Field Listing :: Labor force
This entry contains the total labor force figure.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Labor force
Afghanistan 15 million (2004 est.)
Albania 1.053 million (2010 est.)
Algeria 11.04 million (2011 est.)
American Samoa 17,630 (2005)
Andorra 38,220 (2010)
Angola 8.24 million (2011 est.)
Anguilla 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 (1991)
Argentina 16.76 million
note: urban areas only (2011 est.)
Armenia 1.194 million (2011 est.)
Aruba 41,500 (2004 est.)
Australia 12.05 million (2011 est.)
Austria 3.668 million (2011 est.)
Azerbaijan 6.119 million (2011 est.)
Bahamas, The 184,000 (2009)
Bahrain 666,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2011 est.)
Bangladesh 75.42 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2011 est.)
Barbados 175,000 (2007 est.)
Belarus 5 million (2009)
Belgium 5.177 million (2011 est.)
Belize 120,500
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)
Benin 3.662 million (2007 est.)
Bermuda 38,360 (2004)
Bhutan 299,900
note: major shortage of skilled labor (2008)
Bolivia 4.689 million (2011 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.6 million (2010 est.)
Botswana 1.269 million
note: formal sector employees (2011 est.)
Brazil 104.7 million (2011 est.)
British Virgin Islands 12,770 (2004)
Brunei 198,800 (2010 est.)
Bulgaria 2.465 million (2011 est.)
Burkina Faso 6.668 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2007)
Burma 32.53 million (2011 est.)
Burundi 4.245 million (2007)
Cambodia 8.8 million (2010 est.)
Cameroon 8.083 million (2011 est.)
Canada 18.67 million (2011 est.)
Cape Verde 196,100 (2007)
Cayman Islands 39,000
note: nearly 55% are non-nationals (2007)
Central African Republic 1.926 million (2007)
Chad 4.293 million (2007)
Chile 8.099 million (2011 est.)
China 795.5 million
note: by the end of 2011, population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.0024 billion (2011 est.)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 22.45 million (2011 est.)
Comoros 268,500 (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 34.79 million (2011 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 1.514 million (2007)
Cook Islands 6,820 (2001)
Costa Rica 2.155 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2011 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 8.764 million (2011 est.)
Croatia 1.717 million (2011 est.)
Cuba 5.153 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2011 est.)
Curacao 63,000 (2008 est.) (2008)
Cyprus 414,100 (2011 est.)
Czech Republic 5.41 million (2011 est.)
Denmark 2.853 million (2011 est.)
Djibouti 351,700 (2007)
Dominica 25,000 (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic 4.732 million (2011 est.)
Ecuador 4.682 million (urban) (2011 est.)
Egypt 27.74 million (2011 est.)
El Salvador 2.577 million (2011 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 195,200 (2007)
Eritrea 1.935 million (2007)
Estonia 704,400 (2011 est.)
Ethiopia 37.9 million (2007)
European Union 228.4 million (2011 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 5,246 (2006)
Faroe Islands 34,710 (November 2010)
Fiji 335,000 (2007 est.)
Finland 2.682 million (2011 est.)
France 29.61 million (2011 est.)
French Polynesia 116,000 (2007)
Gabon 737,200 (2011 est.)
Gambia, The 777,100 (2007)
Gaza Strip 348,200 (2010)
Georgia 1.945 million (2010 est.)
Germany 43.62 million (2011 est.)
Ghana 11.44 million (2011 est.)
Gibraltar 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)
Greece 4.959 million (2011 est.)
Greenland 33,670 (2010)
Grenada 47,580 (2008)
Guam 82,950 (2007 est.)
Guatemala 5.571 million (2011 est.)
Guernsey 31,470 (March 2006)
Guinea 4.638 million (2011 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 632,700 (2007)
Guyana 313,100 (2009 est.)
Haiti 4.81 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2010 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA
Honduras 3.461 million (2011 est.)
Hong Kong 3.703 million (2011 est.)
Hungary 4.274 million (2011)
Iceland 175,700 (2011 est.)
India 487.6 million (2011 est.)
Indonesia 117.4 million (2011 est.)
Iran 26.37 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2011 est.)
Iraq 8.9 million (2010 est.)
Ireland 2.126 million (2011 est.)
Isle of Man 41,790 (2006)
Israel 3.204 million (2011 est.)
Italy 25.08 million (2011 est.)
Jamaica 1.324 million (2011 est.)
Japan 65.93 million (2011 est.)
Jersey 53,560 (June 2006)
Jordan 1.771 million (2011 est.)
Kazakhstan 8.777 million (2011 est.)
Kenya 18.39 million (2011 est.)
Kiribati 7,870
note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)
Korea, North 12.2 million
note: estimates vary widely (2009 est.)
Korea, South 25.1 million (2011 est.)
Kosovo 800,000
note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2011 est.)
Kuwait 2.243 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2011 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 2.344 million (2007)
Laos 3.69 million (2010 est.)
Latvia 1.169 million (2011 est.)
