It was not possible to obtain actual employment figures for many countries. The UK sector employed 185,000 people in 2003-2004 (Design Council, 2005), accounting for of the population. By comparison, the Danish sector employed 10,369 people in 2001, almost of the population, and the French design sector employs 4,500 people in 350 companies ( of the population). Whilst figures for overall employment in the Chinese design sector were not available, the city of Shenzhen alone has some 20,000 professional designers from sectors including graphic and industrial design. .
