| 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.) |