Lebanon 1.481 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)
Lesotho 854,600 (2007 est.)
Liberia 1.372 million (2007)
Libya 1.16 million (2011 est.)
Liechtenstein 34,334 (2010)
note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commuted daily from Austria, Switzerland, or Germany (2010)
Lithuania 1.624 million (2011 est.)
Luxembourg 207,500
note: 125,400 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2011 est.)
Macau 330,900 (2010 est.)
Macedonia 942,400 (2011 est.)
Madagascar 9.504 million (2007)
Malawi 5.747 million (2007 est.)
Malaysia 11.91 million (2011 est.)
Maldives 110,000 (2010)
Mali 3.241 million (2007 est.)
Malta 170,500 (2011 est.)
Marshall Islands 14,680 (2000)
Mauritania 1.318 million (2007)
Mauritius 607,400 (2011 est.)
Mexico 49.17 million (2011 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 16,360 (2008)
Moldova 1.27 million (2011 est.)
Monaco 49,300
note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2010 est.)
Mongolia 1.147 million (2010 est.)
Montenegro 251,300 (2011 est.)
Montserrat 4,521 (2012)
Morocco 11.54 million (2011 est.)
Mozambique 9.973 million (2011 est.)
Namibia 803,700 (2011 est.)
Nepal 18 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2009 est.)
Netherlands 7.809 million (2011 est.)
New Caledonia 102,600 (2007)
New Zealand 2.364 million (2011 est.)
Nicaragua 2.885 million (2011 est.)
Niger 4.688 million (2007)
Nigeria 52.16 million (2011 est.)
Niue 663 (2001)
Norfolk Island 978 (2006)
Northern Mariana Islands 38,450
note: nearly 29,000 of these were foreign workers (2005 est.)
Norway 2.629 million (2011 est.)
Oman 968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)
Pakistan 58.41 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2011 est.)
Palau 9,777 (2005)
Panama 1.57 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2011 est.)
Papua New Guinea 3.896 million (2011 est.)
Paraguay 3.085 million (2011 est.)
Peru 15.9 million
note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2011 est.)
Philippines 40 million (2011 est.)
Pitcairn Islands 15 able-bodied men (2004)
Poland 17.85 million (2011 est.)
Portugal 5.543 million (2011 est.)
Puerto Rico 1.286 million (March 2012)
Qatar 1.241 million (2011 est.)
Romania 9.252 million (2011 est.)
Russia 75.41 million (2011 est.)
Rwanda 4.446 million (2007)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 2,486 (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 (June 1995)
Saint Lucia 79,700 (2012)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,450 (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57,520 (2007 est.)
Samoa 66,270 (2007 est.)
San Marino 22,050 (December 2011)
Sao Tome and Principe 52,490 (2007)
Saudi Arabia 7.63 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2011 est.)
Senegal 5.687 million (2011 est.)
Serbia 2.92 million (November 2011 est.)
Seychelles 39,560 (2006)
Sierra Leone 2.207 million (2007 est.)
Singapore 3.237 million
note: excludes non-residents (2011 est.)
Sint Maarten 23,200 (2008 est.)
Slovakia 2.713 million (2011 est.)
Slovenia 934,700 (2011 est.)
Solomon Islands 202,500 (2007)
Somalia 3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007)
South Africa 17.66 million (2011 est.)
Spain 23.1 million (2011 est.)
Sri Lanka 8.307 million (2011 est.)
Sudan 11.92 million (2007 est.)
Suriname 165,600 (2007)
Svalbard 1,234 in Norwegian settlements (2003)
Swaziland 457,900 (2007)
Sweden 5.018 million (2011 est.)
Switzerland 4.898 million (2011 est.)
Syria 5.642 million (2011 est.)
Taiwan 11.2 million (2011 est.)
Tajikistan 2.1 million (2009)
Tanzania 24.06 million (2011 est.)
Thailand 39.62 million (2011 est.)
Timor-Leste 418,200 (2009)
Togo 2.595 million (2007)
Tokelau 440 (2001)
Tonga 39,960 (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago 636,800 (2011 est.)
Tunisia 3.904 million (2011 est.)
Turkey 27.43 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2011 est.)
Turkmenistan 2.3 million (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu 3,615 (2004 est.)
Uganda 16.02 million (2011 est.)
Ukraine 22.09 million (2011 est.)
United Arab Emirates 4.111 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2011 est.)
United Kingdom 31.73 million (2011 est.)
United States 153.6 million
note: includes unemployed (2011 est.)
Uruguay 1.677 million (2011 est.)
Uzbekistan 16.11 million (2011 est.)
Vanuatu 115,900 (2007)
Venezuela 13.32 million (2011 est.)
Vietnam 46.48 million (2011 est.)
Virgin Islands 49,820 (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna 3,104 (2003)
West Bank 745,600 (2010)
Western Sahara 144,000 (2010 est.)
World 3.264 billion (2011 est.)
Yemen 7.03 million (2011 est.)
Zambia 5.576 million (2011 est.)
Zimbabwe 3.856 million (2011 est.)