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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 10.81 million (2010 est.)
American Samoa 17,630 (2005)
Andorra 38,220 (2010)
Angola 8.014 million (2010 est.)
Anguilla 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 (1991)
Argentina 16.54 million
note: urban areas only (2010 est.)
Armenia 1.481 million (2007 est.)
Aruba 41,500 (2004 est.)
Australia 11.87 million (2010 est.)
Austria 3.611 million (2010 est.)
Azerbaijan 5.933 million (2010 est.)
Bahamas, The 184,000 (2009)
Bahrain 654,900
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2010 est.)
Bangladesh 73.86 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2010 est.)
Barbados 175,000 (2007 est.)
Belarus 5 million (2009)
Belgium 5.114 million (2010 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 4.614 million (2010 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.6 million (2010 est.)
Botswana 1.225 million formal sector employees (2009 est.)
Brazil 102.2 million (2010 est.)
British Virgin Islands 12,770 (2004)
Brunei 188,800 (2008)
Bulgaria 2.499 million (2010 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 31.68 million (2010 est.)
Burundi 4.245 million (2007)
Cambodia 8.8 million (2010 est.)
Cameroon 7.836 million (2010 est.)
Canada 18.53 million (2010 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 7.918 million (2010 est.)
China 815.3 million (2010 est.)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 21.78 million (2010 est.)
Comoros 268,500 (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 33.68 million (2010 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 1.514 million (2007)
Cook Islands 6,820 (2001)
Costa Rica 2.052 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2010 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 8,509 (2010 est.)
Croatia 1.721 million (2010 est.)
Cuba 5.147 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2010 est.)
Curacao 63,000 (2008 est.)
Cyprus 407,700 (2010 est.)
Czech Republic 5.415 million (2010 est.)
Denmark 2.852 million (2010 est.)
Djibouti 351,700 (2007)
Dominica 25,000 (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic 4.63 million (2010 est.)
Ecuador 4.645 million (urban) (2010 est.)
Egypt 26.2 million (2010 est.)
El Salvador 2.564 million (2010 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 195,200 (2007)
Eritrea 1.935 million (2007)
Estonia 686,800 (2010 est.)
Ethiopia 37.9 million (2007)
European Union 227.5 million (2010 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,724 (1996)
Faroe Islands 34,680 (November 2008)
Fiji 335,000 (2007 est.)
Finland 2.672 million (2010 est.)
France 29.32 million (2010 est.)
French Polynesia 116,000 (2007)
Gabon 714,500 (2010 est.)
Gambia, The 777,100 (2007)
Gaza Strip 339,000 (2009)
Georgia 1.918 million (2007 est.)
Germany 43.49 million (2010 est.)
Ghana 10.56 million (2010 est.)
Gibraltar 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)
Greece 5.013 million (2010 est.)
Greenland 28,240 (January 2009)
Grenada 42,300 (1996)
Guam 82,950 (2007 est.)
Guatemala 4.146 million (2010 est.)
Guernsey 31,470 (March 2006)
Guinea 4.392 million (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 632,700 (2007)
Guyana 333,900 (2007 est.)
Haiti 4.81 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2010 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA
Honduras 3.394 million (2010 est.)
Hong Kong 3.676 million (2010 est.)
Hungary 4.23 million (2010 est.)
Iceland 181,000 (2010 est.)
India 478.3 million (2010 est.)
Indonesia 116.5 million (2010 est.)
Iran 25.7 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2010 est.)
Iraq 8.5 million (2009 est.)
Ireland 2.14 million (2010 est.)
Isle of Man 39,690 (2001)
Israel 3.147 million (2010 est.)
Italy 24.99 million (2010 est.)
Jamaica 1.317 million (2010 est.)
Japan 62.97 million (2010 est.)
Jersey 53,560 (June 2006)
Jordan 1.719 million (2010 est.)
Kazakhstan 8.611 million (2010 est.)
Kenya 17.9 million (2010 est.)
Kiribati 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)
Korea, North 12.2 million
note: estimates vary widely (2009 est.)
Korea, South 24.75 million (2010 est.)
Kosovo 310,000 (2009 est.)
Kuwait 2.158 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2010 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 2.344 million (2007)
Laos 3.69 million (2010 est.)
Latvia 1.178 million (2010 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 1.728 million (2010 est.)
Liechtenstein 32,880 (2009)
note: 51% of people at work in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany (2009)
Lithuania 1.635 million (2010 est.)
