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[Sgt Killjoy]

I have heard a figure of 5,000 legal teachers for Korea. So actual numbers for Korea may be upwards of 10,000.

For Thailand, In this province alone, there are about 100 foreign teachers that I know of. According to the Philippine Embassy there are close to 5,000 Filipinos teaching in Thailand. I would put the figure of foreign teachers at about 15,000 to 30,000 for Thailand.

For China, I have no idea, but I would be led to believe that there are a heck of a lot more teachers in China than Thailand. Figure 25,000 at least.

This guesstimate is about 50,000 for only three countries. Granted they are probably the top 3 teaching markets in the world, but any figure bandied about would be hard to verify.

Think about all the people who just teach a few classes a week or just teach privately. The numbers are huge.

[mondrian]

How many in the English speaking countries?
With immigration of non-English speaking families, there is TEFL work being done in the schools, community colleges and evenig institutes, to name but a few sources of instruction.

[ls650]