S.A.R 1 0 0 0 1
HONG KONG SAR 2 0 0 0 2
Hungary 1 4 0 3 8
ICELAND 1 0 0 0 1
INDIA 24 14 0 7 45
INDONESIA 8 4 0 4 16
IRAN 0 0 0 1 1
IRAQ 0 1 0 0 1
Ireland 24 23 0 8 55
Israel 29 61 0 20 110
ISREAL 0 0 0 1 1
Italy 20 24 0 3 47
JAMAICA 0 1 0 0 1
Japan 348 83 0 15 446
JORDAN 0 1 0 0 1
KAZAKHSTAN 2 1 0 1 4
Kenya 3 1 0 3 7
KOREA 3 2 0 2 7
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 226 127 0 32 385
KUWAIT 1 1 0 2 4
LATVIA 1 1 0 1 3
LEBANON 0 1 0 0 1
LITHUANIA 0 1 0 0 1
LUXEMBOURG 9 10 0 0 19
MALAYSIA 2 1 0 1 4
MARSHALL ISLANDS 1 1 0 0 2
MARTINIQUE 0 0 0 1 1
MAURITIUS 1 0 0 0 1
Mexico 14 21 0 6 41
Monaco 0 0 0 1 1
MONGOLIA 0 1 0 0 1
Morocco 0 2 0 0 2
MOZAMBIQUE 0 1 0 0 1
NETHERLANDS 34 35 0 0 69
NEW ZEALAND 12 43 0 9 64
NIGERIA 1 2 0 3 6
NORTHERN IRELAND 0 0 0 1 1
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 1
NORWAY 5 5 0 2 12
OMAN 1 1 0 1 3
P.R. CHINA 2 0 0 0 2
PAKISTAN 1 2 0 0 3
PALAU 0 1 0 0 1
PANAMA 0 3 0 1 4
PARAGUAY 1 0 0 0 1
PEOPLE"S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 1 0 0 0 1
PERU 0 4 0 0 4
PHILIPPINES 7 21 0 8 36
POLAND 4 2 0 0 6
PORTUGAL 3 2 0 1 6
PR CHINA 1 0 0 0 1
PUERTO RICO 3 3 0 0 6
QATAR 1 0 0 0 1
REPBULIC OF CHINA 1 0 0 0 1
REPUBLIC OF KOREA 21 6 0 0 27
REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH) 1 0 0 0 1
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH KOREA 1 0 0 0 1
ROMANIA 3 0 0 0 3
RUSSIA 0 0 0 1 1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 1 0 0 2
Saudi Arabia 13 4 0 1 18
SCOTLAND 0 0 0 2 2
Serbia 0 1 0 0 1
Singapore 92 41 0 4 137
SOUTH AFRICA 5 5 0 2 12
South Korea 8 2 0 6 16
Spain 18 29 0 6 53
SRI LANKA 0 2 0 0 2
SUISSE 1 0 0 0 1
SWAZILAND 1 0 0 0 1
SWEDEN 20 20 0 1 41
Switzerland 62 63 0 11 136
TAIWAN 79 41 0 14 134
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 0 0 0 1 1
Thailand 17 31 0 12 60
THE NETHERLANDS 0 1 0 2 3
The Philippines 0 0 0 1 1
TURKEY 3 8 0 0 11
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 0 1 0 0 1
UKRAINE 1 2 0 0 3
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 29 5 0 4 38
UNITED KINGDOM 294 253 0 35 582
UNITED KINGDON 0 1 0 0 1
VENEZUELA 1 0 0 0 1
VIETNAM 11 2 0 3 16
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH 1 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 1 1
Total 2,413 1,835 0 524 4,772

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