Luxembourg 205,900
note: 125,400 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2010 est.)
Macau 330,900 (2010 est.)
Macedonia 938,300 (2010 est.)
Madagascar 9.504 million (2007)
Malawi 5.747 million (2007 est.)
Malaysia 11.63 million (2010 est.)
Maldives 110,000 (2010)
Mali 3.241 million (2007 est.)
Malta 265,200 (2010 est.)
Marshall Islands 14,680 (2000)
Mauritania 1.318 million (2007)
Mauritius 597,300 (2010 est.)
Mexico 46.99 million (2010 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 16,360 (2008)
Moldova 1.235 million (2010 est.)
Monaco 44,000
note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.)
Mongolia 1.068 million (2008)
Montenegro 259,100 (2004)
Montserrat NA
Morocco 11.44 million (2010 est.)
Mozambique 9.871 million (2010 est.)
Namibia 789,100 (2010 est.)
Nepal 18 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2009 est.)
Netherlands 7.816 million (2010 est.)
New Caledonia 102,600 (2007)
New Zealand 2.333 million (2010 est.)
Nicaragua 2.811 million (2010 est.)
Niger 4.688 million (2007)
Nigeria 50.48 million (2010 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 2.602 million (2010 est.)
Oman 968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)
Pakistan 55.77 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2010 est.)
Palau 9,777 (2005)
Panama 1.485 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2010 est.)
Papua New Guinea 3.809 million (2010 est.)
Paraguay 3.033 million (2010 est.)
Peru 10.58 million (2010 est.)
Philippines 38.9 million (2010 est.)
Pitcairn Islands 15 able-bodied men (2004)
Poland 17.66 million (2010 est.)
Portugal 5.581 million (2010 est.)
Puerto Rico 1.479 million (2007)
Qatar 1.242 million (2010 est.)
Romania 9.258 million (2010 est.)
Russia 75.49 million (2010 est.)
Rwanda 4.446 million (2007)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 2,486
note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 (June 1995)
Saint Lucia 79,700 (2007)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,450 (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57,520 (2007 est.)
Samoa 66,270 (2007 est.)
San Marino 22,950 (June 2010)
Sao Tome and Principe 52,490 (2007)
Saudi Arabia 7.337 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2010 est.)
Senegal 5.532 million (2010 est.)
Serbia 3.25 million (2010 est.)
Seychelles 39,560 (2006)
Sierra Leone 2.207 million (2007 est.)
Singapore 3.156 million (2010 est.)
Sint Maarten 23,200 (2008 est.)
Slovakia 2.707 million (2010 est.)
Slovenia 935,500 (2010 est.)
Solomon Islands 202,500 (2007)
Somalia 3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007)
South Africa 17.39 million economically active (2010 est.)
Spain 23.09 million (2010 est.)
Sri Lanka 8.074 million (2010 est.)
Sudan 11.92 million (2007 est.)
Suriname 165,600 (2007)
Svalbard 1,234 in Norwegian settlements (2003)
Swaziland 457,900 (2007)
Sweden 4.961 million (2010 est.)
Switzerland 4.218 million (2010 est.)
Syria 5.529 million (2010 est.)
Taiwan 11.07 million (2010 est.)
Tajikistan 2.1 million (2009)
Tanzania 23.39 million (2010 est.)
Thailand 38.64 million (2010 est.)
Timor-Leste 414,200 (2007)
Togo 2.595 million (2007)
Tokelau 440 (2001)
Tonga 39,960 (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago 634,300 (2010 est.)
Tunisia 3.769 million (2010 est.)
Turkey 25.64 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2010 est.)
Turkmenistan 2.3 million (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu 3,615 (2004 est.)
Uganda 15.51 million (2010 est.)
Ukraine 22.02 million (2010 est.)
United Arab Emirates 3.705 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2010 est.)
United Kingdom 31.52 million (2010 est.)
United States 153.9 million
note: includes unemployed (2010 est.)
Uruguay 1.637 million (2010 est.)
Uzbekistan 16 million (2010 est.)
Vanuatu 115,900 (2007)
Venezuela 13.11 million (2010 est.)
Vietnam 47.37 million (2010 est.)
Virgin Islands 49,820 (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna 3,104 (2003)
West Bank 694,000 (2009)
Western Sahara 144,000 (2010 est.)
World 3.228 billion (2010 est.)
Yemen 6.832 million (2010 est.)
Zambia 5.46 million (2010 est.)
Zimbabwe 3.848 million (2010 est.)
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